Do Not Anger the Great Forest! The Fabled Quest Chronicles continues in Book Four of the epic fantasy adventure series—filled with heroes, villains, monsters and magic.Their departure from the Lands of Man for the magic lands is a distant memory. Titan’s Caravan survived the war wizards of Xenhelm and have marched past Faë-Land itself–the lands of fairies, sprites, elves, centaurs, and goblins. … fairies, sprites, elves, centaurs, and goblins. But now they leave all human and fae civilization behind to continue their quest along Titan’s Trail.
But what monsters and magic await in the Great Forest? Giant beasts and mythical creatures—either beautiful or evil, either harmless or horrific.
The lead giant, Grakdar, scoffed. “… no animal that large is friendly when the tallest among us is only eleven feet tall. We giants do not call this the Great Forest.
We feel that name lulls one into a reckless and foolhardy sense of admiration. It is the Giant Forest and there is no pattern to the size of animals within it. You may encounter a fifteen-foot squirrel and then a swarm of twenty-foot fire ants or a thirty-foot snake.”
Traveler leads their Titan’s Caravan onward. They do so not only under the shadow of the evil Four Kings of Xenhelm and the Forest’s own magical and frightful “wildlife” but a mystery that has confounded elves and fae for centuries.
The fabled kingdom of Atlantea draws nearer—or does it?
THE FOREST OF ANCIENTS is Book Four of the epic fantasy adventure Fabled Quest Chronicles!
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The Forest of Ancients – a review by Rosemary Kenny
Austin Dragon is a maestro of mysticism and magic with his arc of works gloriously ranging from the noir futuristic Liquid Cool to the spooky Sleepy Hollow stories.
However, my favourite is definitely the Fabled Quest Chronicles, with its curious pantheon of the Titan’s Trail Caravan, of which The Forest of Ancients is an impressive tome of 415 wonderful pages, which more than matches The Lord of the Rings and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe sagas, both of which have been celebrated in film and (in the latter’s case), on national television too, which in my humble opinion, The Fabled Quest Chronicles should be too.
The epic fourth part of the series, (not to be the last, you’ll be thrilled to hear) tells the long and ultra-populated (thankfully there’s a comprehensive glossary at the back), story of the Titan’s Trail Caravan’s progress through the eponymous, indescribably vast Forest, where, led as ever by the magical, allegedly human – though I have my doubts – known only as Traveler or Mr Traveler and his shape-shifter ‘dog-with-no-name’, (who variously appears at a second’s notice and/or necessity, as a horse, a griffin, a flying snake or by other creatures of Mr Dragon’s vastly inventive imagination, for any purpose his master requires).
As afficionados like myself know well, others among the huge caravan include Princess/Lady Aylwen, her companion Maiden Gwynedd, King Aelreth, Mr Hobbs, Mr Estus,young Mr Quillen the artist and fairy ‘minder’ to twin sisters and their Quest, to reach the Kingdom of Atlantea, a mystical far, far away land, like the Atlantis of legend.
New friends and allies, plus enemies old and new, including the re-animated evil Four Kings, appear in various combinations to help or otherwise, in a magnificent epic saga that will make you gasp at times with awe, wonder or fear and absorb you into completely forgetting all about the Covid-19 pandemic and your Lockdown Blues, while you thrill and chill like never before, at an amazing, fantasy adventure, The Forest of Ancients, by Austin Dragon, the like of which you’ll be satiated by – until the next time.
Grab a copy today – it’s a (2)5-star superstory, that will totally grasp your imagination and keep you in its spell!
Wow, what an entirely entertaining series the Fabled Quest Chronicles continues to be! Mr. Dragon has such a vast imagination, that this magical quest has more than enough wonder to live up to its name. Book 4 in the chronicles told in real time so no surprise it picks up after previous events. If you thought some (all) of the fantastical events of their journey through the lands of Fae where a struggle, you are not properly prepared for the Ancient Forest portion of the trek. No spoilers, so let us simply say it is epically challenging. So many overwhelming forces are set against Titans Caravan and Traveller himself, even before you throw in the Giant Forests dangers, one truly ponders how it will all end. Filled with more frightening and impressive creatures than all previous books, but, this time giant in size.
Through it all their Quest Master Traveller is determined not to fail. Titans Caravan will make it to Atlantea as promised, but first… A fantastic entry in the series it has everything we love about the first few books, action, mystery, epic beasts and more new memorable characters. Read and enjoy!
This is a fabulous continuation in the Fabled Quest Chronicles. Book Four, and the writing still has the same high quality of storytelling, and the alternation between pace of the steady trek of the journey itself and the tension of the mental and physical attacks.
Titan’s Caravan rumbles through to the Great Forest, and, oh boy, Mr Quillen’s pen has a life of its own and his Glossary gets larger with each step. No wonder, when all manner of life are huge in stature. If you think Traveler and his friends had a bad journey in the previous books, then you should ready yourself for all the new beastie monstrosities, and the shock of the comforting familiar becoming terrifying deadly.
The reader finds out a little more about some of the characters and, when you do, it feels like you have been given a choice jewel, to be hidden away from sight until it needs to be used for the benefit of all. The author likes to give us these like a dripping tap, a little drop here, a little drip there. This happens particularly when it comes to Traveler himself. He’s a wonderfully known-but-unknown quantity, but what he does know and imparts to us is quality information. The others, I believe, would follow him to the ends of the earth, as he oozes confidence and standing (whether he actually feels it inside or not), and shows his leadership qualities when he has all the different races, types, sizes, and enemies, working as a team. I love watching his relationships with the other characters grow mile by mile. He’s a fantastic kaleidoscope of a character. I wonder how he came across all this knowledge and became the Traveler we all know and love? I can’t wait to read the prequel ‘Quest Master’ to find out.
Roll on Book Five!