Book title: "Mortus, Book One of the Faenum Quest Author: Dennis Hausker Publisher: Melange Books LLC Genre: epic fantasy Mortus is an epic fantasy about a witch, a troll, an elf, a dwarf , and a human, who set off to defeat an evil dictator with unbeatable magic power. Sound familiar? Yes, this is true to the traditional epic fantasy style. What’s a little different is that the central character, Dave (an unlikely name for a hero) is a man from our world. His mother has just died and his uncle, whom he has never met, appears and tells him that his father came from another world and that he is needed there to stop some great evil. Dave is a bit of a gung-ho innocent and he doesn’t (a little unbelievably – I would at least pack a gun) require much convincing to leave with his uncle. He travels through a void and arrives in the other world, having lost his uncle on the way, then he sets off to see what he can do. He happens to run into the other characters and one by one they join … [Read more...]