Apex Review Of The Half-Slave (Trevor Bloom)

April 19, 2011 - PRLog -- The Half-Slave
Trevor Bloom
ISBN: 9780985563062
Bookline And Thinker Ltd.
Reviewed By Kenya Dow

Official Apex Reviews Rating: 5 Stars


It’s the Fifth Century A.D., and the Roman Empire is disintegrating. In its stead, Clovis, Overlord of the Franks, has designs on forging a new empire – but he knows his task won’t be easy. Enter Ascha, the son of a Saxon warlord and Roman slave who’s been taken hostage by the Franks and struggles to survive. When Clovis offers Ascha the chance to win his freedom in exchange for spying on a Saxon uprising, Ascha reluctantly accepts – but little does he know, the tangled web of lies, deceit, and betrayal soon spun by his efforts may ultimately prove impossible for him to escape...

The Half-Slave is a thoroughly engrossing tale of historical fiction. In it, author Trevor Bloom presents the reader with a strikingly vivid portrait of a soul in torment – both internal and external – as he struggles to determine where his true loyalties lie. Crafted with an impressive eye toward historical detail, The Half-Slave is no doubt the end product of years of meticulous research – and the result is a stirringly compelling account complete with rich plotlines, lush settings, and three-dimensional characters that leap off the page. Equally entertaining and thought-provoking, The Half-Slave is the standout debut from a promising new literary voice. Highly recommended.

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