Fans of Tolkien-style fantasy will enjoy this story that manages to avoid using the races of dwarves, elves, or hobbits, rather it insinuates something in between while calling them all 'humans'. Well-structured and beautifully illustrated by Joseph Zucker of the 70s Lord of the Rings movie - the drawings are plentiful and add as much to the story as the written words themselves. I would go as far as to say that the words and illustrations are so tightly coupled that the authors chose not to describe certain scenes as much as they could have because they knew the drawing would finish the job! For those who are getting tired of hyper-focus on sex and violence in Game of Thrones style fantasy, this should be a refreshingly clean bit of storytelling for both adults and children without being too Harry Potter style or overly wordy like Tolkien.
