The Boyhood of Kaede
The Empire of Elves
#1
by David Applegate
Published: June 1,
2018
Genre: Space Opera,
Science Fiction, Epic Fantasy
Blurb:
After the fall of Tir Na Nog, Elves began leaving Earth for
Mars, but that was temporary. They built themselves a large fleet and searched
the stars for a new home. They found it in the Pleiades.
Centuries later and the exodus is near complete. While
cruising at sub light speeds to refuel its fusion reactors, one of the Exodus
ships is attacked, it is carrying an agent of House Hashimoto on a secret
mission.
On the day of the attack, Kaede Hashimoto, a flower elf, is
born. His father, is Prince Hiro, the son of the Emperor, Takahiro of House
Hashimoto. Soon it is clear Kaede is no ordinary child.
Until now the problems of the Empire have only been trade,
terraforming new worlds and an occasional attack by space born pirates on the
location and collection of asteroids with gold, gem and other precious metals.
My Review:
After the fall of Tir Na Nog, Elves built themselves a fleet
of ships to travel through space in search of a new home planet. A few of the
ships had problems with the FTL drives and couldn’t jump from one system to
another. The main ship did not notice that they had left behind some of their
ships until they had already made the jump. They made plans to send a ship back
to look for them and bring them forward with the rest of the fleet.
A flower elf, Kaede is born to Prince Hiro, the son of the
Emperor, Takahiro of House Hashimoto. It is not long before it is known that
Kaede is not an ordinary baby by the time he is three months old Kaede is
walking and talking. Kaede is a toddler with the mind of a 12 year-old.
The Boyhood of Kaede is made up of more than one story line
with lots of different characters. The Boyhood of Kaede has a little bit for
everyone as it is made up of more than one genre. The Boyhood of Kaede has
elves, witches, ogres, and dragons as well as spaceships and space pirates.
The Boyhood of Kaede is unlike most books I have read mixing
witches, magic, elves and space all together in one book not bad, not bad at
all. The story line is awesome but I would have liked a little more world
building though.
I would recommend The Boyhood of Kaede to anyone who is
looking for something a little different that is outside the norm but enjoy
reading about spaceships, magic, witches, dragons and elves traveling in space.
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