Title: Good first effort
Review: For a first effort from a fantasy author, Mysteries of the Past is not bad. Schneider creates an interesting universe and does an admirable job staying in it. The concepts are not necessarily revolutionary but they are combined and used effectively. Where Schneider shines is in her characters - while the situations and circumstances they find themselves in are not always believable, they handle themselves in ways a reader can relate to. The internal monologues do help readers understand the very real feelings of the characters. Hopefully, Schneider will follow this effort with a more complete development of the world and its politics and minutae, which are present and could be fascinating, but are incomplete in this volume.
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