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Summary: A Middle Book
Review: Book two falls into teh same hole that many second books do. It is a bridge, bad stuff happens a lot, everyone is unhappy, everything is confusing, and you, the reading, have not a clue what is going on because the ends are still hanging and its quite fuzzy.I did not dislike the book, but when I put it down I debated if I would get the third one because I felt lost. The book just started, and it just ended, in the middle of what was gonig on. I found no satasfaction, just more questions without answers. Do not think that it is not worth reading, but I advise that you have the third book on hand and just open and start reading it as soon as you finish the second.
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Summary: A Middle Book
Review: Book two falls into teh same hole that many second books do. It is a bridge, bad stuff happens a lot, everyone is unhappy, everything is confusing, and you, the reading, have not a clue what is going on because the ends are still hanging and its quite fuzzy. I did not dislike the book, but when I put it down I debated if I would get the third one because I felt lost. The book just started, and it just ended, in the middle of what was gonig on. I found no satasfaction, just more questions without answers. Do not think that it is not worth reading, but I advise that you have the third book on hand and just open and start reading it as soon as you finish the second.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Furey continues the story she began in THE HEART OF MYRIAL, chronicling the split within the Shadowleague as the League struggles to deal with the disintegration of the barriers that separate incompatible species on their home planet. It's a modern revision of the myth of Prometheus, and at its heart are questions about the nature of God, and the responsibility and danger that comes with too much power. Like its predecessor, this is an absorbing tale. But the second volume of a series is the hardest to sustain, and Furey's excellent character portrayals are marred by the fact that she is juggling too many characters, too many perspectives, and too many sub-plots. Instead of rich insight into a manageable number of characters, the reader is constantly pulled out of one tale and into another. Though they doubtless all tie up in the next volume, the middle of this apparent trilogy is a bridge spun too thin. The Aurian quartet hung together far better, and I wish she'd written about the equally fascinating Shadowleague as a six-book series instead of as what looks like it's going to be a trilogy. I particularly value Furey for the strength and insight of her female characters who, though all quite different in personality, convey together the full range of female experience and feeling. She has an amazing knack for humanizing villains (male and female) as well. If you're already a Furey fan, you won't want to pass this up, if only to get to the next book in the series. If you haven't read Furey before, definitely start with the first book in either this series or the Aurian saga.
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Summary: pretty good for a middle book
Review: I love Maggie Furey's work and this book doesn't fall into the usual "middle book" morass. The story is great, the characters are well-presented, and the writing is wonderful. Furey deserves a lot of credi for her work and this series shows it.
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Summary: pretty good for a middle book
Review: I love Maggie Furey's work and this book doesn't fall into the usual "middle book" morass. The story is great, the characters are well-presented, and the writing is wonderful. Furey deserves a lot of credi for her work and this series shows it.
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Summary: exciting epic sword and sorcery fantasy
Review: Myrial is a place like no other; the ancients created this world as a refuge for species in danger of extinction. Impenetrable barriers known as the curtain walls separate the different realms from each other. The Shadow League led by Cergorn is the keeper of all knowledge both magical and mundane. Amarun a Loremaster in the Shadow League is branded a traitor and flees the land, traveling through the curtain into the realm of Callisora. There in the capital city of Tiarond, he builds up a power base with his ultimate goal to march into Gendival and take control of his former associates, the Shadow League. Through his machinations, the curtain is lowered and vicious flying creatures attack Tiarond, destroying the local army. Amarun travels back to his homeland intending to use whatever means necessary to take control of the Shadow League but to his surprise he finds unexpected allies who don't approve of Cergorn's rule. Fans of the Shannara series by Terry Brooks and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy will definitely enjoy Book 2 of the Shadowleague, SPIRIT OF THE STONE, an epic sword and sorcery fantasy novel. Told from the viewpoint of many different characters, both human and magical, readers feel at all times as if they are in the middle of the action in spite of some problems keeping track of whose whom. Maggie Furey is a talented storyteller who captures and keeps the attention of her audience. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is great. I would suggest it for people who liked the
Wheel of Time and other similar tales. My favorite part about the book is that the main character is female. This book is great and filled with lots of laughs.
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