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Summary: Great addition to Ravenloft.
Review: Laurell K. Hamilton (of Anita Blake fame) does a superb job with this foray into the Ravenloft world. The book is "about" a party of adventurers and their journey to save a village tormented by a plague of walking dead. But Hamilton chooses the right story, the self-discovery and slow spiral into evil of a would-be mage. She does a wonderful job of describing magic, much better than the typical TSR work, and her action sequences are about the best I've seen in this type of novel. The end is a bit weak, the young mage's story needs more closure than it has, but I truly enjoyed this book.
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Summary: Great addition to Ravenloft.
Review: Laurell K. Hamilton (of Anita Blake fame) does a superb job with this foray into the Ravenloft world. The book is "about" a party of adventurers and their journey to save a village tormented by a plague of walking dead. But Hamilton chooses the right story, the self-discovery and slow spiral into evil of a would-be mage. She does a wonderful job of describing magic, much better than the typical TSR work, and her action sequences are about the best I've seen in this type of novel. The end is a bit weak, the young mage's story needs more closure than it has, but I truly enjoyed this book.
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Summary: Laurell K Hamilton does Dungeon and Dragons
Review: This dark and intriguing fantasy adventure romp set in the gothic/horror world of Ravenloft is a must-read for all Laurell K Hamilton fans. While it does not include her signature sex-spiced scenes, Death of a Darklord does introduce us to a woman who is fighting against all odds in a magical world that doesn't want her. Several plot twists and surprises will catch you off guard. It would be a 5 star book if it had a happy ending, but this IS Ravenloft after all...
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Summary: Laurell K Hamilton does Dungeon and Dragons
Review: This dark and intriguing fantasy adventure romp set in the gothic/horror world of Ravenloft is a must-read for all Laurell K Hamilton fans. While it does not include her signature sex-spiced scenes, Death of a Darklord does introduce us to a woman who is fighting against all odds in a magical world that doesn't want her. Several plot twists and surprises will catch you off guard. It would be a 5 star book if it had a happy ending, but this IS Ravenloft after all...
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Summary: Rather slow and a little weak
Review: This is the first Ravenloft novel that I have read - I picked it up because it was written by LKH.While the charactisations are good, the story lacks the punch and drive of her other novels and she again explores the idea of a girl growing into magical powers (as in Anita Blake and Nightseer) and her subsequent possible descent into evil.
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Summary: If you like Harkon Lukas, this novel reads well.
Review: Unless you are versed in the history of the land of the mists Ravenloft, you may not get as much enjoyment from this offering as you would expect.
This is a departure from the standard Laurell Hamilton offering, even though the supernatural theme is prevalent. If you like Harkon Lukas, the Domain Lord of Kartakass, this novel reads well, capturing somewhat the essense of the depths of which such an evil being will go to achieve his goals.
But unless you are grounded in the lore of Ravenloft, you may find some of the narrative in this novel a bit weak. It is not to par with some of her better efforts, such as GUILTY PLEASURES or THE KILLING DANCE. But to an avid gamer there is worth in this book from a resource background. The side story of the group transported to Ravenloft is most engaging, you do end up wondering what happens to them. The description of how wolfweres hunt and kill was eerily done and lingered in the mind long afterward. But as a whole, the story seemed unfocused and unfinished.
I would like to see a further effort by the author that focused more on the Dark Lord Harkon himself and not so much on the side stories.
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Summary: she strikes again
Review: Wow. What an incredible waste of paper. I have never read any of Hamilton's books before, and after reading Death of a Darklord, I don't know that I ever will. To say this was slow was an understatement. I have never seen so much dull, pointless exposition and interior monlogue in my life as I saw in these pages. I didn't even make it to the end--I was that bored by this novel. My opinion: go read one of P.N. Elrod's Strahd novels, if you want to read in Ravenloft.
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Summary: The pain, the pain!
Review: Wow. What an incredible waste of paper. I have never read any of Hamilton's books before, and after reading Death of a Darklord, I don't know that I ever will. To say this was slow was an understatement. I have never seen so much dull, pointless exposition and interior monlogue in my life as I saw in these pages. I didn't even make it to the end--I was that bored by this novel. My opinion: go read one of P.N. Elrod's Strahd novels, if you want to read in Ravenloft.
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