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omiai's review
1.0
I was pleasantly surprised by this book, I was expecting it to be another dull attempt at an adaptation of the Arthur story, and nearly didn't read it at all. This, however, is not that at all. It is an interesting story about a boy on the curb of manhood getting to grips with a destiny that his master, the wizard Gwydion, never makes fully clear to him. All he knows is that he is a child of Destiny, and the battlestones are awakening and war is coming ever closer.
I think something that could have been missed out from this book was the references to Arthur and his legend. There isn't much call for it, and this book would stand up on it own just as well, if not better, without it. However, having not read the next in the series, I don't know if this is a particularly important part to that book.
I enjoyed the characters, although they weren't hugely new or different, they were highly believeable and interesting characters to move through the story with.
There is a good balance of the suspense, battle and normality in this book, something is always about to happen, but there are times when things seem calm and peaceful, but a hint of trouble is brewing.
I think something that could have been missed out from this book was the references to Arthur and his legend. There isn't much call for it, and this book would stand up on it own just as well, if not better, without it. However, having not read the next in the series, I don't know if this is a particularly important part to that book.
I enjoyed the characters, although they weren't hugely new or different, they were highly believeable and interesting characters to move through the story with.
There is a good balance of the suspense, battle and normality in this book, something is always about to happen, but there are times when things seem calm and peaceful, but a hint of trouble is brewing.
canadianbookworm's review
3.0
The third coming of King Arthur as Willand.
The map is a disappointment as it is barely legible and many places in the book do not appear on the map.
The story is good, and the references to the Sightless Ones interesting.
The map is a disappointment as it is barely legible and many places in the book do not appear on the map.
The story is good, and the references to the Sightless Ones interesting.
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