This is a tale of a half-breed boy that is looking for freedom and purpose in a world full of creatures that exists in dysharmony. Robin is an orphan destined to a life of servitude. He begins his drudgerous existence but is seen to be different than the others, which prompts his journey of self discovery. The journey is challenging but is an adventure of introductions. Robin is reluctant to be a hero but cannot choose the selfish pursuit of freedom that he tells himself he wants. Instead his journey becomes one of freeing the oppressed and uniting the creatures in a world of peace. The imagery of this world and it's creatures is resplendent. The tale is fun. The good and evil elements seem to shift, and the reasons are not always apparent. The book ends on a cliffhanger, and there is so much of this tale yet to be told. I loved this story and anxiously await its next installment!

I couldn't get past the prologue of this book. It's so poorly written! The story shows promise, but the language is clumsy and the book reads like the first draft of a teenager. For example. "She tweaked her own nose and then reached up and tweaked Robin's, too, finding it without needing to search." The book is rife with unnecessary verbiage that slows down the story and makes it virtually unreadable. After some good editing, I think I would like to try again, but this book is not fit for publication.