Jason Pratt
 Jason Pratt is a native of West Tennessee, and the systems manager for Dyer Fiberglass, Inc. He holds a bachelor of communications degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. When he isn’t freelance editing other people’s books or writing philosophical treatises as a respected guest on various Internet sites, he can be found pondering tactics and strategies in the latest wargame or studying metaphysics and world history. Occasionally he finds the time to instruct, judge and compete in the art of fencing; and has been known to write cinematic epic fantasies when people aren’t looking. Cry of Justice is the first book of an initial trilogy, the third book of which he is currently composing. In Cry of Justice, Monsters wander the world of Mikon. Caught in the aftermath of a vicious international war, thousands of refugees have fled the Coastal States, bringing their dangers with them into the wilderness near the untamed Middlelands. Castaways from an imploding civilization, fighting to find and to understand the most dangerous of treasures. The cast of characters include Portunista: innovative, ambitious, intemperate; a maga seeking her path to Imperial glory; Seifas: dark and lethal, alienating, poetic; a hunter whose words are his tears; Gaekwar: lanky, laconic, sardonic; 'only a cowherd', yet wielding exotic weaponry; Othon: the Implacable One; a quiet, quick-thinking giant of a man; Dagon: arrogant, insecure, buffoonish; a miserable commander with a knack for solving puzzles; Pooralay: ruthless and compassionate, loud and brusque- when he wants to be; a thug on a mystical quest; Bomas: renegade killer planning a subtle genocide; Artabanus: self-proclaimed Arbiter, drawing every power to himself; Praxiteles: incompetent madman, possessing and possessed by the Roguent Gamin. In their increasingly desperate struggles -- for food, for knowledge, for life itself -- what will make the difference between brigades and bands of brigands? |
Cry of JusticeJason Pratt Synopsis: “I will tell you a story, beloved; Once, But, the children did not always play well. So begins the Introduction of “Cry of Justice,” Jason Pratt’s first book in an intended trilogy. When I first started reading this first book I admit I was a little confused as to what was going on. I read and reread the first chapters in an attempt to decipher who was who and to discern exactly what was happening. Inside the dust jacket there is list of characters but it really isn’t very specific. For instance, for the character of Portunista it says: innovative, ambitious, intemperate; a maga seeking her path to Imperial Glory.” A more in depth character and location guide somewhere in the book would have been extremely beneficial in aiding my comprehension. The main premise of the book from inside the front cover is this: “Caught in the aftermath of a vicious international war, thousands of refugees have fled the Coastal States, bringing their dangers with them into the wilderness near the Middlelands.” The story is then told through a series of various journal entries written by more than one character, which once you are able to sort everything out, is actually quite interesting. The cast of characters in itself is quite original. One of my favorite players in the story is the aforementioned Portunista. She is the leader of a very creative cast and I loved watching to see how she handled and dealt with all of the different personalities and challenges faced along the way.
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