Through the Ice, Robert Kornwise/Piers Anthony


Review: Through the Ice
by Robert Kornwise/Piers Anthony
Note:
About the authors and this book -
it blows me away when i read about the things that some authors will do for/with their fans. Robert Kornwise was a first time author with unfinished and unpublished book. Unfortunately, he never got the chance to finish his book. Robert died in a road accident in december 1987.
His friends and family, knowing about his book, reached out to his favorite author, Piers Anthony. They asked him to read his book and see if there is anything he could do to help get it published.
With a fair amount of uncertainty in what he should do, Anthony accepted the idea and read Kornwise’s book.
Apparently, Robert had finished the first 8 chapters and lost the fifth. Anthony, after reading the book, was able to determine a way to help finish the book with out straying from the original authors vision or writing style.
Anthony was able to accomplish this, filling in the gaps and minorly polishing the text. the prologue/authors notes at the end of the book gives a full description of the process as well as some writing samples comparing the original text and the edited text. it is fairly amazong how little work was put in, allowing for Kornwise’s style to shine through.
it is a shame that there will be no more books in this series. the characters deserve to live on in future tales. unfortunately, it would not be right to keep it going with out Kornwise around to oversee or straight up write the tales. you can tell that the main character was modelled directly after himself.
though juvenile in many aspects, there are a great deal of good ideas incorporated into the book. you can tell what is written completely by Anthony, and which were collaborative. fortunately, their writing styles complimented each other well.
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Through the Ice, opens with Seth. when he is trapped underneath a sheet of ice, his death should be permanent. instead he finds that he is alive, but in an alternate world, on the beach. the winter snow of his life is somehow missing. immediately upon his arrival, seth is greeted by a talking tree (you can tell who his fav author was) and directed toward his destiny.
Taken to a castle, he is placed in a room with 3 others, all of whom seem to be in similar situations. with their past experiences, individual strengths, and a bit of luck, they will be able to traverse their new world and battle Nefarious (what a kick ass bad guy name). should evil win four interconnected worlds will become lifeless balls. the only choice left to them is to do battle with Nefarious, destroy him and save four worlds.. in return, they will be returned to their previous lives.

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