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Summary: The Third Chapter in the Death Gate Cycle
Review: Travelling to Abbarach, the World of Stone, Haplo the Patryn and Alfred the Sartan must join together to survive as they discover both the secrets of a dying world as well as learning to trust each other. Book Three takes a morbid, terrifying look at death and continues the upbeat pace that the first two novels kept. A must read for any reader of the Death Gate Cycle. CAUTION : DUE TO MATURE CONTENT, THIS BOOK NOT SUGGESTED FOR READERS UNDER THE AGE OF 13
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Summary: Dark, eerie, and mysterious,... best of the seven books.
Review: Upon completing the seven books, I have selected Fire Sea as my personal favorite. I find it to have the best description of despair, of true sadness, and yet, at the same time, portraying a terrifying adventure, which presents to the hero, Haplo, the main question that returns throughout the following books: are the Patryns, and grudgingly, the Sartan, really the ultimate power in the universe? Is his Lord correct in assuming his "position" of high ruler? This is the question that Haplo must find the answer to during his dangerous journeys and perilous adventures. If not for the power of Death's Gate (and, not to mention, the absent-minded fumbles and mumbles of the confused, clumsy, dottering old Sartan, Alfred, or Corin, which is later revealed,) Haplo would not have begun to grow lax in his blind trust in his Lord. When gazing into the terrifying blank eyes of the undead, he first begins to realize the frailness of his destiny, and subcontiously sees, for the first time, the power contained in the everchanging wave. This story is quite possibly the most chilling, exciting, and mind-challenging novel I have ever had the opportunity to read. It somehow, in its seemingly fantstic and completely unrealistic plot, reflects in many deep ways the very soul of the human race, and every thought made by any man (or woman) that has ever walked the face of the earth. This novel is quite possibly the most compelling plot ever put to paper.
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Summary: Into the Bowls of a Sundered World
Review: Wow...this book in the Death Gate Cycle series was a strain on me. Somehow the authors were able to give me a sense of claustrophobia, being trapped underground in this world of fire, ash and sorrows. It was a hopeless place where the best one could hope for is true death. What was more likely was the ghost/slave existence of a trapped soul induced by the magic of necromancy, doomed to wander in a constant state of limbo between life and death. Just the descriptions of this damned firey hell made me thirsty! I drank a lot of ice water while reading this book.I wanted to travel through this world as quickly as possible with Haplo, and as quickly get our story told and make our escape to any other world but this. It was a bonefide relief when Haplo started up his ship and left. But I cried when the dog fell into the lava!!! I love that dog. Even though this book was difficult for me to get through I gave it 5 stars because any writer that can make me feel such intense emotions is obviously good at his/her craft.
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Summary: Into the Bowls of a Sundered World
Review: Wow...this book in the Death Gate Cycle series was a strain on me. Somehow the authors were able to give me a sense of claustrophobia, being trapped underground in this world of fire, ash and sorrows. It was a hopeless place where the best one could hope for is true death. What was more likely was the ghost/slave existence of a trapped soul induced by the magic of necromancy, doomed to wander in a constant state of limbo between life and death. Just the descriptions of this damned firey hell made me thirsty! I drank a lot of ice water while reading this book. I wanted to travel through this world as quickly as possible with Haplo, and as quickly get our story told and make our escape to any other world but this. It was a bonefide relief when Haplo started up his ship and left. But I cried when the dog fell into the lava!!! I love that dog. Even though this book was difficult for me to get through I gave it 5 stars because any writer that can make me feel such intense emotions is obviously good at his/her craft.
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