Soulsmith (Soulsmith Trilogy, #1)

by Tom Deitz

Book Overview

Soulsmith (Mass Market Paperback) by Tom Deitz This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380762897
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

A great beginning

This is my first Tom Deitz book, and I was very impressed. The author wrote about the creative process in artists so well that I came away with the feeling of being able to achieve my own goals with more confidence. The villians in the book were expertly portrayed, with enough background given to show them as being all too human in their weaknesses. Anson is very real--a psychotic bully who is led along by his own greed. With the support of Matthew Welch, the Master of Cardalba, these two make a very sinister pair.Ron Dillon, as the reluctant teenaged hero, was very believable. His dreams were shattered along with his body; and all he really wanted to do was get on with his life in a new high school as unobtrusively as possible. Deitz doesn't let Ron rest for very long, and proceeds to lead his protagonist through a dark maze of mental and physical pain, the discovery of an incestuous past, and a familial confrontation involving magic and violence. Ron's weapons: the application of the Luck that is his birthright, and the development of his gift for smithing under the bizarre tutelage of the enigmatic Road Man.A dark read without the cutsey fluff of other books.

Deitz is masterfull in bringing fantasy to current times.

Like Tom's books involving David Sullivan (Windmaster'Bane, ect ), Tom does an incredible job bringing fantasy to the current times. I love reading Tolkien-type fantasy, but when a story is written in the 'real' world, it makes you think about the possibilities. The Soulsmith trilogy is involves fantasy that could be reality without streching your imagination too far. I'm not sure how Tom comes up with his ideas, but they not only entertain, but make you think. I have read all three books again and again and am always waiting for another Deitz novel to come out.