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Author: Todd Maternowski | Website
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Todd studied Ancient Near Eastern religion and early Judeo-Christianity at the University of Chicago before heading into the real world. He has since worked as a ballroom dance instructor, bass player, mediator, credit specialist, art preparator, janitor, journalist, copy editor, armored car money counter, mambo dancer and satirist. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his hyper-creative wife and baby girl.
Published Works & Book Reviews
Exmortus
EXMORTUS is the story of Ash Xavier, a headstrong young knight whose faith is challenged when the long-forgotten gods of ancient civilizations send their avatar to obliterate the remote holy fortress of Exmortus Abbey --his home.
EXMORTUS, BOOK I: TOWERS OF DAWN is not your typical, run-of-the-mill fantasy. It is a work of epic dark fantasy in the mold of George R.R. Martin or Gene Wolfe, with fresh angles on the classic literary problems of growing into adulthood, sword-and-sorcery adventure, love and sex, friendship and betrayal, guilt and innocence, murder and exile, battles on land and at sea, creepy demons and unsolved mysteries coming to life at the worst possible times.
EXMORTUS: TOWERS OF DAWN will shortly be followed up by the second book of the trilogy, EXMORTUS BOOK II: TEMPLES OF MEN, and the third and final installment, EXMORTUS: TOMBS OF GODS.
Reviewer: Jenn
Review: Feb 19, 2012
Genre(s): Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy
Wow, this was a great read and there are two more in the series that I cannot wait to get now. This is a great book for young readers, both male and female or anyone who loves a good book with believable characters.
Ash is the main character and the reader sees everything through his eyes. The thing is though; he is young, in training to be a Knight, very inexperienced in the way of life because he has spen