The results of the 2008 Reader Views Literary Awards are in, and Eclipsed by Shadow was a winner, placing second in the Fantasy category. It is a fantastic surprise! I wasn’t thinking of the story as fantasy due to the historical framework. I would guess the flying horse had something to do with it.
I’m thrilled to have the recognition, and I’d like to thank the staff of Reader Views and especially Irene Watson, the head of this 21st Century literary organization. Reader Views is one of the top groups providing needed author-to-reader services as we enter the bright new future of publishing.
wrote an excellent review of “Eclipsed by Shadow” in conjunction with the award, and I’m posting the first paragraph here:
Eclipsed by Shadow
John Royce
Micron Press (2008)
ISBN 9780972412131
Reviewed by for Reader Views (12/08)
“Auburn–haired and with a streak of tomboy, Meagan Roberts was not an unusual girl of twelve – except for the lucky fact that her family kept horses.”
John Royce introduces us to one of those works that you will remember forever. In the past few years I have read several series that have really captivated me; this story is like these great series in the fact that it has the reader drawn in, but different in the fact that most all of the facts, times, and places in this book are not fiction. The places you visit in “Eclipsed by Shadow” were really times in our great history. “The Legend of the Great Horse” series will have you wishing the tales were never-ending.” [read review]
