EPIC: Legacy by Justin Osborne
Synopsis:
Almost a billion people have simply vanished in the last six months.
Deacon’s mother sends him to stay with his eccentric uncle Evon in an effort to keep him safe. Upon his arrival, he learns that his uncle is more than a little on the strange side, he was once a legendary hero.
At first Deacon is reluctant to believe his uncle’s stories, but after meeting his brownie butler, dwarf wife, not to mention the dragon head mounted as a trophy in the foyer, Deacon is starting to come around.
After drinking too much ‘Meadale’ the night before, Deacon accidently falls through a Faerie Mound in his uncle’s backyard, where he ends up trapped in Avalon, a doomed world where all our myths and legends are real, and the only way back home is the badly wounded (and pissed off) faerie that brought him there.
Deacon’s quest to get help for the injured faerie lands him in the village of Fen Glennan, where his uncle is a hero and he is an untrusted outsider from the horrific world of Abaddon (Earth). During his stay, he finds a few friends, a few enemies, and perhaps even love.
Upon his return to Earth, Deacon is forced to carry on his uncle’s ‘legacy’ and fulfill his dying wish, save the people of Fen Glennan and as many in Avalon as he can before it’s destruction.
Review:
EPIC: Legacy is the first book in Author Justin Osborne’s EPIC series, and begins the journey of protagonist Deacon McTaggart.
The world is facing a crisis. The men are disappearing with no explanation to be given and the population is dwindling rapidly. Already a few billion have gone. Everyone is scared, as they should be. Deacon’s mother is given word by his uncle that they need to join him in Scotland to stay safe from what may come of this catastrophe. When Deacon arrives he discovers that his uncle knows a lot more about this issue than anybody else.
Evon McTaggart, Deacon’s uncle, is a hero from another world called Avalon. Dragons and faeries and magic are things of common in Avalon, the rules there different from on Earth. Evon reveals that a strange new creature called Ubaru’ud is behind the strange disappearances, as he is for the inevitable destruction of Avalon. It’s Evon’s duty to save as many from the destruction as possible, but due to circumstances, he is unable to do so.
Deacon, in disbelief of all this new information, wanders off and runs head first into a faerie, the only creature that can lead people between the two worlds. She’s been missing, thus why Evon could not save anyone from Avalon. Deacon, through an accident, ends up falling through the portal with the faerie and injures her, trapping him in the doomed world.
Time is running out, and he has to hurry if he wants to get home and save the people of Avalon from their fate.
Full of fantasy and magic, EPIC: Legacy is an enthralling read. Deacon is a very relatable character, stumbling a bit through this new world before catching himself and trying his best to adjust. I personally like him for his affinity for good music.
The only reason at all that I give this book a four star rating other than a solid five is due to a few editing errors I could not help but notice. Overlooking this though, this book was brilliant and well done.
I seriously recommend it to all fantasy lovers!
Four out of Five stars!