All Darkness Met

Rating:
Summary: The best of the series
Review: This is the final volume of the original Dread Empire trilogy. All the earlier threads come together here, 15 years after A Shadow of All Night Falling. The characters are more mature, but the crises they face are catostrophic, and the world is forever changed. The battles are bigger and more exciting than in previous books, and not everyone survives. The first two Dread Empire books were quite good, but this one is far more enjoyable. These are essentially pot boilers, but are more thoughtful and less cliched than the norm. The Dread Empire series is for those who enjoy military fantasy, there are no Elves in this scenario. The tone is a bit lighter than that in Cook's Black Company novels, but fans of that set needing a fix would do well to find copies of this series.

Rating:
Summary: The best of the series
Review: This is the final volume of the original Dread Empire trilogy. All the earlier threads come together here, 15 years after A Shadow of All Night Falling. The characters are more mature, but the crises they face are catostrophic, and the world is forever changed. The battles are bigger and more exciting than in previous books, and not everyone survives. The first two Dread Empire books were quite good, but this one is far more enjoyable. These are essentially pot boilers, but are more thoughtful and less cliched than the norm. The Dread Empire series is for those who enjoy military fantasy, there are no Elves in this scenario. The tone is a bit lighter than that in Cook's Black Company novels, but fans of that set needing a fix would do well to find copies of this series.