The Weight Of A Crown

There's fantasy. Then there's epic fantasy.The Weight of a Crown falls into the later â and at nearly 600 pages and the first chapter, throws down the gauntlet, eying to make a dent on epic fantasy. And mostly, it succeeds.There's a large cast of POV's. There's three kingdoms at war. There's court intrigue. There's gladiatorial battles. There's powerful heroes. There's a long forgotten evil. And there's evil demons to slay. The Weight of a Crown book took #3 out of #10 on the Great Self Publish Blog Off competition. It did well there, and after reading it, I can see why. Because it's a mostly well-written, always entertaining novel that does a good epic fantasy tale tell well.While the book doesn't always succeed at what it intends to do (trying to ascend the heights of the mountain that is A Song of Ice and Fire), it still does a pretty good job at going part of the way there.If you want some indie epic fantasy, The Weight of a Crown does a pretty good job at scratching that itch. The plot is somewhat scattered, the pacing uneven, the prose in need of editing, but The Weight of a Crown reaches for the stars, fails to, yet still hits the moon.  And even though it fails to reach the lofty heights it intends, it still goes the distance. Worth reading? You betcha -- it's very much worth the read, even if it’s a pretty damn long one (the book tops at nearly 600 pages). Here's an even better reason to read it: the book is FREE on Amazon right now. A good epic fantasy that mostly delivers on it's promise...and free to download. There shouldn't even be a debate about this one. Pick it up now.