Tale of the Hidden Village is a wonderfully engaging and well written fantasy mystery by K.C. Norton & Riley Rookhouse set in the multi-author sandbox Heavenfall world. Released 20th Feb 2023,
it's 310 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats.
It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table
of
contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've
really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. This first book is currently available free for download.
This is an interesting multi-author collaborative writing co-op with cross-genre stories. There seem to be multiple books already published (not necessarily with *these* characters, although this is the first of two extant books) and a fair bit of finished work. In this case, the writing is solid, the plotting moves along at a good clip and the inclusion of non-mainstream positively portrayed characters is refreshingly honest. Aside from the mystery plotline, there's a lot of self-identity building and expression, some found family/loyalty and a good fantasy setting. The language and dialogue are fairly typical of the genre.
The mystery is self-contained in this volume and it works well as a standalone.
Four stars. The writing is compelling enough to make me seek out more work from this world setting.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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