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Summary: Best ravenloft book I have read
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Lord Soth is one of my favorite characters, and this story is well told. All of the other characters are also very good. And the setting is great. If you like Soth and or ravenloft you must read this book.
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Summary: From the Beginning i was Captured!
Review: I would love them to make this a movie using the same direction of the movie "Sleepy Hollow" All I can say is fantastic, and the power struggle between Sthrad and Sloth was well done.
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Summary: I Declare Myself a Reborn Fantasy Fan
Review: It has been a long long time since I've read a book that captured me as this one has. And it's sequel is more of an extension of this book, rather than a new story. Lowder's writing is simply incredible, comparible to Weis and Hickman themselves! While he is a bit boorish in the depth department, he is first class in action and excitement. I could literally FEEL the awe inspiring power and hatred that must have eminated from Lord Soth. As one earlier review overlooked, Lord Soth is a damnable being, seething with hatred and pride. Of course he would throw away a chance at redemption! Did you honestly think he'd let himself be redeemed after all he had done and went through? His pride was to much, just as it was when he could have prevented the Cataclysm. I give this novel 5 stars!
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Summary: James Lowder clearly brings his stories to life.
Review: James Lowder has truly out done himself in this book. He has brought to life the Undead Thrice Cursed Knight. If you are a casual Reader that always awaits a define book to read, I would highly recommend this one. It far surpasses any story ever told about Lord Soth.
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Summary: Lord Soth in Action
Review: Knight of the Black Rose is a very well written book by James Lowder. It chronicles the events of Lord Soth's life after his disappearance from Krynn. The black knight finds himself ripped from the famed lands of the Dragonlance and deposited into the world of Strad in Ravenloft. This book is full of great dark characters, and the reader gets to know more about the famed death knight along the way. The book has it all. The excitement and superb storytelling make it a fun read. The characters are richly portrayed and find themselves in exciting fights and difficult situations. Soth is forced to confront his past. As his future is left hanging in the balance, the death knight has amazing encounters with every sort of denizen and the confrontations he has with the vampric Lord Strad are the thing of fantasy legend. All in all this is an excellent read.
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Summary: Lord Soth in Action
Review: Knight of the Black Rose is a very well written book by James Lowder. It chronicles the events of Lord Soth's life after his disappearance from Krynn. The black knight finds himself ripped from the famed lands of the Dragonlance and deposited into the world of Strad in Ravenloft. This book is full of great dark characters, and the reader gets to know more about the famed death knight along the way. The book has it all. The excitement and superb storytelling make it a fun read. The characters are richly portrayed and find themselves in exciting fights and difficult situations. Soth is forced to confront his past. As his future is left hanging in the balance, the death knight has amazing encounters with every sort of denizen and the confrontations he has with the vampric Lord Strad are the thing of fantasy legend. All in all this is an excellent read.
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Summary: I don't know what all the fuss is about
Review: Let me explain that by saying KotBR is a great novel. It gives us what its predecessor, Vampire of the Mists, didn't have: blood and gore galore, which is essential to a good action novel. The story of Lord Soth's journey from the burned-out shell of Dargaard Keep to his own domain of Sithicus is a compelling one, and very well-executed.What I don't get is why so many people harp over the fact that he went. Yes, the vast majority of them are DL fans (like me), who believe RL "stole" Soth and that he belongs in DL. He did, but after the conclusion of Test of the Twins (presented from his point of view in this book's prologue), his usefulness on Krynn had ceased. What to do with an excellent character? Bring on the Mists! The fact that this book was mostly action, consisting mainly of a death knight running around in Barovia and Gundarak and slaughtering whatever he came across, is what makes it only 4-stars. It had some story, some character development, and it had Strahd (in a version I much prefer to the one in VotM), which makes it more than passe. If Soth and Strahd were the only characters, the book would have been poor indeed. But, we also got Caradoc, Magda, and Azrael, as well as the only novelized appearance of the late Duke Gundar and his dhampir son (whose name escapes me). Anyway, the book was good enough to truly draw my attention to RL and make we slaver in desire over the upcoming sequel, Spectre of the Black Rose, which is supposed to settle all the disagreements between DL and RL over Soth. I know it won't, as he has to end up in one or the other, and the other side will be unhappy no matter where he ends up. Oh well, c'est la vie.
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Summary: Clash of the Titans
Review: Lord Soth is utterly ruthless. Strahd is powerful. Together these two tear up Ravenloft. I thought this was good character developement for Soth. In the Dragonlance Saga Soth was a bit tame. But his wrath is unleashed here. The ending is great.
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Summary: Evil vs. evil, and the devil take the hindmost
Review: Lord Soth, the Knight of the Black Rose, is a man cursed by the gods. Doomed to an eternity of undead existence, he seeks to ameliorate his condition by making his true love undead like himself. All his plans come to naught though, when he finds himself transported to another plane of existence, one dominated by creatures as evil and powerful as himself. Driven to return to his world, Krynn, he must outfight the evil around him. I must admit that I have never read any of the Dragonlance or Ravenloft books before, but the cover of this book caught my eye. This book's story of evil versus evil is refreshingly different from any other book I have ever written. Also, the book's presentation of Soth's descent into his fallen state was quite fascinating. Overall, I found this a very good book, one that I recommend highly.
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Summary: Amazing book. A *must* read.
Review: Lord Soth. You're never quite sure what to make of him. Is he a good guy, or a bad guy? But one thing that is for certain, he rocks! If you liked "Vampire of the Mists", you will like this book too, guranteed. Strahd is back in this book but this time he has a new foe. How do you root for the good guy when there isn't one? This is Ravenloft in all it's wonderful splendor!
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