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Wish to Hek Reviews: The Exodus of Spiders and Falcons

     Jason R. Jones has not written a tale of sword and sorcery with monsters and heroes in a fight to see who will rule the universe by gaining control of a magical ring/sword/tablet.

     Jason R. Jones has written a quite intricate tale of corrupted governments, disgraced heroes, lost loved ones, and vows to be fulfilled. 

     If you have ever wished for a story that brings such great depth to the characters and cities in the age of swords and sorcery, than The Exodus of Spiders and Falcons is the book for you.

     Spiders and Falcons is the first in Jason’s eighteen part epic that follows five heroes of differing walks of life as they band together and learn to trust one another as they set out to accomplish varied tasks and vows promised.

     The story is filled with rich characters: wizards, elves, minotaurs, dwarves, and knights.  Oh, great, Lord of the Rings, Part Whatever, right?  Wrong. The Exodus does not try to be another LOR but does indeed give you great characters to root for.  My three favorites being Saberrak the Grey, a minotaur born into slavery and hunted for that purpose, Shinayne T’Sarrin, an elven princess searching for a lost love, and Kendari,a cursed elf, who has been hired to kill the five heroes and retrieve a scroll with secrets that many would die to understand.  Saberrak reminds me of Chewbacca with better speech and a worse attitude.  Shinayne is the tough and dangetrous princess who can outkill the bad guys better than a slew of human soldiers.  Kendari, the best villain of the book is an outstanding killer as well and is involved in several well choreographed sword fights.  Sorry if you hate this reference but he is the Darth Maul of the piece, scary and deadly, but, luckily, doesn’t die at the end.