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According to Farland's Web site, the Runelords series, of which this is the fourth book after 2001's Wizardborn, was inspired by a hallucination. It also reads like one at times, full of rich and brilliant descriptions, but not always making much sense. Magical endowments-attributes such as sight, brawn or endurance transferred between people, leaving one crippled and the other superhuman-permit Averan, a nine-year-old wizard-in-training, to keep pace with the Earth King, Prince Gaborn and his cohorts as they search underground for the Queen of the Reavers. As those above ground prepare for war, Gaborn learns that his elemental powers are nothing compared to those of the Glories, forces of light who exhort their followers to love all men equally and beware the corrupting powers of the One True Master of Evil. The author rushes the action in the final chapters, the last one so condensed it reads almost like the summary of another complete book. Hopefully, the strength of the setting will help Farland to find a better pace for future volumes; this one, despite its promise, is strictly for the fans.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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The apparent conclusion of the Runelords brings the saga's conflicts to a resounding climax in a three-cornered confrontation. For Raj Athen has given up his humanity for immortality and has marshaled hordes of magicians and sorcerers; Prince Gaborn has been victorious as the Earth King and is holding his ground; and the insectoid Reavers have found their ruler, lurking deep underground in the Lair of Bones and wielding its subjects against everyone else. The suspense is real, the action is nonstop, and the characterizations continue to convince. The amount of explicit violence and gore delivered by natural and supernatural means remains as high as ever in the Runelords--high enough, perhaps, to have cost Farland some of the saga's initial readers. Readers not put off thus far, however, surely will hang on to the end of a series that has put Farland on high-fantasy readers' maps. Roland Green
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Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (February 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765341077
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765341075
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #133,482 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A far cry from the previous books, October 27, 2003
By Craig Daniels (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This book provides an ending (seemingly) to the Runelord saga in a very concise and short book. It would appear to me as though the author had created a fantastic land with multiple storylines of varying complexities and just simply grew bored of it and wanted to give it an end. The story lines of all the main characters are ended with minimum of fanfare. The good guys win; the bad guy(s) are defeated in a minimum of pages(the reaver queen and raj ahten) and that is about it. I think I would classify this book as a let down. I think the author had a lot of good ideas (the runelords, endowments, the history of the land) and just really let that whole thing go to a waste. I am not saying there should have been more books in the series (overall I think the series took 10 real days for completion) but I think that a lot of storylines should have been fleshed out a bit and completed.

The book ends somewhat suddenly and doesn't realy set the reader up in regards to later books in the series. There are some storylines that could be continued, but since they weren't well constructed in this book, I am not so sure I would go and read them. (spoiler) the last 10 pages of the book take place over a few months time (a longer stretch of time than teh entire three books took up)...

I think this book could have been great, the only reason I gave it the three stars instead of 2 or 1 was because the previous three books were good, and I wanted to see how the series ended. David Farland: you can do better!

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Break from Endless Epics, December 25, 2003
By R. C. Smith "jam_ing" (Bancroft, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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Yes, the other reviews were right in that it has a very abrupt ending, and the final chapter has a pace that leaves the reader wanting an endowment of metabolism, but there IS an end. How many fantasy series coming out of the '90s can say that? The pace leaves the characters a little less developed than I would have preferred, but not so much so that you can't cheer for them. I was pleased with this book for its intense action and closure (I'm not saying more isn't forthcoming, but this story line is done).
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing end to a pretty good series, February 15, 2005
I echo the comments of most of the other reviewers. Farland obviously lost all interest in this particular book. Way too abrupt of an ending, and so many details left unattended. A real disappointment to what I considered a pretty good series overall. Oh, and the editing was horrible. Numerous mistakes that jump out at you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Lair Of Bones - David Farland
The Runelords books, for me, are addictive. Mr Farland has the ability to move a story along, making it difficult to find a point at which one can put the book down. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jacqui Morse

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader
Earth united, hopefully.

In what is perhaps the least interesting of these four books, Gaborn still has to deal with both the Reaver master, and Raj Ahten, but does... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Blue Tyson

1.0 out of 5 stars Beyond pitiful
This is a continuation of a terribly written series of books. not only are the "deadly reavers" not scary, they aren't even realistic and die faster than roaches under bugspray (... Read more
Published on May 8, 2007 by Joshua Tree

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost an adequate ending. Almost.
You know, The Runelords series was made up of some pretty solid heroic fantasy novels with some good ideas and well-handled characterization. Read more
Published on April 17, 2007 by OremLittleKing

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fitting Conclusion to an Original Series
I picked this book up just recently, after going back and re-reading the first three. Like one of the previus reviewer's said, you aren't re-introduced to characters, so if you've... Read more
Published on January 12, 2007 by Dobeman

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
The first book of this series had great promise for fans of fantasy. Fast paced, and with an imaginative magic system, it seemed to be a unique gift to the fantasy setting that... Read more
Published on January 9, 2007 by Paul Martin

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Best Finish
Seems as if Farland was under pressure to wrap this series up. After taking the time in the first three books to lay out several sub-plots and quite a few interesting characters... Read more
Published on January 8, 2007 by Timothy Jarnot

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Series
While the ending may seem rushed, it is actually the kind of fast-paced final conflagration that w have come to expect in fantasy epics. Read more
Published on August 29, 2006 by ancientexplorer

5.0 out of 5 stars The Runelords Saga wraps up?
I was able to read this series from beginning to end in a couple of weeks. It is a remarkable set of books and I highly recommend them to anyone. Read more
Published on March 1, 2006 by D. Omo

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another good book
Not much more to say than it was well worth the wait.
Published on January 31, 2006 by R. Rogers

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