Becoming A Druid: Book 1: Protectors of Pretanni

My complete review is published at Before We Go Blog.“I welcome the stinging rain and the discomfort it brings me. I deserve much worse.”Mike Mollman channels the classic epic fantasy feel of Lloyd Alexander and T.H. White with his debut novel, Becoming a Druid. The year is 819, and the land is Pretanni, a fantasy version of medieval Wales and southwest England.Becoming a Druid is a coming-of-age tale of sorts for our narrator, Grahme, a druid-in-training who must prove himself on a quest to ret

4.5/5A great coming of age story with twists and turns about a head strong Druid prodigy. Grahme is strong willed and sure of his abilities. Which constantly gets him in trouble with his masters until he is given a final last ditch chance to become a Druid. Test and given a dangerous quest he must risk his life and that of many others to prove he has what it takes to be a Druid. At times early on I struggled with Grahme’s attitude towards others. He almost has an aggressive arrogance about him w

Full text review: https://jamreads.com/reviews/becoming...Becoming a Druid is the first book in the Protectors of Pretanni series, written by Mike Mollman; a strong debut in my opinion, with a world that I personally loved, as it takes a lot of influences from folklore, coming close the what could be called historical fantasy, putting the emphasis in the fantastic elements.A coming-of-age story that will be following Grahme, an unusual druid's apprentice, on his path to complete a crazy quest in