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Gift: Chronicles Tucker Littlefield by Tegon Maus- Review

Tucker Littlefield is a self professed “lair, thief, and con-man”. However, when it comes down to it, he tends to do the right thing, even if it starts out for the wrong reasons. In a tavern filled with people from all over, Tucker recounts his adventures.

Tucker attended a birthday party and the King’s niece is kidnapped. Tucker see’s it and tries to stop it, to win the King’s favor but he can’t. Elizabeth’s governess, Eloise is frantic and blackmails Tucker into going on a dangerous journey to save the little girl. Enron, a Jonda (giant) also goes on the journey.

Before Tucker and Enron barley get started, Enron is badly wounded but Tucker saves him and Daneba, a shaman for the Jonda turns him into a soul Bearer. They soon encounter the Norha, “a cannibalistic tribe that lives under a volcano” and their leader, Tahki. Enron, with the help of other Jonda, along with Tucker have to fight for their survival. At the same time, they find Elizabeth there, as a prisoner of the Norha and try to save her.

Later, Tucker and Eloise develop a bit of a romance which turns out to be sweet and funny at the same time. I don’t want to risk giving away spoilers but I bet you are wondering if Elizabeth gets saved and if Tucker and Eloise hook up. Sorry, my lips are sealed.

I don’t usually read fantasy but I do love Tegon Maus’s writing. He writes across genres, you could even say he is a genre bending author. In his case, this is a good thing! He forces his fans to experience different genres with his unique twist. He has not steered us a fowl! In all of his books, he keeps the laugh out loud humor going, while masterfully juggling his quirky characters and plot! You cannot go wrong with a Tegon Maus book!

In ‘The Gift: The Chronicles of Tucker Littlefield’ Tegon Maus really makes his world building skills shine! He got me to read high fantasy and actually love it! I highly recommend it and cannot wait for the sequel!

5/5

I received the ebook version for my honest review.

About Tegon Maus

Tegon Maus was raised pretty much the same as everyone else… devoted mother, strict father and all the imaginary friends he could conjure. Not that he wasn’t friendly, he just wasn’t “people orientated”. Maybe he lived in his head way more than he should have, maybe not. He liked machines more than people, at least he did until I met his wife.

The first thing he can remember writing was for her. For the life of him he can’t remember what it was about… something about dust bunnies under the bed and monsters in my closet. It must have been pretty good because she married him shortly after that. He spent a good number of years chasing other dreams before he got back to writing.

It wasn’t a deliberate conscious thought, it was more of a stepping stone. His wife and himself had joined a dream interpret group and we were encouraged to write down our dreams as they occurred. “Be as detailed as you can,” we were told.

He was thrilled. If there is one thing he enjoys it’s making people believe him and he likes to exaggerate. Not a big exaggeration or an outright lie mind you, just a little step out of sync, just enough so you couldn’t be sure if it were true or not. When he writes, he always write with the effort of “it could happen” very much in mind and nothing, he guarantees you, nothing, makes him happier.

He has consistently placed in the top 3 in 189 writing contest in a variety of genres and has been featured in magazines a couple of times to raise money for Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

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