Probably not the genre many in this forum read, but I can say if you enjoyed my other stuff, you will enjoy this one too:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VCXCHZV/
I look forward to your reviews! 
Soo…what’s it about, topically?
From the page:
"In the Era Of Magic, humanity fights for its very existence. While endless wars are waged to control the magic, a young woman lives and works on a small farm on the edge of a seemingly endless desert. She grew up hearing stories and legends about magic, mages, dragons, and creatures that lived in the deserts called Sun Walkers.
Unknown to her, she’s the key to the survival of the planet and its remaining human occupants. Her simple life is turned upside down suddenly, forced to flee into the desert when the forces of Leatus The Dark locate her.
She learns the legends are all true, her role as the last surviving family member of The Fallen King will be the key to it all."
It sounds very Terry Brooks. (Nothing wrong with that)
Name does not ring a bell, but if he/she puts out good stuff, good deal.
He wrote a bunch of best selling trilogy’s. Starting with the Sword of Shannara. All the rest follow that same bloodline, just different timelines and generations.
Good to know. I have not read a lot of fantasy. Countless, SF, but limited fantasy. Even this latest is a fantasy/SF hybrid.
Easily my favorite was e Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson
Haven’t read his stuff although it looks interesting. Stephen R Donaldson’s The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series (First, Second, and Last chronicles - 10 books total) is also good. He requires a thesaurus though…lol. It seems his writing purposely uses words that could easily be replaced with something more commonly used. A little irritating sometimes, but it does expand your vocabulary, or at least expands your knowledge of it.
It’s like LOR for adults. I felt it could have been 5-6 books in the series, but I read all 10 and most were exceptionally good. Friend of mine who knows I’m an SF reader vs fantasy recommend that one and he was right. I have read a few books from Donaldson. I thought they were good, but didn’t really compel me to follow up with more of his stuff per se.
Thanks for the heads up Will. I will be sure to read this one too.
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Great, look forward to your review sir.
Reviews Starting to come in:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read!
"I have been reading the genre for many years now and haven’t been this excited over a new series in a long time.
Bring the next one on!" - Jim M.
So far so good:
REVIEWS!
4.0 out of 5 stars Young heroine is a real as real can be.
“Will Brink’s ‘The Last War Mage’ is a surprising and captivating departure from his earlier, excellent adventures “Old and Angry” and “Vacation Gone South.” The protagonists for those earlier tales were unsentimental and battle-tested military men with a strong sense of duty; men skilled in the art, tactics and weapons of war. The main character of Brink’s newest story has the same innate sense of duty but is a naive and unsophisticated teenage girl thrown into a situation where she, and only she, can save world. The enthralling plot may be pure science fiction (replete with the walking dead, lizard people and dragons), but the young heroine is a real as real can be. Sometimes sympathetically naive and insecure, other times an annoying know-it-all with a chip on her shoulder. She has all the qualities that both endear and enrage fathers of teenage girls on the cusp of adulthood. I could identify. Happily, in the end, the heroine relied on her innate magic (hence the “Mage” in the title). She saved herself and the world, and in so doing, as Queen, became a positive force for humanity. Expressing tearful gratitude to the woman who sacrificed everything to raise her, she knew that she could not have done it alone. (Parental figures matter.) Of course, as science fiction, Brink’s plot demands the willing suspension of disbelief. But, for me personally, it also channels the true-to-life hopes of parents that their their daughters succeed in life in every sense. And if it is their ambition to rise in society to their true potential, that they conquer their personal demons, and break through the cracking glass ceilings that often still impede women in the real world. Maybe there will be a woman president some day. Until then, at least the young woman in Brink’s short novella won her personal war to become the wise leader of a science-fiction world. That’s hopeful.” - Boston Boy
How goes the reading?
Reviews are coming in. I’m actually proudest of this novella. Reason being, it’s out of my genre of thrillers and SF and told from the POV of a teenage girl! And yet, I feel like it’s very readable to even those who may not normally read fantasy. It’s really more fantasy/SF, but the inclusion of dragons and such, would likely have it listed under fantasy. I can say in all honesty it does not suck:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2021
"The book had action, fantasy and mystery. I could not put the book down. I am looking forward to read the next book in the series . "
Only took 5 years, but here’s part II of the Last War Mage. I look forward to your reviews:
FYI:
To celebrate the release of the follow up to my highly rated novella (80+ reviews with a 4.5 average!) The Last War Mage, Part I is just .99 today and tomorrow. If you enjoy fast paced science fiction or fantasy, this novella is a “…masterful blending of fantasy and SciFi that will satisfy fans of both genres.”