Arch Wizard

First off I think Ed Greenwoods writing style is brilliant. It is vivid and the action comes to life. Id easily give 5 stars to this entire series if it just took place in Falconfar. Even the premise of the writer from Earth in the world I just couldnt get behind. If real world Earth was taken out of these books and Rod Everlar worked in differently it would be amazing.As is I kind of cringed a little when it would switch back or make reference to the other world. Maybe it is me but I look to these sword and sorcery books as an escape and Falconfar the world is awesome and I wanted it to stay there. Since the rest of the writing and everything else was so amazing and kept me engaged I just overlooked those parts of the book.I dont mind a lot of characters and separate sub plots, but there was a lot of jumping around. I was able to follow but had to remember where they were or where it picked up a lot.

Good continuation of the story. I felt like this should have been combined between book 1 and 3 instead of making a second book. It didn't feel like its own book and ended on a cliff hanger. Story is still good and unique, but it should not have been it own book. On to the final of the series. Hopef......more

Picked this up on a whim at a local store and I thoroughly enjoyed, 3/4 of the way through there were several story lines to follow and got a little hectic but slowed down and focused in main story lines.......more

like the first book in this trilogy, the main character is mostly whining and useless most of the characters werent memorable and we get hints about thing of greater importances that never get talked afterwards. also, torture. meh......more

So if you are still sticking with this series despite the obvious flaws, here is how I got through it from the first book in the series Dark Lord right through to the end. This was really 3 or 4 separate book ideas set in a particular time period in the world of Falconfar..but Mr.Greenwood had tro......more

So in all fairness I found this book at the Dollar Store, and consequently, I have not read the first book. However, I thought he was trying way too hard. I mean, seriously, he followed like 15 (exaggeration) characters. All of them seemed like some pretty good characters and, somewhat, original ide......more