Book Review: The World Maker Parable by Luke Tarzian

Guilt will always call you back...

Rhona is a faithful servant of the country Jémoon and a woman in love. Everything changes when her beloved sets the ravenous Vulture goddess loose upon the land. Forced to execute the woman she loves for committing treason, Rhona discovers a profound correlation between morality and truth. A connection that might save her people or annihilate them all.

You are a lie...

Varésh Lúm-talé is many things, most of all a genocidal liar. A falsity searching for the Phoenix goddess whom he believes can help him rectify his atrocities. Such an undertaking is an arduous one for a man with missing memories and a conscience set on rending him from inside out. A man whose journey leads to Hang-Dead Forest and a meeting with a Vulture goddess who is not entirely as she seems.

GENRE: Dark Fantasy

PURCHASE LINK: Amazon

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Luke Tarzian was born in Bucharest, Romania. His parents made the extremely poor choice of adopting him less than six months into his life. As such, he’s resided primarily in the United States and currently lives in California with his wife and their twin daughters. Somehow, they tolerate him.

Unfortunately, he can also be found online and, to the dismay of his clients, also functions as a cover artist for independent authors.

Review

What a captivating, surreal book. And I mean that in the best way. It did get weird and really confusing at some point, and while that might throw other readers off, it only made me want to push on and get to the end. The payoff was worth it! Because, wow. What a twist. What twists, rather.

The short length promised a quick read, but the prose and the world just sucked me right in. Didn’t finish it in one sitting, but within a day’s close enough, right? And I’m definitely looking forward to more. There are still so many stories to tell, so many lives, so many lies, so many dreams, after all!

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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