Overview: The Peace of Freysdal tells the story of Jaren’s future, which is upended when he becomes a Light-Twister and now he must suppress the light-twisting darkness and defend Freysda.

Verdict: Freysdal is a peculiar place for more reasons than one. Besides manufacturing radiant items for non-Light-Twisters, it’s also the only place in Thadren where thralls and freemen work side by side. Jaren knows that he’s no more than a small piece in the effort to overthrow Thralldom, but he’s comfortable with that role.

That comfort is shattered, though, when he learns that he can control radiant energy. Now, instead of working to be reunited with his sisters, Jaren must resist the burden that drives Light-Twisters to cruelty and survive an abusive radiance instructor long enough to figure out who’s trying to kill Freysdal’s founder.

The stress ramps up with growing rumors of an impending attack on Freysdal, and Jaren must decide whether he’s willing to give up the Peace of Freysdal and become the Sword that defends it.

In what is a book that I knew nothing of story wise, or even about in general, until it arrived for review, and then found myself fully engaged within it from the very first few pages onward, I have to honestly report that The Peace of Freysdal: A Light Twister Novel is the most perfect book to take on holiday, to sit in a sunny park with, or just to relax on the sofa with on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

An enthralling, wholly captivating young adult fantasy, via its 350 pages the book never lets go of your imagination, has you sat still, not wishing to even move onto doing something else, whilst at the very same time dutifully adorning us by succeeding in doing the best it can to introduce the reader - of which this book is cleverly designed to be a prose fit for any age group - to a most wondrous world of magical adventure.

Coming complete with a subtext that revolves around the fight against oppression, the central characters are quickly fleshed out, their destinations (and destinies) well-paced, the overall plot a delightful gradual burn, thus allowing the reader to keep time with the tale that author Richards wishes to spin.

Sure, for the most part, you could call this a fantasy novel, but more importantly, it is a very unique work of spellbindingly creative illusions that although don’t come all at once, when they do begin to overlap, weave a most delightfully otherworldly tale for us to feast our minds on.

About the Author - Michael Richards is a US Air Force officer with a Ph.D. in Energy Science. He’s currently stationed in downtown Tokyo, Japan, where his assignment is to find and fund top quantum science researchers in Asia.

He likes growing beards (when on leave...), smashing atoms, making cheese, and writing stories; but not at the same time.

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