Wordsmiths Anvil The DioField Chronicle Review

I think one of the greatest pieces of advice that I ever received for my writing was "Show, don't tell." It sounds cliche, and maybe it is, but it's cliche for a reason. You want to paint a picture in your readers' minds without giving your story in the form of a journalistic report. That's the hope, anyway. Diofield's directors didn't get the memo. Diofield Chronicle is about a couple of friends who find themselves embroiled in a small nations struggle to keep its independence against an encroaching empire. We've heard all this before, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Nowadays every story has been told already in some form or another, so it's going to be impossible to get past anything's derivative nature. You just have to roll with the idea that maybe this rebel alliance's fight against the empire is unique in its own way. And it is, for the most part. The main character of Diofield is named Andreas, and he's a secretive young man who prefers to let his let his dagger do the talking on the battlefield. That said, although he does not share a whole bunch, he does come up with the majority of the plans for he and his friends as they navigate their way from the outliers to the vanguard of the war. He comes onto the scene with two friends in particular, Fred and Izzy, and the three of them start off the game on the same playing field but working towards making more of a name for themselves as mercenaries. They join the Blue Foxes, headed up by a knight of some renown before he gets himself killed about 15 minutes later, and then the Blue Foxes is in a position of split leadership between Andreas, Fred, Isca (a silent sniper with his heart set on democratic values), and Waltaquin (their newest friend who... you'll see). For the rest of this review and others, visit WordsmithsAnvil . com