cover image Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind: The Chronicles of the Karionin

Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind: The Chronicles of the Karionin

J. A. Cullum. EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing,, $13.95 (340pp) ISBN 978-1-894063-02-9

Is there such a thing as too much imagination? If so, newcomer J.A. Cullum may have it: her fantasy epic Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind has its own literature (exhibited in epigrams beginning each chapter), calendar and language (glossary included), not to mention a dizzying number of characters and humanoid races to keep straight. But it's all contained within a classic plotreluctant heroes waging a battle against eviland told in able prose, as living crystals called Karionin seek young wizards to wield their power and prevent the world from erupting into war.