REVIEWS
☺Saga of Rim - the Land on the Rim of Time is a 2003 Dream Realm Award winner!
☺Saga
of Rim - the Land on the Rim of Time was tied for #12 in
Preditors and Editors™
2003 Readers Poll (category: Novel -
Science Fiction)
Review by Amanda Faye from www.eternalnight.co.uk
Petra Bravo first learned of the Land on the Rim of Time when she was
transported there to defeat a rather minor threat. During her brief stay,
she learned about the eons old land out of time where magical beings
descended from demons lived and observed other worlds. It was a peaceful,
happy place, with only one enemy, a demon who refused to be adapted into a
peaceful creature and now lurked in a void, waiting to re-enter some world
and wreck havoc.
Upon returning home, it all becomes rather like a dream, a distant memory
to Petra. Then, one of her friends takes control of her cat to warn her
that the demon, Ragmor is poised to strike. Petra is needed to help defeat
him. So it is that she embarks on a fantastic odyssey where her inner strength
is her greatest weapon. Demonized gnomes, ages old mythic evils, and
beings that are purely mean will stand in her way using trickery and
cruelty to hinder her quest. Then, when facing her foe, love may be the
thing that overcomes her.
If you are a fan of quests and fantastic worlds, no matter your age, you
will be charmed by this book. It has a sweetness and grit that all classic
fairy tales share, and an originality that keeps it from being tired and
trite.
- Amanda Faye, The Eternal Night (April 2004).
Review from www.ebook-reviews.net
Saga of Rim: The Land on the Rim of Time
by Cecilia Wennerström
02-29-2004 -- Young Adult
A fun combination of reality and fantasy with emphasis on fantasy.
A great place to meet new heroes and villains who display some
very human tendencies.
Petra Bravo is a young girl who travels to Rim through a time
warp created by a magician called Vahinya, who turns out to be a
very good friend, even when she is occupying a cat's body. In Rim,
it is found Petra's coming was foretold in old legends and that
she would be "a being of your kind" who would help with a problem
concerning a destructive icy wind.
A second adventure involves the city ruled by Jadnan and
populated by the grey children. Here Petra meets Kveggla, house-
keeper to an evil demon who was exiled many thousands of years
before in a battle of wills and magic.
Petra's third adventure is when she is captured by Ramgor after
she goes to the Mountain of Evil Dreams to help free Vahinya who
is held there.
This is a story that could easily be the first in a series of
exciting adventures for Petra and her new friends. "Rim" intro-
duces the young reader to the world of fantasy, and stretches the
imagination in visiting places like the Sea of Sorrow or the
place where the Lantern people live. Highly recommended as a read
to please any reader. Enjoy.
Anne K. Edwards, Reviewer
eBook Reviews Weekly
http://www.ebook-reviews.net
Author of "Journey Into Terror"
http://www.MysteryFiction.net
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Petra's first visit to the Land on the Rim of Time was not by choice but
happened when an especially intense nightmare apparently opened a time rip.
Drawn through this rip, she met black-haired fairy-tale Magicand Vahinya,
the woman who created it, and found herself in the Land on the Rim of Time,
called Rim for short. She also met Magicand Foxman Aerwinwath, a handsome
young man with a large, bushy fox tail. There was an evil wind blowing in
the land. The wind was quite literally evil, and only Petra could pass into
the land of myth to stop it.
A year has passed since Petra defeated the evil wind. Her visit to Rim this
time is instigated by her cat and a dream that slithers over into reality.
Petra discovers that Vahinya is inhabiting the cat and she tells Petra about
the demon Ramgor, who is searching for a world where he can rise from
nothingness where the magicians of Rim imprisoned him. He has found it in
Petra's world. When Ramgor kidnaps Vahinya to force her to create a time rip
for him into Petra's world, Petra follows Vahinya back to Rim and back into
the company of Aerwinwath. He is the only one that will accompany her to
rescue Vahinya, or so it seems.
[Saga of Rim: The Land on the Rim of Time] is an interesting tale of Petra's
adventures in an alternate time and is told mostly in the first person.
Those who enjoy stories along the lines of "The Lord of the Rings" should
find this one intriguing. There are a number of varied creatures that
inhabit it, each with a fascinating history. However, the many names I had
difficulty pronouncing and the death of Petra's pet in the beginning of the
book, greatly diminished my enjoyment of this story.
Reviewed by Flora, Sime~Gen, February 2004