Knight Watch

This was a total love letter to the D&D fanatics, the LARPers, the Ren Faire regulars, and the underdogs.
This is a story of a haphazard hero who gets the Men In Black treatment and recruited into a realm beyond his tabletop dreams. There is a realm beyond out own where strange happenings occur and sometimes blur into our ‘mundane' realm. You may think it's just a parade float of a Dragon, or it's just a storm rather than a Harpy, but the Knight Watch sees all and protects the silly humans from the evil forces that lie beyond.

Throughout the book it's questionable when out protagonist will actually get his courage and become the hero he's expected to be, but he continues to stumble his way though, lacking the confidence in himself, though surviving some pretty hefty battles. I was hoping for more of a transformation in the character or that he would fully embody his realized potential. The face off at the end shows him with some perseverance, though I was more intrigued to see the story from Chesa's perspective and dive into her becoming the ruler of her domain.

The story was fun with plenty of levity but also plenty of serious moments and high stakes action mixed in. It was an exciting introduction to Akers writing and while browsing his collection of miniatures on his instagram, you can kinda see where this story may get some of it's inspiration.

Fun fun FUN. This book is a Percy-Jackson/Men in Black type of story, where you find out fantasy, fairy tale, and biblical creatures and heroes are REAL. Tim Akers handles this with not just great action, but humor that really hits the spot. He has produced a fun and original fantasy story and a good satire of Ren Faire, RPG, and LARP culture. While doing this, he manages not to talk down to or insult the people he satirizes. If you like a fun, quick read, I highly recommend KNIGHT WATCH.