Knight's Ransom

"Thanks to 47North and NetGalley for letting me have the opportunity to read and review this intriguing and enjoyable story. If you don't know already, I'm a big fan of Jeff Wheeler and all his stories. He's an amazing author and I love that he writes such great, engaging, and amazing stories that are clean without any language, violence, sex, or the like in them.<br/>This is an exciting and thrilling first book in a new series by Jeff Wheeler that brings us back to the world of Kingfountain, in the past from the Kingfountain series so now this gives us a glimpse into a story and the history of Kingfountain with this series focusing more on the time back when the Argentine family rules/comes to power and how this knight Ransom plays his part in everything. This story really is about Ransom and Claire, their love story, adventures, knights, sword fights, wars/battles, how Ransom has to find his way in the world and make a name for himself and find his place and where he fits in with everything. We discover Ransom has talents that make him a desirable knight/servant to have in a person's employ or as a person's bodyguard. He has to learn to use his talents to protect and serve and do his best to do what is right.<br/>During the story, Ransom discovers a plan to take the Queen and then ends up in her service as a bodyguard to her son who is the firstborn of the new Argentine dynasty. There's, of course, personal and more conflict that presents itself though and Ransom has to learn how to hone his talents and skills to better serve and help others as well as himself as he figures out what to do. It's another intense rollercoaster ride of emotion like most of the stories I read by this author that always seem to apply to life in general and me on a personal level, which makes the betrayal, turmoil, and other adventures with finding oneself and figuring things out and such as well as events throughout the story that much more meaningful to me as the reader and gets me right in the feels that much more.<br/>I did think when I first went to read this book that since I've read so much of his books and all the Kingfountain series that I kind of knew or had some sort of inkling what was going to happen, what story pattern this would follow, but, let me tell you, I had no idea what was going to happen until I read it and while there are a few similarities in some aspects, most of this story is completely new and I have no idea what's going to happen next. The end of this book left me hanging with no clue and I cannot wait to read the next book in this series. If you haven't heard or checked out this book yet, then get on it - go pre-order, put it on your list, and get ready for a thrilling beginning to another awesome series by a master storyteller."

"<strong>Easy read, good characters</strong><br/><br/>I rarely have patience for books that drone on and on and will stop reading if they do. This book kept me moving along at a good pace with believable characters (meaning relatable and interesting).. I only found a few points frustrating but I guess the next book in the series will answer these questions. I hope anyway. Lol"

"Wartime feudal politics and King-Arthur inspired sword fights. Enjoyable light reading. The main character is surrounded by nobles with their own political agendas, while he has a valiant quest."