Title: The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy
Author: Mark David Gerson
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 978-0-9795475-8-4
Website: http://markdavidgerson.com
Purchase URL: http://themoonquest.com
Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/MoonQuest-Mark-David-Gerson/dp/097954758X/ref
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Book description or synopsis:
In a land where fear rules and storytelling spells death, only one bard's imagination can end the
tyranny.
Q’ntana’s nights are moonless and dark. Its days are darker still, as black-clad armies terrorize the
countryside.
Now, one young bard must come out of hiding to embark on The MoonQuest, the long-prophesied
journey to end the dominion of a cruel king.
With nothing but stories to guide him, he and his three companions share an adventure where the line
between vision and reality is murky and where evil threatens them in every moment.
Only by trusting each other can they elude the king's men. Only by trusting themselves can they save
Q’ntana and rekindle the light of the moon.
A gripping and epic adventure rich with universal truth.
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Author Bio:
MARK DAVID GERSON, author of the award-winning “true fantasy,” The MoonQuest, has taught
writing as a creative and spiritual pursuit for more than 15 years, helping both novice and seasoned
writers across the U.S. and Canada to deepen their creativity, move through creative blocks and
answer their call to write. Inspiration and exercises from his teaching years fill his newest book, The
Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write, and its companion CD of guided meditations for writers.
An inspirational speaker, Mark David’s essays on personal growth and spirituality reach readers in
some two dozen countries. Mark David lives in New Mexico, where he is currently working on a sequel
to The MoonQuest.
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Read the sample chapter here
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Link to book reviews: http://www.themoonquest.com/page/page/5315479.htm
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Chapter reviews given by members:
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REVIEW
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REVIEWER
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Mark grabs our attention at the start, and introduces Na'an well.
(Why doesn't she just call the narrator by name?) The tone has a
quality of nostalgic musings, quite poetic at times, but a few
descriptions seem overblown.
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Helen H. Gordon
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Mark David Gerson’s Prologue briefly tells us of the struggle of
Toshar (now an old man known as Ko’lar) to come to grips with his
past and his reluctance to follow the instructions of the
dreamwalker, Na'an, to write his story, the story of The
MoonQuest. This is a well-structured prologue that gives us a
taste of what is to come in what promises to be an epic fantasy
adventure.
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Les Bill Gates
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3
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Intriguing one-liners with a strong imaginative description set the
scene for a very fascinating and eye-opening read. There is a
slow unravelling of details, which only serves to thicken the plot
and makes the reader hungry for chapter one to see if the
character follows through or not. There are strong elements of
suspense and mystery as well.
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Candy Adderley-Dawe
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