Odyssey (Odyssey Cycle, Book I) [Mass Market Paperback]

Vance Moore (Author)

Book Description

Series: Odyssey Cycle | Publication Date: September 1, 2001

This book will appeal to new readers, as well as die-hard fans. The perfect entry point for new readers, this book focuses on a fierce competition for one of the most powerful artifacts ever to exist in the Magic: The Gathering game and novels. Major changes are occurring in the Magic universe-changes that devoted fans will be eager to find out about.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786919000
• ISBN-13: 978-0786919000
• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #836,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars i have read a lot of magic books....., December 16, 2001

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CHRIS (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Odyssey (Odyssey Cycle, Book I) (Mass Market Paperback)

to sum this book up in 1 word...horrible. the whole thing was like reading lord of the flies. the location would constantly jump around, leaving no time to develop characters' personalities or their scenery. this whole next series, the odyssey cycle is supposed to be all on kamahl correct? vance moore focuses on laquatas&kirtar. you have to wait 100 pages in order to get back to the main character, even then nothing happens or its only 15 pages. Also, 100 years after the dominarian apocalypse, this is supposed to be a world of pit fighting right? in the whole book there is only 3 or 4 pit fights, they arent that intersting. i like having details, lots of details, moore (the author) didnt give the dementia creatures or anything else enough detail to form the picture in your mind of kamahl or whoever was fighting. im not lying when i say this, i was ready to throw the book against the wall, thats how bad it was. if this review has offended you in any way, im sorry, but this is my opinion, you'r entitled to yours, im entitled to mine. =D
go forth, wreak havoc

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good read, August 13, 2004

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TrezKu13 (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Odyssey (Odyssey Cycle, Book I) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was perhaps the first book in which I thought there was too much action and not enough plot. It pretty much read like the novelization of a direct-to-video Jean Claude van Damme movie.

One problem might be there's too much going on. There is the pitfighter (who has hair yet is portrayed bald on the bookcover) who arrives to fight in the gladiator-like competition, there's the plot to take over the nation via a sea creature's coupe...and then there are some political intrigues that go all over the place.

But like I said, action soon takes over in parts where it really shouldn't. My real big loss of interest was when the monster attacked the town, taking up two or three chapters just to resolve itself. It got real boring, and came out feeling like it did practically nothing except raise the book's body count.

After a certain point, you just feel like reading the book is an effort. I would suggest you stay clear from it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars eh, February 2, 2002

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Cecil (Sierra Vista, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Odyssey (Odyssey Cycle, Book I) (Mass Market Paperback)

This does an alright job of telling the Odyssey story but has a couple thousand faults...

first of all there's a little too much battle description. it seems that between every actual plot development there are two or three battles. now i wouldn't have a problem with that if the battles didn't go on for pages. what's the point? i understand that there is a need for fighting, but i must admit that i don't care to know things that don't have any affect on the story. all these battles that amount to nothing are really repetative.

they're only in here to make the book as long as possible, if they'd summarized the battles this book would be a hundred pages...

one thing i did like however is laquatis. laquatis is a badass and therefore earned this book 1 star. he'd make the perfect machiavellian prince, so i think he deserves the mirari. the other star comes from this being remotely related to magic the gathering.

overall this is just a rocky start to what i hope will be a good series. they could have done MUCH better. luckily this went pretty fast despite the endless battles. my advice is skip this and read torment.

seriously, torment goes over everything that happened in oddessy. so it does exactly what i wanted it to, lol. so just read torment and don't waste your time...