The Iron Palace: The Shadowed Path: Book 3 [Mass Market Paperback]

Morgan Howell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 28, 2010 | Series: The Shadowed Path

BLOOD WILL TELL
 
Seventeen years have passed since Yim, an ex-slave blessed by the benevolent goddess Karm, sacrificed her body—and perhaps her very soul—to Lord Bahl, avatar of the evil Devourer. In that selfless act, Yim stripped Lord Bahl of his power but became pregnant with his son. Now that son, Froan, is a young man. And though Yim has raised him in the remote Grey Fens and kept him ignorant of his past, the taint of the Devourer is in his blood.

Even now an eldritch call goes out—and the slumbering shadow stirs in Froan’s blood, calling to him in a voice that cannot be denied. Armed with a dark magic he barely understands, Froan sets out to claim his destiny. When Yim seeks to stop him, her sole hope is that Honus—the love she abandoned—will take up the sword again for Karm’s sake and hers. Only then can she hope to face the impregnable bastion of unspeakable evil: the Iron Palace.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Morgan Howell is the author of Candle in the Storm and A Woman Worth Ten Coppers, the first two books in the Shadowed Path trilogy, as well as the Queen of the Orcs trilogy: King’s Property, Clan Daughter, and Royal Destiny. A graduate of Oberlin College and the Rochester Institute of Technology, Howell lives in upstate New York.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; Original edition (December 28, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345503988
• ISBN-13: 978-0345503985
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Did it really have to end THAT way?!?, May 31, 2011

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Shana Gail - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Iron Palace: The Shadowed Path: Book 3 (Mass Market Paperback)

I have been waiting and waiting for this book to come out. I was SO ready to see how the main characters lives played out. I am not going to spoil it for anyone. However, I was depressed at the end. When you read it you will understand, I knew it was all down hill after the "eye" thing. Made my heart hurt, after three books I just wanted happiness.

However, great trilogy. I recommend the books.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feelings, April 15, 2011

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M "CultOfStrawberry" (I wait behind the wall, gnawing away at your reality) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Palace: The Shadowed Path: Book 3 (Mass Market Paperback)

Having enjoyed Morgan Howell's Queen of the Orcs trilogy and the first two books in this one, I was eager to complete the trilogy. I was disappointed in the last book because Yim and Honus had to suffer even more and be parted seemingly forever.

Seventeen years have passed and Yim and her son have been living in relative safety in the Gray Fens while mother tries to keep a dark secret from her son. Of course, such an effort has come to naught as the servants of Lord Bahl are determined to have their Lord back and usher in another dark era. There's three different main storylines in this - Froan's search for his destiny, Yim's search for her son, and Honus' search for Yim. There's a few other storylines (revolving around Gorm, for example)

Morgan Howell's writing ability alone deserves five - no, ten - stars. He has a skillful pen and can describe things wonderfully and realistically, and I am in awe of his creativity.

However, what made me drop the overall rating to three stars is the way this story ended. Yim has been through so much, god dang it, and then for Gorm to do what he did to her just crushed me. She has been through so much, I wanted her to have a break for once! But nooo... :( Her connection with Karm is revealed, and that also affected the rating of this book - it made no sense to me and was a letdown. If this book had ended differently, I would have given it a higher rating.