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Tor Fantasy (2002), Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages
Description
Wizardborn continues the story of the struggle of Gaborn, now the Earth King, who has lost his powers but continues to lead his people. He must contend with the threat of the huge, inhuman Reavers, whose myriads Gaborn and his forces must now pursue across the nation. It has become Gaborn's fate to follow, even into the depths. Raj Ahten, the great warlord endowed with the strength and qualities of thousands of men, once the primary threat to Gaborn, now struggles to retain his own empire. His war of conquest thwarted, his very life is now threatened by the Reaver thousands. And a young girl, Averan, who has eaten a Reaver and absorbed some of its memories, becomes a keystone in the search for the dark Reaver lair.
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LibraryThing member Karlstar
The third book in the Runelords series. This series has some interesting and different concepts, but the characters are a bit weak.
LibraryThing member nursewidener
This book continues the story of the new "Earth King-Gaborn as he follows the horde of Reavers. He has lost his powers and now questions whether or not the Earth will help in the upcoming fight in which man-kind will soon face. Raj Ahten who has more endowment and thus the most powerful man in the
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world is struggling just to keep his empire under his rule. This book is well written and bridges the gap between "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "The Lair of Bones." The narrator Ray Porter does a good job of bring the book to life in this audible edition of the print book. I would recommend this book for any Epic Fantasy book readers. Show Less
LibraryThing member SweetKokoro
To start this books writing was an improvement from the 1st and 2nd books, but it still just doesn’t pull a 4 star rating out of me.
I want to applaud whoever suggested the chapters be restructured, this was such a nice change from the first two books where chapters just ran into each other.
The
There was also less usage of the word endowments which was wonderful, but now I hate the word Philia and I can never look at walnuts the same.
As for the story there was more action in it this time but the action is written in such a matter of fact manner that it’s boring. It just feels like someone is giving me facts instead of just having the action happen, it’s not interesting.
We did learn more about the world itself and the creatures who live in, such as the reavers, so much information about the reavers and that’s great considering they are the main issue. We also finally learned how wizards are created.
The story also told of other events happening that wasn’t answered and I’m fine with that because now I want to read book 4 and find out what is going on with those issues.
I am so hit and miss with this series, only bits and pieces of the overall story really pull me in, I’m not heavily invested in any of the characters (expect for random one shot characters who tend to die at the end of the book lol). But the small random bits are what’s making it worth continuing since there are portions I want to know about it. I’m hoping with the improvements I saw in this one that the next might have more.
Also the audiobook is honestly so boring to listen to, this narrator has ZERO emotion while he reads which might be part of what’s not selling the battle scenes.
I want to applaud whoever suggested the chapters be restructured, this was such a nice change from the first two books where chapters just ran into each other.
The
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biggest change that I appreciated was that the author was no longer constantly repeating information to me over and over again. The 2nd book was full of repeating information about the magic system and it just ruined it for me, it made me feel like the author thought I, the reader, was too dumb to remember. Well this was changed for book 3, and I am so glad for it.There was also less usage of the word endowments which was wonderful, but now I hate the word Philia and I can never look at walnuts the same.
As for the story there was more action in it this time but the action is written in such a matter of fact manner that it’s boring. It just feels like someone is giving me facts instead of just having the action happen, it’s not interesting.
We did learn more about the world itself and the creatures who live in, such as the reavers, so much information about the reavers and that’s great considering they are the main issue. We also finally learned how wizards are created.
The story also told of other events happening that wasn’t answered and I’m fine with that because now I want to read book 4 and find out what is going on with those issues.
I am so hit and miss with this series, only bits and pieces of the overall story really pull me in, I’m not heavily invested in any of the characters (expect for random one shot characters who tend to die at the end of the book lol). But the small random bits are what’s making it worth continuing since there are portions I want to know about it. I’m hoping with the improvements I saw in this one that the next might have more.
Also the audiobook is honestly so boring to listen to, this narrator has ZERO emotion while he reads which might be part of what’s not selling the battle scenes.
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Original publication date
2001-03-14
Physical description
512 p.; 6.78 inches
ISBN
0812570707 / 9780812570700