Author Biography David Andrew Crawford was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1969, the only son of Lewis and Martha Crawford. When he was three, he and his two older sisters, Michele and Stacy, moved to Ottawa, Ontario and when he was eight, the whole family moved to Wendover, Ontario where he spent most of his childhood.
David attended grammar and high school in the small village of Plantagenet and graduated in the year 1987. While in high school his love for all sports grew as he excelled at almost every sport, winning many awards in baseball, basketball and volleyball just to name a few.
He went on to study psychology at Carleton University and then went in pursuit of a degree on Computer Science at Algonquin College until finally settling on web designing and development as a career choice.
It was at this time his father passed away and David delved back into one of his passions, reading fantasy novels, to help take his mind off the loss of his father. Several years had passed and in a passing conversation with his mother, he was urged to write a story about a character he had made as a child playing Dungeons and Dragons. Not thinking he would ever get published, David wrote a single chapter and sent it off to five different publishing companies he found on the internet. Four out of the five offered him a publishing contract and he settled on Eloquent Books and on February 7, 2011 his Book, Dark Solus: An Assassin’s Tale, was released.
Book Review Reviewed by Anne B. for ReadersFavorite.com
Dark Solus is a dark tale of revenge. This tale grabs your interest from the beginning by introducing you to Dark’s parents. The story begins in the dark of night with two figures being hunted. Elim tried to send his half elfin love Leynorr, to safety for she carried his child. She managed to escape to the Albatross and waited for her beloved. After battling animated rock statues, Halflings, humanoids, and Kalifen, the Arch Mage, Elim joined her on the ship.
From here our story moves forward in time, where we meet Dark and his hell horse, Nightmare. Mephisto was training Dark, his grandson, when the evil Taliesin appeared bragging about the murder of Dark’s parents and challenging Mephisto who quickly shifted into a dragon like creature. From that moment on thirteen year old Dark desired vengeance. For ten years Dark studied and trained with Styg. He knew that was not enough. He continued his preparations by taking on quests for talismans that will help him destroy those that destroyed his loved ones.
Dark Solus is a dark tale filled with magic, dragons, and dark characters. Author David Andrew Crawford presents readers with a tale that will make the most discriminating Dungeons and Dragons fans beg for more. As the reader journeys with Dark on his many quests, he/she will meet many outstanding characters. Crawford carefully molds the characters into creatures that seem to climb off the page. While the plot of Dark Solus is excellent, it was the characters that kept me turning the pages. |
Become an Affiliate...
