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Dark Vengeance: A Novel of Niflheim (Niflheim 2) [Hardcover]

Ed Greenwood (Author)
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Niflheim 2 August 19, 2008
Orivon Firefist was captured as a six-year-old child by the Nilfghar—the dark elves—who attacked his village by night on one of their surface raids.
 
Fifteen years later, he was a moon-pale, scarred, muscular giant of a man, who  spent his days at forgework for a dark elf family. He had been trained (and flogged and ordered about) by the beautiful Tsarnarra, a lash-wielding matron who is icily cruel, but proud of the slaves that she has trained. 
 
Through all of this, Orivon's spirit had never been broken and he rose up and opposed his underworld tyrants.  He has successfully returned to the surface world home that he thought only existed in his most distant dreams. 
 
But the score is far from settled. Years of oppression and new revelations of the dark deeds of his former captors only fuel his forge of rage. And the fact that their evil still permeates the underworld only intensifies his desire for a dark vengeance.


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This insubstantial sequel to Dark Warrior Rising (2007) is concerned mainly with skullduggery in the labyrinth of caverns where various groups of dark elves, the Niflghar, fight perpetual war. One of their human slaves, Orivon Firefist, grew to brawny manhood and escaped from the city of Talonnorn. Now, as he returns to rescue more humans, the Niflghar themselves sabotage the city. Along with a fondness for tongue-twisting names, the villainous Niflghar enjoy making sneering orations at inappropriate times and simply can't resist a chance to stab each other in the back, to the point where the story's climax becomes a gory slapstick farce. Masses of lore hang over the action, magic is stored in physical objects and squeezed out as needed, colorful extras are manipulated and thrown away, and events pour out in a jumble. The book will be appreciated by readers who want to participate in a D&D game without the bother of throwing the dice. (Sept.)
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Fifteen years ago, the dark elves, the Niflghar, enslaved the child Orivon in their underground warrens. He grew to herculean size and strength. Now escaped to the surface, he finds that his childhood memories offer unreliable guidance to what is a strange world to him. He knows the Niflghar have sinister plans for humanity, however, and resolves to help the latter in the fight for freedom and survival that begins vigorously in this sequel to Dark Warrior Rising (2007) and seems likely to occupy several more, with more, one hopes, of Greenwood’s usual light touch and better characterization than are evident here. --Roland Green

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (August 19, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765317664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765317667
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #884,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms setting, is the best-selling author of hundreds of novels, game products, and articles. His most recent novel for Wizards of the Coast is The City of Splendors, a collaboration with Elaine Cunningham. He is also the author of the Band of Four novels published by Tor Books.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars dark quest fantasy, August 20, 2008
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In the village of Orlkettle, Orivon Firefist works day and night at the forge because it gave him pleasure to be his own boss at a place where he can see the sky and the grass. When he was six years old, he was stolen from his parents in a Nilfghar (dark elves) raid and brought to the Dark Below where he was a slave for a decade and a half to a wealthy noble family, who tortured him in an attempt to break his spirit; they never did. The daughter helped him escape her parents' cruelty.

Now the dark elves have raided Orlkettle and kidnapped four children. Orivon knows first hand the fate that awaits these innocents and vows to rescue them or die trying. However, he is entering a world that has radically changed beyond recognition. The realm of Talonnorn that was the rival of Ouvahlor is in rapid decline from without and within; as nobles fight their peers and the Consecrated fight each other. As Orivon makes his way to Talonnorn he fights and kills beasts and dark elves, determined to free the city as he searches for the children.

DARK VENGEANCE is a dark quest fantasy that focuses on a culture that lives below the ground with its own peculiar values and customs (mindful of the Time Machine's Morlocks) different from humans who live in the Blinding Light. The hero knows torture first hand having lived through the brutal abuse almost daily for years; yet overall he is a well balanced person though he has some issues sleeping and prefers light to night. He loathes killing, but will do so to save the kids from what he faced. Obviously readers know but will not care that Orivon is out of his league as he is not a warrior. That is the beauty of Ed Greenwood's tale as he makes the blacksmith's never again obsession the impetus to turn an ordinary person into a superhero "willing to march into hell for that heavenly cause".

Harriet Klausner
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just swords and sorcery, and action and adventure, December 21, 2011
In this sequel to Dark Warrior Rising, Orivon Firefist finds that he must return to the realm of the dark elves, as he is the only one who can possibly rescue some stolen children. But, the underground city of Talonnorn is much changed since when he was last enslaved there. Wracked with internal divisions in the aftermath of the recent invasion, Jalandral Everdoom is now seeking to take over as High Lord, and is out to squash any power that dares stand in his way. But, there are many players in this drama - all of whom want to kill each other, and all of whom would not mind killing a pesky human that gets in their way!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Admittedly, it does not have all the rich details of underground society that Dark Warrior Rising. With everything unsettled underground, there was very little time for character development, but instead the story focused on action and fighting. Characters were introduced, they schemed or fought for a while, and then they were killed.

But, that said, the action was great. No romance, no tear-jerking, just swords and sorcery, and action and adventure. Yeah, it's not the best fantasy story I have every read, but it was a fun read, and I am very glad that I got it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sequel Nifheim novel, March 2, 2010
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After reading the first novel I expected a bit more. It is stil fast moving with a lot of action, but I miss the discovery element of the first novel. It is more of the same with little development of the characters. The endless swordfigths become boring as you know who always comes on top. The hero is no longer an underdog (slave) and in a hopeless position.
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