The Second Book of Swords

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Summary: a mixture of magic and mythology [no spoilers]
Review: "The Second Book of Swords" is the second novel in "The Book of Swords" trilogy approximately five years following the prior book. It has an interesting storyline involving an assortment of deities supplemented with a variety of creative magical weaponry.

The book splits time between Ben, Mark, and Baron Doon. I find Mark a more engaging personality and am mildly disappointed Ben dominated the storytelling even though he is a decent character. The enigma of Baron Doon helps build suspense throughout but some of my favorite characters, Sir Andrew and Draffut, make only brief appearances.

An amazing ending, confirming if the swords can destroy a god or goddess, leads to what should be an exciting final novel. I do not care for the mixture of Greek and Roman names for the gods and goddesses, I would prefer to stick with one mythological theme. A detailed map of the significant terrains would have been useful.

I would recommend this series to any fan of the fantasy genre.

Thank you.

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Review: I totally agree, I had my whole series stolen, and trying to re-build is proving very frustrating, with only being able to get part of the series! If you are going to re-print then do all the books. The UK site doesn't even list half of them

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Review: I totally agree, I had my whole series stolen, and trying to re-build is proving very frustrating, with only being able to get part of the series! If you are going to re-print then do all the books. The UK site doesn't even list half of them

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Summary: This series of books are tremendous.
Review: Saberhagan captures the imagination of all with his god forged swords

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Summary: Part of one of my most favorite trilogies
Review: This is the second book in Saberhagen's classic Swords Trilogy.... I re-read this trilogy at least once every other year because I can never enough of it. Once you pick the book up, you won't be able to put it down, so plan on having many sleepless nights.