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Summary: A Dragonlance "Saving Private Ryan"
Review: Richard Knaak is a great storyteller. He knows how to keep the reader glued to the story and Reavers of the Blood Sea is a great example. The characters are well fleshed out, and you can really understand why they feel the way they do when peculiar events take place. The hero of the story, Aryx, is happy being a hired hand on a minotaur ship when he suddenly finds himself wrapped up with dark knights, Gods, war, political unrest, ominous horrors, and the possible destruction of his planet. What's a minotaur to do? This book is not for the faint of heart. Unlike other Dragonlance novels, the battle scenes here are numerous and as graphic as they can get. I was reminded of Saving Private Ryan, but this book goes even further. The portrayal of Sargonnas alone makes this book a worthy read. This is a good book, with a thrilling climax. Brace yourself for battle, and top notch adventure.
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Summary: Not quite, Auricus
Review: Richard Knaak is one of my fav authors, but until I read it I can't give it the full 5. Sorry... I leave with a prayer to the minotaur god: Thank you Sargonnas for being the poophead that you are, almighty poophead, sir!
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Summary: Yet another amazing book by Knaak!!! - by Adam Laframboise
Review: The "Minotaur Specialist" has yet again created another Dragonlance masterpiece. I`m extremely thankful to Knaak for being the one to mold the Minotaurs of Krynn for readers/fans of them like myself. Like his others Knaak`s way of getting the reader "so" intune with the main character was incredibly once again. If you read this Richard A. Knaak all I have to say is "keep`em coming!".
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Summary: Great
Review: This book is just the latest in Richard Knaak's long line of Minotaur books. I have to admit, that when I picked up the book I was a bit skeptical, mainly because of the title, but when I got into the book I was simply amazed. Not only is it yet another amazing book by Knaak, it is also one of his best, if not the best. Although a couple parts kinda get slow, the ending is well worth it. Keep up the good work Richard!
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Summary: The best of the Chaos War Series
Review: This book is the best of a great series and I don't say that lightly. I will even include Dragons of the Summer Flame. Although it would face competition from The Doom Brigade, DoSF, and perhaps even Mt. Nevermind (maybe) this book beats them all and more. If you like minotaurs you could say it is the best DL book ever. It is very good (keep in mind Aryx didn't know what he was talking about when he said Raistlin couln't do what Sargonnas did in that circus. Sargonnas lives!
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Summary: The Gods Walk Amongst The Mortals...
Review: This book was definately a "Must Read"! I have read probably 20 DL novels, and this was in the top 10. This story centers on "Ayrx", direct descendant from the legandary "Kaz", during the chaos war. This book was a page turner, with some amazing battles, in fact, lots, and lots, of battles. The minotaurs as usual fought with themselves over the virtues of Honor, and Bravery, and as usual, there is another group trying to control them as slave solders..this time that group being the Knights of Tahkisis. The Minotaurs are fighting to save their homeland from (1) The Knights of Tahkisis , and (2) The Chaos Creatures, and at the center of all of the fighting, and conquering, and politcs, is Aryx, the reluctant Hero thrust into a situation he doesn't want any part of, but The Gods "Sargonnas", and "Kiri-Jolith", simply won't have it without him. The Pros:
(1)Sargonnas Appears in Mortal Flesh for quite some time, accompanied by the treacherous "Sword of Tears"
(2)Kaz Makes Several Appearences
(3)Kiri-Jolith Makes one appearance in mortal flesh, and one in a dream.
(4)There are some awesome battles
(5)Some very Memorable Characters The Cons:
(1)Sargonnas seems a bit like a tired wimp, who leaves more questions than he answers
(2)Kiri-Jolith leaves more questions than he answers
(3)Kaz leaves more questions than he answers
(4)Doesn't it seem that gods, and the spirits of legends couldn't give a straight answer if they wanted to? (5)Several Characters who you grow attached to throughout the story die.
(6)Throughought the book the Knights of Tahkisis keep speaking about a "Great Vision", and it is never really explained.
(7)The Minotaurs and knights keep battling the chaos creaturs, and never really win.
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Summary: action-packed! intriging! great charactors!
Review: This is the first book I've read of the series and I am definatly going to buy more! It had everything a sci-fi action fan could want! It was so engrossing I yelled at the charactors actions that I did'nt agree with! My only complaint is that sometimes it was kinda cheesy (God of Just Causes and Father of All and Nothing.)Over all exellent reading and worth any and all credit!
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Summary: The rise of a hero with a twist. Nice but just too slow.
Review: This is the second best in the series after Doom Brigade (so far), and Knaak's technique is good, much better than the previous three, but... Of course there is a but. It's too slow, it drags on and on without much happening. The battles are carnages, really and they get boring after the second one. These cruscateans really feel like mass-generated for massacre (which is on purpose, i suppose) but there is no tension other than "oh, boy, when will *this* battle end?" Somehow the monsters feel like the bugs in Starship Troopers without the dynamics. 20% less of everything would have been enough, because this pace is just too slow - nothing really interesting happens between two conflicts (or rather, nothing interesting *enough*). The characters are good, though, all cliché but good, especially Rand and Aryx - the human priest with a potential and the bitter minotaur warrior. The best motif of the story is the unwilling, reluctant hero, who pretty much hates being there at the right place at the right time. Kinda destroys the whole ultra-heroic myth of its genre, and feel especially cynical in the Dragonlance setting, where previous heroes were ultra-mega-heroic. I liked this anti-heroic touch very much, especially the bitter and disturbing happy end. Still, it's too slow at most places, so I would be hard pressed to read this book a second time.
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Summary: The rise of a hero with a twist. Nice but just too slow.
Review: This is the second best in the series after Doom Brigade (so far), and Knaak's technique is good, much better than the previous three, but... Of course there is a but. It's too slow, it drags on and on without much happening. The battles are carnages, really and they get boring after the second one. These cruscateans really feel like mass-generated for massacre (which is on purpose, i suppose) but there is no tension other than "oh, boy, when will *this* battle end?" Somehow the monsters feel like the bugs in Starship Troopers without the dynamics. 20% less of everything would have been enough, because this pace is just too slow - nothing really interesting happens between two conflicts (or rather, nothing interesting *enough*). The characters are good, though, all cliché but good, especially Rand and Aryx - the human priest with a potential and the bitter minotaur warrior. The best motif of the story is the unwilling, reluctant hero, who pretty much hates being there at the right place at the right time. Kinda destroys the whole ultra-heroic myth of its genre, and feel especially cynical in the Dragonlance setting, where previous heroes were ultra-mega-heroic. I liked this anti-heroic touch very much, especially the bitter and disturbing happy end. Still, it's too slow at most places, so I would be hard pressed to read this book a second time.
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Summary: Marvelous
Review: This was just one book I couldn't put down. It had a great plot, and good characters. This was one of my first DL book and still is one of my favorites. I would buy this, now.
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