Get your Signed copy today! Kindle Edition Amazon Dancaster. com Category:  Fantasy Publisher: Dancaster Creative ISBN-10:  1482697238 Type: Fiction Pages: 700 Copyright: March 2013 ISBN-13: 9781482697230 Price: $4.99 (eBook) A curious A-List Hollywood actor slips between the cracks and finds himself in an alternative world. The First Book of the Farn Trilogy.. Harris Cartwright, a young A-list actor, is at the crossroads. His career’s on fire - in a good way, but a missed step on an evening romp with an alluring stalker brings him to the brink of a strange world. He finds he’s been drawn into a dystopian realm and is transformed into the new Gulliver. Belmundus is the first book of The Farn Trilogy, an adventure into the realms of high society and tyranny — a place were the native cultures have been displaced by an elite force of magicians and a conqueror’s brutal hand. Harris Cartwright has been drawn into elite society, but soon discovers his sympathies for the underdog as he searches for an exit and his true-self. Along the way, he makes indelible friendships and encounters . . . love. Belmundus, your passport into the Realms of Farn, introduces a tale of ancient history, lingering mystery, tantalizing promises and enduring prophecies. Harris Cartwright soon learns that this alternate reality is truer than any movie set he has ever graced. He’s up for the shoot, but is always on the lookout for exit - stage right.

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A Complex and Compelling Tale
Admired and captivating, young actor of stage and screen Harris Cartwright found the world his oyster. Able to have anything or anyone - man or woman for that matter - Harris lived the dream of many until the day he saw her. Something about her was different and he had to have her - Charminus Montjoy - she had him under his spell. And after pursuing and finding her at Mortis House outside of New York, Harris experienced what was the most satisfying but bizarre encounter of his entire life. He soon learned what he already believed to be true - Charminus was no ordinary girl and when he awoke not in New York but in an entirely different land, an entirely different world, Harris' life changed forever. Now in the land of Farn and one of the consorts of Septa Charminus, one of three sisters, Harris is determined to find a way home and become something more than just a consort. He would become Lord Belmundus and his power and impact in this world would go beyond anything anyone would have fathomed.

Having read a number of Patterson's books, what amazes me is both how prolific he is and how comfortably he writes in any genre. I suppose I would put Belmundus in a fantasy, adventure, sci/fi mash-up genre. This is quite the epic and the world building is substantial with its characters, politics, geography, animals, language, and so on. In fact there are so many new words introduced that I occasionally had to double back to confirm my understanding.

What is consistent in any Patterson book or genre, is the exceptional character development throughout - never does one find a cardboard cutout in a Patterson novel. I think my favorite characters are what I will affectionately refer to as the side-kick. In Belmundus, this is embodied in Yustichisqua, Harris' "Trone" or servant but oh so much more. From a race made to be subservient, the Cetrones, Yustichisqua is offered to Harris who quickly raises Yustichisqua's station from servant to something much more important to the dismay of many.

Belmundus is a complex epic and will be enjoyed by those who relish exploring new worlds and races, and plots infused with political intrigue and rich deep characterization. This is quite the tome, so block some major time to ensure your full emersion into all Patterson has to offer.

A Great Read!
I rarely give anything 5 stars as there is something special which I need to find in a book before I will give it that rating. This is one of those books where I found the something special. I loved the theme of this book and was very sorry when it ended. Mr. Patterson is a great writer and has such a vivid imagination when it comes to making new words. One has to work at getting one's tongue around some of the words which he invents, but what the heck, I'm only 65 years old, so I welcome a new challenge.

If you want to read a book which is entertaining as well as challenging to your mind that read this book. I hope that it won't be too long before Book 2 of "The Farn Trilogy" is released.

From Hollywood star to Farnian lord
19-year old Harris Cartwright, he of the bright blue eyes and gap-toothed smile, is a star. Everything he touches turns to gold, it seems. He doesn't allow the adoration to turn his head -- thanks, in part, to the grounding his mother gave him about "the business" -- but he is beginning to feel a bit jaded. That is, until he sees a goth queen with a jade ring that seems to call to his most primal instincts. After his first encounter with Charminus Montjoy, which he can't for the life of him remember, he is left with a cryptic address that, when he skips out on a premiere to find, leads him to Mortis House. And then things get weird.

Mortis House is a gateway between our world and the world of Farn, land of nine ruling houses of which one, Montjoy, is Harris's destination. There he becomes Lord Belmundus, one of two consorts to the Septa Charminus, daughter of the Elector of Montjoy. Harris's only "job" in Montjoy, which he shares with his consort-brother, is to satisfy the physical needs of the septa, who seems insatiable.

But the book is about much more than Harris's adventures between the sheets. Paterson has created a complete world for Harris to explore, including unusual flora and fauna, complex relations between the Farnian races, and languages that can sound strange to our ears but that, with repeated use, become almost as recognizable as our own. (I must admit that my favorite word is the name of an air-boat, the Gananadana. It reminds me of the name Rosanne Rosanadana, one of the brilliant Saturday Night Live characters from the 1970's. But I digress.)There is also action, which Paterson is able to describe with so much reality it's hard to believe he made the whole thing up. The weapons are diverse but the way they are used is consistent, as are several ingenious inventions by the Culpeeper brothers. Paterson's imagination seems endless, yet everything he writes follows the "rules" of his Farnian universe. Quite an achievement.

This novel is large so set aside a good slice of time to loose yourself in the beauty and intrigue of Farn.