The Queen of Attolia

This fantasy novel is the second book in a four book series. It follows the life of Gen a little while after he returns back to his home land of Eddis and has given the Hamiathes's Gift to his queen. However, his small but beloved country soon goes to war with one of the most deadliest and power nations in the world. Gen must do what he has never done before: He must steal a queen, he must steal a man, and he must steal peace. But, he can only do so if he recovers something the Queen of Attolia may have sacrificed long ago.

Being only 138 pages into the book, I can't give it a fair rating until I have read it all. But so far, it is extremely well written, has an excellent plot, and the characters have been defined very well. One of my favorite lines from the novel is on page 26, when Turner writes, "He didn't want to go back to sleep. he imagined his grandfather waiting for him at the gates of the afterworld, and he didn't want to have to tell him that he'd spent the last few hours allotted to him napping. The old man would not be impressed by false nonchalance." These few lines really captured Gen's predicament, and the bleak humor Turner skillfully wove into this passage added some depth and helped describe what kind of person Gen was and what his grandfather was like. I am thoroughly enjoying this book so far. If you like adventure, fantasy, mythology, and humor, then "The Queen of Attolia" should be a must-read.