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Summary: It's good but...
Review: ...it's told by Malik, a follower of a mad god (and I have doubts about this fellow's sanity). In fact, I have nothing against this style but then, the story is as twisted as Cyrinishad.
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Summary: It's good but...
Review: ...it's, like another reveiwer said, written from Malik's pen. Not that it's bad, but to read a story viewed by a follower of a mad god doesn't agree with me. Yes, Malik is amusing, and his view of the gods is funny. But hey, it's not quite "official". i.e. Mystra told Ao she wanted to destroy Cyric because she's jealous of his power??? I've nothing against this style, but the story is too twisted. Actually, it's jsut as twisted the way Cyrinishad is.
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Summary: Awesome book
Review: A worthy finale to the Avatar series. A certain couple's cheap death really annoyed me but overall the book is... "addictive". When I realized what Lord Death had sacrificed to restore a certain priest's faith in his deity I almost wept. A good read well worth your time.
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Summary: Good but Depressing...
Review: Ah the finale for the story of Cyric, Mystra, and Kelemvor. This book was interesting to read although a bit...uncomfortable. I say uncomfortable because the book is from the perspective of a follower of Cyric, and thus causes a little confusion to the reader. Hm. The ending however is something that I believe no one expected...quite a bit depressing actually. This is a worthy book overall.
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Summary: Good but Depressing...
Review: Ah the finale for the story of Cyric, Mystra, and Kelemvor. This book was interesting to read although a bit...uncomfortable. I say uncomfortable because the book is from the perspective of a follower of Cyric, and thus causes a little confusion to the reader. Hm. The ending however is something that I believe no one expected...quite a bit depressing actually. This is a worthy book overall.
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Summary: A good book for anyone who enjoyed the Avater Trilogy.
Review: An excellent sequel to The Price of Lies.And again, a good book for anyone who enjoyed the Avater Trilogy.
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Summary: Vraiment excellent
Review: Bon un petit commentaire en fran?ais sur ce livre en anglais ?tant donn? la rapidit? incroyable de la traduction...Je dois dire que en tant que 5?me livre sur cyric, ce livre est vraiment super bon et remonte le niveau de cette suite apr?s le prince du mensonge que je trouves moins bon... Je conseil ce livre ? tout ceux aimant Cyric, voulant savoir ce qu'il devient une fois fou ou qui aime tout simplement les royaumes.
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Summary: Wonderfully Unorthodox from the Bad Guy's POV
Review: But unlike the Cyrinishad, this will not make you into a Follower of the One. Yes, Midnight, Kelemvor, Adon, and Cyric (and even Fzoul) are back again, albeit somewhat changed. But our hero, and narrator, is Malik, a merchant turned spy, devoted faithful of the mad god Cyric, riding forth on his not-really-that-faithful bone-crunching steed Halah (named after his not-really-that-faithful prince-dallying wife). With his Inspector Clouseau like antics, his god-given inability to suffer harm, and his "Liar Liar" like inability to say anything but the truth (even to his god), he provides us with a presumably accurate, sometimes touching, often gruesome, and occasionally humorous account of the time of Cyric's madness. Of course Midnight is now known as the Harlot, Kelemvor is the Ursurper, etc. etc. but their dialogue and actions are still familiar to those of us who have known them since Shadowdale. Mystra's love and devotion to Kelemvor, Adon, and her followers stands out, as do her frustrations in being reprimanded by the gods for her lack of objectivity or neutrality concerning good and evil. The story of the gods is interwoven with Malik's story of his quest to cure his god's madness while being pursued by the veiled Harper witch, Ruha, from Troy Denning's "The Parched Sea." We don't see enough of Adon (who's been getting the short end of the stick time-wise since his scarring in the Avatar Trilogy), and Rinda and Gwydion deserved more screen time. But Denning's prose and imagination really shine in this story -- here's hoping this isn't the last! And if you (like me) have a secret crush on Mystra, then you've got to get this book dude.
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Summary: Aliens:3 & Highlander:2 are not the worst sequels
Review: Don't waste your time reading this book. This is perhaps one of the most dissapointing sequels in history. It would be a better sequel to "Parched Sea" rather than "Prince of Lies". This book was about as flavorful as frozen orange juice made with 4 cans of water rather than 3.
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Summary: Great Last book
Review: First of all, if you haven't read the Avatar trilogy, and Prince of Lies, don't read this book, becouse you'll miss all the plot. Second, if you are expecting a book where good will triumph over evil, where the characters are perfect, don't buy this book. The plot is great, but a little complex. It's not a fact of Good and Evil, the things are not so simple. There is the thing about the gods, and their limited perspective of the world. There is too the balance, and the thing that the Good, without the evil is useless. And at last, there is the responsability of being a God, not just with your followers, but with the others Gods as well. This book is great!
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