Customer Reviews

Exalted A Day Dark as Night (1)

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In the thriving trade city of Nexus, major forces are about to collide. The beautiful and young Harmonious Jade is planning to murder her former hero and mentor, the evil demon worshiper Selaine Chaisa. Two death knight are about to formulate an evil plan, which will ruin the city and an old Exalted mercenary will have to face his exaltation and previous life.

The book is much better than the first trilogy and has a lot of information about Nexus, the Scavanger Lands and the Exalted and the Yozi demons. The book is well written and I have really enjoyed the fight scenes, which are fluent and somtimes really fun.

I liked the parts when horrible things happen, and the atmosphere is serene and cool, and the detachment sometimes fills you with laughter and sometimes with horror regarding peoples' actions.

Highly Recommended.

I have been playing pen and paper RPGs for 20 years, computer RPG, and Everquest for the past 5 years, and although I rarely stray from the standard D&D novels such as RA Salvatore and such, I found this novel to be fascinating. I couldnt put the book down from page 1. The characters, the world of EXALTED, and plot intrigued me from the very beginning. I just find myself wanting to learn more and more about the world of EXALTED. So now you got me looking at buying the RPG books too. EXCELLENT WORK, I will be reading more of your work as soon as I can get my hands on em.

Well, I saw the 5-star reviews, and I love the Exalted game, so I picked this one up. I gotta say, it's a bit of a disappointment. Dull prose, characters who felt far from real in their actions and motivations, a lot of jarring modernisms (like dialog peppered with "OK" and "sure thing"). Physically, the cover art is lovely, but the paper and binding are very cheap, much moreso than most paperback books.

The author seemed to be visibly improving near the end of the novel--in fact, there are a few really nice passages--which might mean his later books are better, but which also means he should've gone back and revised the novel to bring it all up to quality. Anyway, after this, I don't plan to buy any more Exalted novels, no matter how much I love the game.