Review of book Fantasy The Eightfold Knife / Frostborn 2 (Jonathan Moeller)

******** 8 /10 Review of book Fantasy The Eightfold Knife / Frostborn 2 (Jonathan Moeller)

Medium rating of  The Eightfold Knife (Jonathan Moeller) /  Frostborn 2 (year 2013)  Rating :  8 Stars   Goodreads Rating: 4.04

Opinion of  The Eightfold Knife (Jonathan Moeller) /  Frostborn 2  : Good, has been read again, I liked the first book better but it's ok, let's buy. Fantasy, atack, children kidnapped, dark elves ruins, dreams, dwarves, elves, ex-knight, kobolds, mages, omen, orcs, undead, urdmordar, urdomar, wolfmen, amnesia

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RIDMARK ARBAN is the Gray Knight, banished and outcast from the High King's realm. Yet Ridmark alone sees the danger. The dread Frostborn shall return, and unless Ridmark can warn the realm, the Frostborn will entomb the world in ice forever. CALLIANDE wields mighty magic. Yet her memory is gone, her past forgotten. But her foes remember, and they are coming for her. GAVIN is the son of the praefectus of the village of Aranaeus, and men and women and children are disappearing from their homes as shadowy, bestial shapes prowl through the forest. Yet no one will heed Gavin's warnings of other creatures stirring in the darkness. Creatures that feast upon the souls of their victims... 

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Review of book Hero (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 3

******* 7/10 Review of book Hero  (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 3

Medium rating of  Hero (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 3 (2016)  Rating :  7,5 Stars   Goodreads Rating: 4.47

Opinion of  Hero (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 3 : Well, but lower the level of the series a bit, to buy. I enjoyed it. Fantasy, dark elves, demons, dragons, dwarves, fire elemental, friendship, giants, gods, haflings, magic, monastery, romance, warrior training, mental illness, intrigues, reconstruction, succubus, bandits, seek a cure .

Blogs reviews:

 That doesn’t mean they were bad, or boring, just that they didn’t particularly lend themselves to my usual verbosity. ..

https://strangecurrencies.org/2017/01/24/review-of-maestro-and-hero-by-r-a-salvatore/

This was a good ending to the trilogy, most likely the series. Possibly the most emotional I have be..

https://thebloggoblin.com/2016/11/05/hobs-review-of-hero-homecoming-3-the-legend-of-drizzt-30-by-r-a-salvatore/

All that aside, I did finish the book and it was a decent enough conclusion to the trilogy and I’m sure I will read the next ..

https://archeddoorway.com/2017/05/29/hero-homecoming-3-by-r-a-salvatore-review/

In conclusion, if you are a fan of The Legend of Drizzt, you must read Hero.  If for no other reason, do it to bid farewell to..

https://bookwraiths.com/2016/10/25/hero/

Something akin to “peace" has come to the Underdark. The demon hordes have receded, and now the matron mothers argue over the fate of Drizzt Do'Urden. Even so, it becomes clear to one matriarch after another that while the renegade drow may come and go Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders will crawl forever on. And so Drizzt is free to return to his home on the surface once again. Scores are settled as lives are cut short, yet other lives move on. For the lone drow there is only a single final quest: a search for peace, for family, for home for the future.

The story begins by reviewing what Regis and Wulfgar have been up to while the other Companions of the Hall have been securing Gauntlgrym and .. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Hero



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Review of book Archmage (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 1

********. 8.5 / 10 Review of book  Archmage (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 1

Medium rating of  Archmage (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 1 (2015)  Rating : 8,5   Stars   Goodreads Rating: 

Opinion of  Archmage (R. A. Salvatore) / Homecoming 1: Very good fantasy book, essential,  to buy. I enjoyed it. Fantasy, Dark drows, dwarves, mages, reconquest, demons, friendship, vengance, magic sword, sentient sword, forge, gods, magic, war, intrigues, alliance, fire elemental, magic repair.

Blogs reviews:

Every new book in the series seems different on the surface, but when you really get into the story it is just a retelling of t..

https://archeddoorway.com/2015/07/20/archmage-by-r-a-salvatore-review/

 As expected, they will not be able to walk in and set up camp. There will be blood, from skirmishes to epic..

https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/archmage-homecoming-book-1-by-r-a-salvatore-book-review/

Salvatore creates compelling characters well, particularly outsiders or those with dark sides who still show signs of humanity. He wisely seems to have chosen not to completely abandon his ..

https://reading1000lives.com/2016/08/22/archmage-by-r-a-salvatore/

The latest Drizzt title and as usual with RA, a book that blows the others out of the water as the events of the series bring to the fore..

http://falcatatimes.blogspot.com/2015/09/fantasy-review-homecoming-1-archmage-ra.html

The pall that had descended over the North is gone, and a new day has dawned on a victorious Mithral Hall, but no matter how bright things seem on the surface, Drizzt and his companions know that what lurks just under their feet remains steeped in evil and charged with unimaginable power. The dark elves of Menzoberranzan, including the powerful Archmage Gromph, aren’t done with Drizzt yet. And consumed by their own power struggles, feeling backed into a corner, the drow may just be desperate enough to call on demonic forces from the deepest reaches of the Abyss, and unleash a disaster even the Underdark could never have prepared for. 

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Review of book Magician (Raymond E. Feist) / Riftwar 1 / Riftwar Universe

*******. 7.5 / 10 Review of book  Magician (Raymond E. Feist) / Riftwar 1 / Riftwar Universe

Medium rating of  Magician (Raymond E. Feist) / Riftwar 1 / Riftwar Universe (1982)  Rating :  7.5 Stars   Goodreads Rating: 4.27

Opinion of  Magician (Raymond E. Feist) / Riftwar 1 / Riftwar Universe: Good fantasy book, very good beginning of a sagar, I liked the first part more than the second, well, to buy.  Magic, orphan, mage aprenttice, trolls, squire, ship wrecked, dark elves, dwarves, mad king, war, magic gate, invastion, capture, slave, dragon lords



Blogs reviews:

This is an extremely powerful and memorable book. If you gain any enjoyment whatsoever from reading fantasy then this is a novel that you simply cannot afford not to read. Understandably, this ..

https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Raymond-E-Feist/Magician.html

I have to admit that I have enjoyed reading every bit of it, even though at times I would never manage to get to the end of the novel!..
https://pnebooks.com/2020/11/25/book-review-magician-by-raymond-e-feist-1982/


From stories, tropes, and execution, Magician: Apprentice is without a doubt a classic fantasy. I, as a reader, love classic fantasy TOLD with a modern narrative/voice. The issues I often have with classic fantasy are not the tropes or famili..
http://novelnotions.net/2021/05/26/book-review-magician-apprentice-the-riftwar-saga-1-by-raymond-e-feist/


So, in terms of setting, my more jaded modern eye and world-weary cynicism shudders to think about how excited I was about this story and world, but back then it was brilliant....
https://thecriticaldragon.com/2016/04/28/favourite-fantasy-books-part-1-magician-by-raymond-e-feist/

At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil Kingdom of the Isles, an orphan boy, Pug, is apprenticed to a master magician and the destinies of two worlds are changed forever. Suddenly the peace of the Kingdom is destroyed as mysterious alien invaders swarm the land. Pug is swept up into the conflict but for him and his warrior friend, Tomas, an odyssey into the unknown has only just begun. Tomas will inherit a legacy of savage power from an ancient civilization. Pug’s destiny is to lead him through a rift in the fabric of space and time to the mastery of the unimaginable powers of a strange new magic.

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Wiki's summary:

In the twelfth year of the reign of Rodric the Fourth, an orphaned kitchen boy named Pug is made an apprentice magician to the magician Kulgan in Crydee. A struggling student of magic, he rises to high station by saving Princess Carline, Duke Borric’s daughter, from mountain trolls and becomes a squire of the Duke's court...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_(Feist_novel)





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Review of Age of Swords (Michael J. Sullivan) / The Legends of the First Empire 2

Review of Age of Swords (Michael J. Sullivan):
6Stars

Elves, dwarves, swords, runes, magic creature, dragon, magic, sacrifice, romance, politics, smiths, metallurgy, false gods, outcasts, rebellion..

Opinion: Lower the level a bit compared to the first book. It is worth buying it, giving it away and lending it to whoever likes fantastic literature.

Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies from without and bitter rivalries within.

Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long standing enmities dividing the Rhune make it all but impossible to unite against a common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess makes the Fhrey indistinguishable from gods?

The answer lies across the sea in a faraway land populated by a reclusive and dour race who feels nothing but disdain for both Fhrey and mankind. With time running out, Persephone leads the gifted young seer Suri, the Fhrey sorceress Arion, and a small band of misfits in a desperate search for aid a quest that will take them into the darkest depths of Elan. There, an ancient adversary waits an enemy as surprising as it is deadly.

The Legends of the First Empire

1. Age of Myth

2. Age of Swords

 
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Review of Age of Myth (Michael J. Sullivan) / The Legends of the First Empire 1

Review of Age of Myth (Michael J. Sullivan):
7 stars.
Magic, war, false gods, mages, elves, dwarves, seer, politics, rebellion, slave, pursuit, revenge, outcasts..

It is worth reading, the beginning of a fantastic series.

It is worth buying it, giving it away and lending it to whoever likes fantastic literature.



Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart:

invincible in battle, masters of magic, and seemingly immortal. But when a god falls to a human blade, the balance of power between humans and those they thought were gods changes forever.

Now only a few stand between humankind and annihilation: Raithe, reluctant to embrace his destiny as the God Killer; Suri, a young seer burdened by signs of impending doom; and Persephone, who must overcome personal tragedy to lead her people. The Age of Myth is over. The time of rebellion has begun. 

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