About this title: Despite a great working of Wild Magic and High Magic that struck at the heart of the Demon Queen's evil plots, Knight-Mage Kellen and his Elven allies are still seen as enemies by the human Mage Council. The Elves and their allies must find a way to shatter the Demons' hold on the human Mages or the forces of Light will be destroyed.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books
Date Published: 07/2006
ISBN-13:9780765302212ISBN:0765302217
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books
Date Published: 2006-07-25
ISBN-13:9780765302212ISBN:0765302217
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Date Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN-13:9780765341433ISBN:0765341433
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books
Date Published: 2006-07-25
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780765341433ISBN:0765341433
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Date Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN-13:9780765341433ISBN:0765341433
Description: Very Good. 2006, Tor Fantasy, 1st Edition Hardback. A touch of wear to dust jacket edges else book, inner pages unmarked. Solid binding. read more
"I wasn't a big fan of this book or this trilogy overall. I had three main complaints:
1) It's morally simplistic. There are the good guys and the bad guys. To make it even easier, you can basically tell whether someone is good or bad by what species they are and if they are from the "bad" species (demons, shadow elves, etc) then they should all be annihilated down to the last baby. This is not how things are in real life and I find it a cheat. The high mages were the only ones remotely ambiguous and I found their behavior unrealistic at the end of this book.
2) This book glorifies self sacrifice in a way that I might have found appealing as a teenager but that horrifies me now. Each of the 5 main characters is bent on destroying themselves for the good of everyone else and I just can't stomach idealizing martyrs. Also, even as it does this it doesn't actually draw me in emotionally (nor did it draw me into either of the supposed "romances")
3) For some reason Lackey and Mallory derive great pleasure in describing horrifying torture scenes in loving detail. I had to skip all these sections of the book/trilogy but the little that I accidentally read always made me feel nauseous.
It wasn't all bad - after all, I did complete the whole trilogy which is due to slightly more than the fact that I am a completist. I was kind of curious about what would happen and some of the world/characters were semi-interesting, but overall I was unimpressed."
"This series is a fun read. Very entertaining. Some of the end was transparent, but there were enough surprises that the book never lost it's appeal. All in all I recommend it, and will likely reread it myself. The books really do not stand alone, so be sure to read them all in order. :o)"
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