Army of Misfits is the fourth in the Sojourn Chronicles. Even though the author is coming into the home stretch with only two more books to follow there are still plenty of stories left to tell. Army of Misfits follows the now familiar format of - on the road to the destination, add a few new characters to the mix, then embroil the characters in a nearly insurmountable obstacle which they finally overcome allowing them to return to the main objective. The main objective in this case being to ...more Army of Misfits is the fourth in the Sojourn Chronicles. Even though the author is coming into the home stretch with only two more books to follow there are still plenty of stories left to tell. Army of Misfits follows the now familiar format of - on the road to the destination, add a few new characters to the mix, then embroil the characters in a nearly insurmountable obstacle which they finally overcome allowing them to return to the main objective. The main objective in this case being to save the world from Gorg invaders.

Dale and his band of travelers must find King Yaybar before they run out of time. Each time it looks like they are going to make it something stops them in their tracks. They first have to make their way through a mountain range that is protected by a deadly magical barrier. After doing that they need to convince the people of the mountains that they aren’t demons before the people use their own deadly force. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

In addition to the main quest line, there are quite a few interesting sub-plots. There is a confrontation at a pixie castle that leads to the rescue of a lovely sprite maiden who is particularly taken with Kheri. Frost dragon Quhi takes Dale’s oath and becomes quite a useful addition to the group. Dwarf Thoradin turns out to be not quite what he seems from outward appearances. Faran works to understand his father and family relations a little bit better. Dale and Aerline need a little marriage counseling. And the reader will never guess who will join the group in the last few chapters. Quite a nice little surprise there.

As always, this is not a stand-alone novel, one absolutely must read the series in order. To do anything else is to miss too many of the nuances of the story, not to mention the character development over the successive books. The series is written in a seamless line with each new book picking up exactly where the last one left off.

Write faster Crystalwizard, write faster. Your faithful readers will be champing at the bit to know what happens.

Reviewed by Sarra Borne for Frontstreetreviews.com