Content: epic fantasy

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Wren is an orphan boy living with his old grandfather, peacefully and happily, when he is faced by a whole series of disasters much too harsh for just a young child of twelve. There is no choice for him but to face the road ahead, but the only problem is, how? ***This is something a friend and I cooked up a plan of a long time ago, and I've decided to start it up again, though by myself. I THINK my friend has lost interest in writing, sadly. Please give me the best feedback you can.

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These are the first few chapters of what I hope will become a very long work of serial epic fantasy. (I aspire to being favorably compared with Robert Jordan, Stephen R. Donaldson, and George R.R. Martin.) I'll accept any and all feedback at this point. But I'm most specifically looking for feedback on the pacing of the novel, whether the action is too quiet (if you will) and really, what you believe is needed (if anything) to carry the momentum of the novel such that folks are waiting eagerly in line for the second book in the series.

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