Book Report 2009 pt. 3
Yay! Books! It's been a little over a month since my last report and while I've not read as many books I would have liked (had a couple of dry weekends), I still managed a decent number. Unfortunately, it did very little to put a dent in my book backlog as all but one book were newly purchased. Ah, well...
- The Well of Eternity by Richard Knaack
- The Demon Soul by Richard Knaack
- The Sundering by Richard Knaack
- Night of the Dragon by Richard Knaack
- Light of Eidion by Karen Hancock
- The Shadow Within by Karen Hancock
The Well of Eternity, The Demon Soul, and The Sundering are from The War of the Ancients trilogy set in the Warcraft Universe. They were okay; the only character that really grabbed my attention, though, was Krasus. Anyway, it details the first battle with the Burning Legion and the Great Sundering. Krasus and the human mage Rhonin (along with an Orc warrior) are thrown back 10,000 years from the Warcraft present to those events and end up altering the past.
Night of the Dragon is the follow up to Day of the Dragon, which I haven't read (and really feel no inclination to). Also by Knaack, it was, once again, okay and, once again, the only character that kept me interested was Krasus. It did make me dislike Vereessa Windrunner. I know she was one of the heroes and we're supposed to root for her, but her attitude toward the blood elves was annoying self-righteous. She seems to think she's better than them for not turning to fel magic, even though she had her own, personal archmage to help. She then made the comment that Rhonin had helped her more than her own people - the people who had just suffered and were recovering from a catastrophic cultural disaster. But it's all about you, right Vereesa? Considering that The War of the Ancients left me lukewarm and this book left me annoyed with one of the heroes, I think I'll leave off Knaack for a while, at least.
Moving on...after stumbling upon Ted Dekker's Lost Book series, I decided to see what else Christian Fantasy had to offer. Did I uncover a gem in Karen Hancock's Legends of the Guardian-King series. More blatant than Dekker (who is subtle enough to be marketed to the mainstream), Hancock still weaves an intriguing and exciting story set in a fascinating world with interesting and likable characters. It seemed to me that she had a story to tell which was heavily influence by her faith as oppose to having a sermon to preach and disguising it as a story. Light of Eidion and The Shadow Within are the first two books in the four part series.
So, what's next? Well, moiraj's new Heroes (no, not that Heroes) book, Heroes at Risk, is coming out this week and I'll probably swing by Borders before class to pick it up. The last two books in the Guardian-King series have been ordered through Amazon and should arrive by Friday. After that, I might start Dragon Spell by Donita K. Paul, the new Dragonlance book, Patricia Brigg's Dragon Bones or maybe something that doesn't have dragons in the title. I have plenty of unread books to chose from.
Cheers!