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THE BROKEN BLADE (Dark Sun Chronicles of Athas)

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I don't understand how some people can't like this book. I mean what an ending! Some thin kof the character as a super character, no he is not, he had a lot of history and background and in Dark Sun world, even he is not _that_ supreme. This book very good, and no it's not your regular book where the hero destroys all, he loses as much as he wins. I wish the author wrote some more on the story. I hope to see TSR put Dark Sun back to life.

Great book that is a joy to read. The characters were very interesting,
although some might argue that they weren't described in enough detail.
The ending was very powerful and finished the book wanting you to read more about Sorak and his future fate.

Highly recommended to any Fantasy and Dark Sun fans.

If you liked The Brazen Gambit and The Darkness before the dawn then you will love this book and you will read it over and over again. This book is superb for all you DARK SUN lovers.I mean Sorak, Ryann, and Cricket make this book great. When you read this book you can see with your own eyes see the carecters do thier actions and see the gift sight and what is really happening at the same time, and thats just the begging i mould tell you the rest but you have to read the book and if you find the book you should by it and happy hunting and reading.

This book is okay. It's not great, it's not lousy, it's right in the middle. On the one hand the author does a nice job of fleshing out some of the Dark Sun world and he creates some interesting characters. His skills in writing are perfectly fine and enjoyable. Where he completely fails is by not only making his protagonist completely over-powered he also seems to take the easy route. Instead of the character having to use his wits to discover the plots against him, he spontaneously gains the ability to see the future. Simon starts to create some worthy opponents for Sorak to fight at the end of the book but then again grants him superpowers that completely dismiss any danger to the character. It would be like if you were watching "Aliens" and then in the last twenty minutes we find out that Ripley is actually Superman in disguise and is completely immune to anything the aliens can throw at her. So while this book starts out with some potential and isn't a bad read the character is so overpowered we don't feel like he is in any significant danger or even has to really try to defeat his enemies. So, like a summertime movie sequel, it's an okay read but doesn't have a whole lot of merit to it.