This is the first chapter of the novel I've been writing. I hope to eventually get it published and I would like to think what fellow writers thought of it. After all this is supposed to grip the audience and reel them in, and I hope I have put in enough questions for the audience to ponder. Don't be afraid to criticise, in fact the more the better :) Chapter I – Blacksmiths Apprentice Sweat dripped down his face as he worked the metal with his hammer. Every strike of the hammer...
