There are a few modern SciFi or Fantasy genre worth following. Rarer still, is one that somehow combines the two. J.S. Morin is one of the latter writers who gets to combine these worlds in an entertaining maner. With his Twinborn Chroicles, he is able to weave a story where worlds are traversed, at first by magic and mastery of runes; then later, by Science-backed mechanial engines that are at first, fully steampunk energized - but later, with the help of said runes as well, made o run r perform even better. So we are now seeing how two worlds are beginning to traverse and affect each other - sometimes, with hilarious results.
I initially was confused as a reader (or in this case, a listener), jumping from one charater to another - wondering how one character seemed to be sharing experiences through their dreams. How Kairus Hinterdale - a letterer, and someone far from being an adventurer, wondering why he had dreams of a Knight named Branis, in the middle of a struggle to navigae his small army of soldiers against a troop of Goblins. How Kairus seemed to have this as a recurring dream - but more importantly, how he learned to cast spells via learning runes by way of Branis' observations.
It comes to the point that they find out their connecitons with each other, and how Branis tries helping his Twin from another world get out of trouble for being accused of being a witch. In between we learn of other characters - how they are caught in a war, and how they meet other twinborns on their worlds. The idea of having multiple worlds or dimensions isn't exactly new for me. Heck the Marvel comics, and more recently, their cinematic universe counterparts are already showing such worlds - one further explored in Spider-man Far From Home, and how there were three Peter Parkers / Spider-men working together.
Here is a world that has Ogres, Wizards, Dragons, Demons, Immortals, Humans and yes, Goblins living in a world where fuedal law seems to be the norm. Where magic is normal. Then we have the mundane world of Kairus. We see how (spoilers) Branis gets accidetally telepored by Kairus, and how they , by necessity, get to djust in their worlds - together with the drama involved.
We also get to see how Kairus and Branis are me with lot of moral dillemas, and how they keep their wits, and honor about them. The first three books explores their adventures, and how the get to resolve their dillema.
The second set of books introduces new characters, new situations... and a new world. We now have three worlds, with twinborns of either one pair of worlds, or the other. How they already have ideas of being twins, and how one world's twin ma have a very different life rom he other. This time, there is slavery and a rebellion. How tinkering is a very rare skill, and how said rebellion is growing given the knowledge and skills found from one win to the other.
I am currently in the second set of books. Listening at each chapter. As I said earlier, it is a successful aalga of magic, steampunk, and world crossing. I continue listening when I can - usually, while driving. This is one story I wish would last long, and will regret once it finally ends. Even better, a few old characters from the earlier trilogy are sparingly showing up. So I like the fact that I see the fate of these other characters, post-first trilogy's war.
It comes to the point that they find out their connecitons with each other, and how Branis tries helping his Twin from another world get out of trouble for being accused of being a witch. In between we learn of other characters - how they are caught in a war, and how they meet other twinborns on their worlds. The idea of having multiple worlds or dimensions isn't exactly new for me. Heck the Marvel comics, and more recently, their cinematic universe counterparts are already showing such worlds - one further explored in Spider-man Far From Home, and how there were three Peter Parkers / Spider-men working together.
Here is a world that has Ogres, Wizards, Dragons, Demons, Immortals, Humans and yes, Goblins living in a world where fuedal law seems to be the norm. Where magic is normal. Then we have the mundane world of Kairus. We see how (spoilers) Branis gets accidetally telepored by Kairus, and how they , by necessity, get to djust in their worlds - together with the drama involved.
We also get to see how Kairus and Branis are me with lot of moral dillemas, and how they keep their wits, and honor about them. The first three books explores their adventures, and how the get to resolve their dillema.
The second set of books introduces new characters, new situations... and a new world. We now have three worlds, with twinborns of either one pair of worlds, or the other. How they already have ideas of being twins, and how one world's twin ma have a very different life rom he other. This time, there is slavery and a rebellion. How tinkering is a very rare skill, and how said rebellion is growing given the knowledge and skills found from one win to the other.
I am currently in the second set of books. Listening at each chapter. As I said earlier, it is a successful aalga of magic, steampunk, and world crossing. I continue listening when I can - usually, while driving. This is one story I wish would last long, and will regret once it finally ends. Even better, a few old characters from the earlier trilogy are sparingly showing up. So I like the fact that I see the fate of these other characters, post-first trilogy's war.
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