Adam Nichols

Advantages: great fantasy read,gripping,thrilling,exciting
Disadvantages: a bad first paragraph,difficault to get hold of

...I love bargains. I love books. That is why I picked this chunky paperback up in Oxfam last week. It cost me a meagre 99p and from the back cover blurb it sounded just my kind of read. Apparently this guy Adam Nichols is being pushed as the new David Gemmell by his publishers and as Gemmell is possibly my favourite ever author I was hooked! I wasn’t able to find much out about Adam Nichols all I know is he’s travelled a lot and he currently lives in Canada. He has written only a few books; the three that make u the Whiteblade saga and two other separate ones. They are all Fantasy stories and published by Millennium a division of Orion books. The paperback copy I have of this book is brick red as its main colour with gold writing and a stylised illustration of a lady in armour with a shining sword surrounded by a battle scene... Read review

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Advantages: Short - Good Plot
Disadvantages: Predictable

...Remember when you rang me up and I got on my knees and begged you not to go because I'd go berserk? Well. You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now I've gone completely mad. AND… (All together now) They're coming to take me away ha, ha. They're coming to take me away ho ho, he he, ha ha… Menley Nichols and her husband Adam arrive on Cape Cod with their young daughter Hannah. What is supposed to be a holiday for them soon turns into an ever increasing nightmare. Some years previously Menley was involved in the accident which tragically claimed the life of her young son. Consequently her marriage nearly collapsed and she suffered Post Traumatic Stress. Upon finding out she was pregnant with baby Hannah both Menley and Adam realised they still loved one another and had been granted a second chance together... Read review

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Advantages: detailed characters.
Disadvantages: juddering narration, weak ending.

...How often are you compelled to read a sequel on the strength of only one other book by the same Author? Well After reading Book one of the Whiteblade Saga by Adam Nichols I felt I had to get hold of book two as soon as humanly possible. After drawing a blank on Ebay I finally found a copy on the Amazon market place. I Paid about £7 in total for my brand new copy and that included the postage. So within about 3 days of finishing The Paladin (on a definite high) I was starting upon The Songster with much hope for an equally as entertaining read! Well the front cover looked promising, in a deep, dark forest green with big impressive gold writing it looked like a typical Saga book. You must know what I mean, at least readers of fantasy probably will. They are always in deep dark colours with flowing gold print and they have a fantasy... Read review

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