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Summary: HUH? WHERE IS THE REST OF THE STORY!
Review: ... The first 100 pages of this book are fantastic. Then the books takes a boring turn. The rest of the story is boring. The characters are bland, the writing is slow. At the end of the book I was waiting on what would happen next. Didn't Ariakas surround qualinesti. I wanted this covered! Instead we get a boring history of how Draconians came about stretched into over 300 pages. Skip this book!
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Summary: Pretty good....
Review: An interesting look at one of Krynn's greatest bad guys. A bit slow, but worth reading.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Great story loaded with action. I enjoyed every bit of it, especially his Dwarven Companion. Before the Mask in My opinion was very slow and boring. This story is fast starting and keeps you riveted. I've been a fan of DL since the very Beginning, and this is my second favorite "offshoot" book, Lorde Toade being the best. Buy it if You can!!
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Great story loaded with action. I enjoyed every bit of it, especially his Dwarven Companion. Before the Mask in My opinion was very slow and boring. This story is fast starting and keeps you riveted. I've been a fan of DL since the very Beginning, and this is my second favorite "offshoot" book, Lorde Toade being the best. Buy it if You can!!
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Summary: Good book but...
Review: I really enjoyed this book but there s a little thing that bothers me: Ariakas' father was killed by his own son if we refer to the Chronicles and it s not the case in this book. But I still recommend this book as it shows how Ariakas became such a powerful lord.
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Summary: Just a great book!
Review: If you like books about how villians rise to power like I do, you'll love this book.Like most dragonlance novels, a character you hope doesn't die does. I truely with Ariakas's dwarven companion had lived. Unlike one reader's reveiw, it IS realistic to believe the Dark Queen would use so many people to help guide her champion.
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Summary: Evil can be Good
Review: Obviously Ariakas is my all time favorite character in the Dragonlance novels. I have been trying to get this book for years and finally succeded (thanks to amazon). Unlike other reviews this book i thought was not boring at all. There was plenty of sword figthing, magic and love making in this book, what more can you ask for. Ok, lets be honest, evil characters are the most interesting to read about. They are unpredictable, noncaring, and will kill anyone at anytime, but will always lose at the end :( (only bad thing). For those who have read the chronicles all know how Ariakas dies, which bothers me, think about this, he was a great swordsman, can cast spells with the aid of Takhisis, has immense physical strength, commands thousands,men tremble before him. What more can you ask for. Dragon Highlord Ariakas deserves the utmost respect even if your 100% good, and i truly believe if they had to kill him off it should have been in a much more honorable way.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Of all the Books in the Villain series this is the best, followed closly by Black Wing. It is a great story with great characters. There is something special about this book, that I just can;t seem to put my finger on. But I can tell you this, if you like reading about the villians rise to power, you will love this one.
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Summary: Somehow deceiving
Review: Some parts are quite boring but the text is well written. I was deceived when I realized that it didn' t respect Ariakas's background as it was written in Chronicles Trilogy. The story is some kind of a waste of time when one thinks that it could be completely told in less than two pages. It's hard to believe that Takhisis used all of those characters just to guide her Champion to Firetomb.
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Summary: Not very good
Review: This book was dull and I could barely keep awake to read it. If you have insomnia I would recommend this one but only then. It was a disappointment because most of the others in this series were good.
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