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Children of the Rune: Tales From the Land of the Diamond Throne

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As with any anthology some stories in this set were better than others. Some were average some were quite good. Most had interesting characters and lots of action.

The set also provided a nice introduction to the land of the Dimond Throne, the setting for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed RPG.

My only complaint (and it is a minor one) is that the authors seemed to assume that the readers are familiar with setting and used races and/or monsters that are unique to the world. This is fine, but in some cases I would have liked to have a little more description of these races in order to know how they differed from other fantasy mainstays (such as humans, elves, dwarves, etc). But this did not take away from the stories which were enjoyable.

As a stand-alone book, this book is certainly not one of the best fantasy books I've read ( Check out some Michael Moorcock books if that's what you're itching for. )

However, it is certainly a good introduction to the Diamond Throne setting for Arcana Unearthed, and it's in fact something I made part of the mandatory reading for my Diamond Throne campaigns. It is good, as it's full of suspense and action, and the fact that it imbues a feeling of verisimilitude, which is very good.

This book is, in my opinion, much better than most of the Forgotten Realms books released nowadays.