There are four main characters, all women: Danae’s niece Mara is feeling traumatised by the break-up of what she thought was a long-lasting relationship and decides to visit her aunt rather than her more extraverted family. The novel is in fact a bit more gritty than Binchy’s, and covers some difficult topics.

The writing style felt like that of Maeve Binchy, and I knew that this would be a gentle, character-based book set in a community I would love to visit, if only it were real.

I couldn’t keep track of all the people she meets in a typical week, but that didn’t matter. Danae herself is a quiet, undemonstrative person, presumably middle-aged. We meet Danae, postmistress of Avalon, and recipient of many secrets. The novel is based in a village in Ireland, and the prologue had me almost mesmerised. I picked up ‘The House on Willow Street’ to read a few days ago, and have just finished it. So I finally put one of her novels on my list, and was given it for my birthday a few months ago. There are people still trying to find the best strategy to defeat Doomdark.For perhaps a year or more, Amazon had been recommending that I read books by Cathy Kelly, based on my ratings and the books I had on my wishlist. There is a very high level of non-linearity, making it possible to play the game several times, constantly encountering different challenges. The title also offers elements of wargames you have to recruit other lords and their soldiers to defeat the evil Doomdark. Lords of Midnight was also a great combination of exploration, adventure, and strategy. The players and the critics appreciated this solution, and the game became a huge success.īut the engine was not the only reason. Quite impressive, considering that we are talking about 8-bit computers in 1984.

The game was able to show up to 32000 different views. Despite not being a real 3D engine, the illusion was very realistic. The player could move in 8 different directions, with the scene changing accordingly. Mike Singleton created a revolutionary engine called 'landscaping' for this game, used to render a 3D world from a first-person perspective. In the following years, the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions were also released. The Lords of Midnight is a mix of strategy and adventure games created in 1984 by Mike Singleton for the ZX Spectrum.

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