Synopsis
A genre hybrid of western meets grimdark post-apocalyptic fantasy.
Can a path of blood lead to redemption?
Is redemption enough to amend a wayward world?
Morality and reality have shifted from their natural axis. Technology and ideology derive from the remnants of a world long dead and segregated by the monsters that now rule the seas.
Crow, a young ranch hand, is swept into an odyssey of redemption and revenge as he strives to hold back the ravages of fate and the urges born of a curse shared with his new mentor.
Callus, an exile struggling to find redemption whilst keeping his vampiric curse from tainting his new ward, pursues his prey across the sea.
The new world they discover reveals a tyrannical society fixated on their council’s ascension to godhood.
Review
Damn, that was absolutely gripping from start to finish, D.B Rook debut book Callus and Crow. The first book in The Wayward World Chronicles is rich with a mix of dark genres of grimdark, vampirism, western, dystopian world written beautifully and woven together to create a new world for us fantasy lovers to get lost in. His worldbuilding, plot, and setting is brilliant, with beautifully written characters that you will love and hate. A tale of redemption and revenge, Callus is on a road to hell, but to get there and before, he will make new friends and gain new enemies, a mission to kill all who murdered his old friend. This will take him to a new world where religion, politics, a tyrannical Council who crush and subdue all those beneath them with their technology and ideology and try to and gain, god-like status. A fantastic story with lots of twists and turns that will keep you enthralled throughout the book. Can’t wait for book two. I very highly recommend it…..😁🪓💥🖤
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