Here’s the set-up for Martin Gibbs’ The Spaces Between, just $2.99 on Kindle or Currently Free Via the Kindle Lending Library:

A gruff mercenary believes he can somehow learn magic from an exiled warlock, and he’s picked up a blundering drunk along the way. Zhy, convinced he is part of some misdirected script, agrees to follow, hoping only for a change of scenery and a new source of ale.

The two men run into a trigger-happy mage and he joins the excursion. It isn’t long before this combination of characters results in calamity and errors in judgment; their “quest” becomes nebulous and uncertain—that is, until it smacks them collectively from the face of the world.

Guided by the spirits of the dead, an idiot man-child is close behind them. He obligingly trudges along a frozen and bitter path to stop Zhy from reaching the warlock, though he himself is only part of a devastating scheme.

From the reviewers:

“This book has all a masterpiece should have: great and clean writing, the fascinating settings, original story and very, very enjoyable characters. ”  –  Andrea Zavodska  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement

“I enjoyed the book very much and hightly recommend it. ”  –  Brian Jackson  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement

I especially enjoy reading fantasy books; I have read many, but I have to say that this one stands out of the crowd. This fast-paced book will take you on a fantastic journey of three strangers looking for a Warlock who lives in far North. You will get hooked up from the first page and the story will keep you interested and entertained until the end. This book has all a masterpiece should have: great and clean writing, the fascinating settings, original story and very, very enjoyable characters. This author is utterly talented and I hope to read more books from him in the future! –Amazon.com Reviewer

Through this fascinating fantasy runs a motif of knots and knot-tying. It’s a fitting metaphor for life and death and the four elements, earth, wind, fire and water. A fearless mercenary and a drunken landowner’s son — a sort of chosen one — set out on a quest to learn the deeper secrets of magic from a warlock who dwells in the far north. Along the way they meet all manner of creatures, magic and mortal, and adventures. The book is elegantly written und carefully edited. With his slightly baroque prose, Martin Gibbs succeeds in creating another world while preserving very tangible connections to our own world. This book is ideal for an escape into a landscape of danger and adventure. –Amazon.com Reviewer

A fantasy adventure like no other.  –  Legacy

Definitely stands out of the crowd!  –  Andrea Zavodska

Another World Imagined in this Elegantly Written Story.  –  Frederick Lee Brooke

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I am a big fan of Robert Jordan, George RR Martin, and R. Scott Bakker. I also enjoy Ellery Queen mysteries and books about Arctic survival. I’m an avid cross-country skier, mountain biker, poet, cook, and I know three chords on the guitar.

Active projects include A Drunkard’s Journey, An attempt at a 1930s mystery, a Christian-based piece of historical fiction, and a smattering of short stories.

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