ELFBLOOD by Alex Newman - A Review

Scars cover Dinara Moonface’s visage. Only the snakes of Morg’s Bane find her charming.

Unwanted and unloved, Dinara grew up, an orphan, in the Bledthorn monastery, separated from her beautiful younger sister. Preferring seclusion, Dinara spends her days taming the desert snakes. But, on a return visit to Bledthorn, Dinara’s quiet world is turned upside down, when she’s kidnapped and sent to prison. Without any further explanation.

After an artful escape from prison with the charming Blackbird, she finds herself mixed up in a plot to destroy the tyrannical and false King Jakroiben. Complications arise when Dinara discovers her darling long lost sister is the wicked King’s wife!

Dinara must decide if she can and will tame the most venomous snake of all. Her brother-in-law, the King.


The talented Alex Newman paints a vibrant realistic world, peopling it with a band of diverse colorful characters, from Atta (the Ildruan witch) to Trague (the handsome bird-man). She entices you into the pages. Then, gently taking your hand, she pulls you breathlessly from scene to scene, through thrilling suspense and powerful non-stop action.

Her descriptions send her readers flying over hot rolling desert with the bird-men, swimming in refreshing pools with Dinara, partying in the Minstrel City, and watching, in terror, as a massive army of soldiers marches closer and closer, sharpened weapons at the ready.

Fantastic writing.

ELFBLOOD by Alex Newman is a must-read for those who love to escape from reality into a world of epic fantasy. Which, I do believe, IS most everyone...

I HIGHLY recommend it.