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Summary: Gruesome but good.
Review: "Prince of Lies" is a cornerstone novel in the Forgotten Realms series. The mad god Cyric launches a hunt for the soul of his old foe Kelemvor, and commissions the Cyrinishad, a book which has the potential to destroy all the other gods. In the ensuing conflict, the outcome is in doubt almost to the end. Highly insightful at times; partly influenced by social studies of 18th century, gin-soaked London! Not for the squeamish; early in the book we learn just how hard a scribe's death can be!
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Summary: A good follow-up to the Avatar Trilogy
Review: *Prince of Lies* is the 'sequel' to the Avatar trilogy by Richard Awlinson. It's approximately ten years later, and Cyric has become God of Murder, Death and Strife and plans to take over all of the Realms with the release of his history, the Cyranishad. Unfortunately, he has been unable to find a scribe capable of drafting this fictional account of his rise to power.Meanwhile, Midnight, now Mystra, Goddess of Magic and the other Gods are doing their best to stay on top of Cyric's evil practices day-by-day. Kelemvor, the hero of the Avatar trilogy, is hiding somewhere in Hades, and Cyric has assigned all of his best denizens to task of locating him. And a fighter named Gwydion has been trapped in Hades though he is a follower of Torm. With the assistance of Mask, Oghma and Mystra, Gwydion may be the key to the undoing of Cyric. There are many subplots in this novel, and it's enough to keep the reader entertained for the duration. It's a definite must read if you want to know what happened after the trilogy.
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Summary: A good follow-up to the Avatar Trilogy
Review: *Prince of Lies* is the 'sequel' to the Avatar trilogy by Richard Awlinson. It's approximately ten years later, and Cyric has become God of Murder, Death and Strife and plans to take over all of the Realms with the release of his history, the Cyranishad. Unfortunately, he has been unable to find a scribe capable of drafting this fictional account of his rise to power. Meanwhile, Midnight, now Mystra, Goddess of Magic and the other Gods are doing their best to stay on top of Cyric's evil practices day-by-day. Kelemvor, the hero of the Avatar trilogy, is hiding somewhere in Hades, and Cyric has assigned all of his best denizens to task of locating him. And a fighter named Gwydion has been trapped in Hades though he is a follower of Torm. With the assistance of Mask, Oghma and Mystra, Gwydion may be the key to the undoing of Cyric. There are many subplots in this novel, and it's enough to keep the reader entertained for the duration. It's a definite must read if you want to know what happened after the trilogy.
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Summary: Masterful, with one glaring plot whole.
Review: 6 years later, still one of my all time favorite Realms novels. Not the best written or the most exciting or the greatest characters but just solid all around. I love it. One problem: Mask is a demi-god for goodness sake - how could Cyric's sword be that powerful - it's basically an artifact. Read it anyway.
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Summary: Extremely entertaining schemes...
Review: A devious collection of plots and evil schemes of a mad god. Quite hilarious, actually. An original plot, showing the results and effects a war between gods can have on mortals. Good for gore-loving readers but others might be repelled. The author shows the gods as imperfect characters, namely, as they would be if they mortals. Definitely cute
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Summary: Good god save us all!!!!
Review: A good book for those who like to read about god and gods' actions and those that affect mortals!
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Summary: God novel of intrigue
Review: A great novel, if you first read the Avatar trilogy by Awlinson. If you haven't read that trilogy, you may not fully grasp all of the nuances in this book. Good style, good plot, good characters, and kept me up past my bedtime. What else is there?
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Summary: This book has the same influence as the Cyrinishad itself.
Review: Awsome book about a conflict between the gods of the Realms, which almost escalates into a huge war. It has lots of humor, and Mask is no doubt the coolest guy in the book, allthough Cyric is lots of fun too. The good gods, Oghma, Mystra and Torm are just some wimps, but Cyric and Mask make up for everything! I love the ways how Mask tries to double cross everyone, but by doing so, only hurts himself. The summaries in top of each chapter are hillarious. This fantasy book has a great plot and much comedy! In the Prince of Lies, there is the description of an evil book called the Cyrinishad, and when you start reading it, you can't stop... I'm not saying that Prince of Lies is evil, but it certainly has that same must-go-on-effect!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: First of all, I must say that if you haven't read the Avatar trilogy, do it, becouse without it, this book (and Crucible, the Trial of Cyric de Mad) hasn't much sense. This is a great novel, sequel of the Avatar trilogy. The plot is great, and so the characters. It keep me reading untill I finished. The thing of making the gods the fundamentals characters of the book is a great idea, and the plot of each god seing only his vision and all the things derivated (can't say without telling you the whole book) is great too! . Strongly recomended.
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Summary: Monotheism rules!!!
Review: Helllllooo? Was I the only one consciously reading this book? It was bad to the point of being hilarious. Of the ridiculousness of the way the Gods' and their realms are being portraied here, let me give you instructions on becoming one: You hang around when one gets killed, say "Yeah, I did it." and you take his place. Cool huh? You find that hard to believe? Well in that case, do not touch this book! If you want to shake your head constantly and thank God that most modern religions are of monotheistic nature, then by all means, go ahead and read this novel. Andreas "Are Gods nothing more than powerful wizards with a limited view of the world?" Meyer
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