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Magelord (2000)

by Terry Mancour(Favorite Author)

4.36 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Fantasy

series

The Spellmonger

review 1: I am glad to see this entertaining series get back on track. The first book was great, whereas the second book floundered a bit with two different stories/timelines running parallel, but were basically the same story – and could have been about 100 pages shorter.Book 3 is blessedly free of the duel-timeline device, and centers around Min establishing his new realm. I actually found the descriptions of how the political/economic structures of feudal era to be very interesting, and actually learned quite a bit. The author has clearly done his homework, and must find the subject fascinating himself to describe it in such interesting detail. The general storyline moved along nicely as well, with more on the mysterious Alka Alon, the birth of his son (bound to be a Super-Mage... more), the introduction of Snowstone, and the first all-out brawl with a dragon. Kudos to the author for an entertaining book that renewed my enthusiasm for the series.I do have some small criticisms: there are still spelling errors in abundance, the book is still a bit long and in need of an editor’s “tough love” , and the magic system is a little inconsistent. Once again, it isn’t really clear how the stones make the High Magi super powerful, as sometimes they seem to be pretty helpless, despite the assertions that the stone give them almost god-like power. The story of the Mad Mage holding off an entire army with a tiny sliver of Witch Stone is constantly quoted in the series, yet in battle the High Magi still only kill one or maybe two Gervani at a time. Which is it? Are they powerful or aren’t they? With the story of the Mad Mage in mind, I would expect a couple of dozen High Magi to be able to decimate the Gervani legions single-handedly, but that clearly isn’t the case. A little clearer explanation would help. Otherwise, the series is really chugging along nicely, and I would recommend it.
review 2: The Love/hate remains with Mancour books. I still give it a three star outlook but this was my least favorite of the three books so far. It was kind of boring, even if there remains bright moments in his depiction of time and space. I can't remember a time when I disliked the main character as much as I do in his books. I kind of want to scream…and then have Mancour tell me about some land far away to bring me back to peace. less

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