The Black Star

Rating:
Summary: Decent fantasy-adventure
Review: A good fantasy action-adventure novel set in Atlantis, with strong ties to Carter's Thongor series. The warrior Diodric, along with the noble Niane, flee an Atlantean capital under attack, bearing with them an artifact that Atlantis' conqueror needs to take over the world. Some nice action follows, with bits of humor, horror, and romance. The only flaw is that the story ends hurriedly and a bit anti-climactically, mainly due to the fact that it is part one of a proposed trilogy (the next book being "The White Throne").