N.S. Dolkart is a graduate of Hampshire College. By day, he leads activities in a nonprofit nursing home; in the evenings he cooks with his wife and plays with their two children; and only late at night does he write his tales of magic and Godhood. He doesn t sleep much.Silent Hall is his first novel.
<i>Silent Hall</i> is very nearly a perfect novel. I wish my first book had been anywhere near as inventive and challenging to the norm. <b>- James A Moore</b>, author of the <i>Seven Forges</i> series This was crazy good! 4.8/5 - <b>Koeur's Book Reviews</b> This is a very special debut novel. The quality of writing takes this tale way beyond a simple fantasy adventure. - <b>Strange Alliances</b> An excellent debut from a new author. What a lush world of magics and peoples, gods, and dragons. What's more, the author set it all in a patriarchal world, yet delivers some rather feminist notions in a very organic way. Likewise, there are nuggets about racism and even domestic violence, but done so subtly and woven in so smoothly that they don't stand out as such. They just blend in to make a much rounder story that has a lot more to say than the typical medieval-patriarchy fantasy. A delightful surprise, and cleverly done. - <b>Women of Badassery</b>