Ryan Doughan’s Mist Falcon is a well told epic fantasy told in the classic fashion with rich characters who live in a deep and complex world. The stakes are high, real, and best growing more dear chapter by chapter. The well drawn characters are pulled together in snaking story lines.
At the start, the main hero, Aiden, finds himself buried in poverty, but his “good fortune” day sends him reeling into his worst nightmare as his love is lost, his body beaten, and even his freedom is taken away. He is eventually befriended by Willem, a wondering Minstrel, and a pair of good humored thieves. Each character has a unique voice with a solid backstory. In fact, that’s one of the great strengths of Mist Falcon: Book 1 of the Warrior Poet Archives; history is layered in a meaningful way that pushes the action.
