"Delightful action-packed tale"
Humanity lives in a veritable Garden of Eden with disease
and death conquered. Mankind lives almost like Gods in a
Utopian Olympus controlled by the computer "Mother", who
monitors and calculates probable outcomes. Mother
realizes that there is a 99.9999915% chance that the
humans will go to war as the council, who oversees her, is
squabbling and there is a 17.347% probability they will
wipe out the species. However, Mother is not programmed
to warn humanity or any other intelligent species (machine
or animal). The war causes massive destruction with no corner of the
globe immune. In isolated Raven's Mill, smith and self
proclaimed historian Edmund Talbot sees refugees seeking
asylum while warlords assault anyone. Elves visit him to
help save mankind, but it may be too late. Enemies from
Edmund's past and new foes realize that to conquer, they
must eliminate Edmund first. He is the key for the
82.653% survival of the species; that is if he is not
distracted by the fact that his daughter is out there as a
perfect pawn to destroy him. Mother knows that without
Edmund the survival odds are reversed. THERE WILL BE DRAGONS is an exciting blending of future
science fiction with some fantasy elements into a
delightful action-packed tale. The story line never slows
down from the moment Mother computes the odds in a mundane
ho hum manner. The cast seems genuine whether they
are "perfect" human, elf, other mythological creature, or
man working the land. Still it is John Ringo's world that
makes Paradise obtained and Paradise Lost seem credible
that makes this fab tale so much fun. Fans will anxiously
await sequels to ascertain whether humanity finds Paradise
Regained. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted November 23, 2003
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