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Summary: Destined for Greatness!
Review: The Brothers War is a terrific book, and a great read. I found the characters very intriguing, each one having their own story, each one having weakness that showed up throughout the book. I also found that the book featured a wickedly evil villian, and a cool main character. The plot its self is near perfect.
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Summary: Must read for Magic:tG fans
Review: Focusing on the people, this tells of the war between Urza and Mishra. You'll learn how the brothers became interested in artifice, and how they went beyond it. You'll know not only the events of the war, but why the war was waged. You'll read of many familiar figures, such as Ashnod, Tawnos, Drafna, Hurkyl, and Feldon. If you find yourself reading the flavour text on the cards you play, and enjoying the story there, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Read this book now
Review: I am a casual player of the Magic: the Gathering card game but I find the books, especially this one in particular to be extremely good books. This one in fact stands taller than the rest.Enter the strangest brother-brother relationship based on their birthdays and break them apart in a cannot forgive each other fight. Each being equally brilliant and equally capable of building machines or artifacts to increase the technological capacities of their two very different cultures, which also are at war with each other. I found the plot to be very interesting, and it already made ties back to "the Thran" and this book will be referenced in every M:TG book until the end of time probably. The story is told mainly through the eyes of Kayla bin Kroog, Urza's wife, who coincedintally plays a roll in both of the brothers lives. Seriously, I find it very hard to deny a book about a war between brilliant brothers, especially with cutting edge technology, unless it is written by a very poor author. I have read quite a few of Jeff Grubb's books and he has yet to dissappoint me, and I would be surprised if he ever did. Read this book if you are a fan of the card game and even if you have never heard of the card game. I have always been facinated by brotherhood, and this book goes deep into that theme.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I wasn't sure at first if the MTG books would be any good. After the first 10 pages or so you are completely into the book. It's well worth 6 dollars for this book. My other concern was it would have nothing to do with the cards. I was suprised to find many cards were referenced in the book. I recommend this book to anyone especially if you like the card game.
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Summary: Very Good Genre Fiction
Review: Jeff Grubb proved himself a competent author with his work in the Dungeons & Dragons worlds for TSR. When Wizards of the Coast acquired TSR they made a good choice in picking Grubb for the first "Magic" author. He translated a very mathematical and orderly card game into a compelling story. It must not have been easy to essentially draft a back story to a game that had already been popular for four years at the time this was written. Above and beyond meeting fanboy(girl) expectations, the end product is actually a decent genre book in its ownright. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: I've been a Magic player since late 1994, around the time when the set Antiquities was released. The game is still a part of my life, as I play against friends and people online. But I wanted to see if a novel written about Magic would actually be worth reading. I started buying "Fat Packs," which came out just after a recent set was released. The "Fat Packs" contain five booster packs of Magic cards, two premium "foil" cards, a life-counter 20-sided die featuring the set expansion as the number 20, a card guide, and the novel for that particular set. I read all three of the Invasion series books by J. Robert King, and was thoroughly disappointed. Still, I wasn't going to give up hope, so I picked up a copy of The Brother's War by Jeff Grubb, and was astounded. The book takes you to the origins of the two most dreaded personalities in Magic history; Urza and his younger brother Mishra. Several cards have been named in their honor, as well as the entire Antiquities set being devoted to their battles against each other. Any Magic player will instantly tell you who both are, but they probably don't know much about them. This book does a good job explaining how they became the people they are (or were). Also featured in the book are Tawnos, an apprentice toymaker who helps Urza, and Ashnod, a brash young woman who falls for Mishra. I don't want to go into too much detail about the book (since I hate it when people ruin stories for me with spoilers) but many of the cards from the Antiquities set are featured in the book, such as the Amulet of Kroog, the Clay Statue, the Triskelion, and the Clockwork Avian. I figured the storyline may be a bit cheesy and tainted, since it's based on the card game, but the presentation of the artifacts along with the characters blends very well. I enjoyed reading every page of this book. I think it took me three days to finish it, and I couldn't have been happier. An excellent story told by a very good author. Definitely a great title to pick up, even if you're not a Magic player.
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