Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest by Chuck Black

Reviewed by Aimee

Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Ratings Explanation

Violence:  Throughout the book is sword fighting and battles.  There are tournaments for sword fighting.  Marauders attack a group while traveling.  They shoot arrows and kill people.  Rowan is kidnapped, beaten and starved.  Moth like bugs sting people and paralyze them.  Then caterpillars attack and eat the person alive.  Rowan is left for dead.  Knights and sentinels fight and eight sentinels die.  Mariah is hit.  The army attacks the city of Kroywen.  Many people die in battle.  Rowan is captured and imprisoned.  Rowan is forced to fight in the arena against eight at a time.  He watches as Mariah is plunged through with a sword in her chest.  He holds her while she dies.  The arena crowd turns against Gavaah and there is pandemonium.  Gavaah rules with tyranny and an iron fist.  Lijah and Rowan fight many throughout the land.  Lijah is pierced in the chest and hit on the head.  Rowan is run through with a sword in his side.  They are left for dead.

Synopsis

Sir Rowan has earned the reputation of one of the best knights in the land.  He revels in the glory and fame this reputation brings.  While traveling to a tournament, Rowan is attacked, beaten and taken prisoner.  Eventually he is left for dead.  He is found by a woman, dedicated to the Prince, who helps him regain his strength and recover.  Healing comes both on the outside and on the inside as Rowan renews his dedication to the Prince and His King.  His purpose becomes focused on helping those in service to the Prince regain the lands that have fallen into the hands of the Dark Knight.  The battle is hard and the road is long.  With the loyal Lijah by his side, he fights his way through the land to warn the people and engage the evil Dark Knight.

Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest is the 6th book in the series The Knights of Arrethtrae.  This is a Christian based novel, running parallel to doctrine found in the Bible.  The King being God and the Prince, Jesus Christ.  The war being fought is the classic good versus evil with the reign of the evil one stealing the hearts of the people and the followers of the Prince determined to stop him.  The book is well written and moves along nicely.  I was interested in the story line and enjoyed the characters.  It is a good reminder that there are things worth fighting for.  Faith, love and loyalty are admirable personality traits and can take you a long way in this life and the hard things it brings. I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review