A fantastic new adventure of swords and sorcery, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game! The race is on to free Lord Stelan from the grip of a wasting curse, and only his old, half-elf mercenary companion Elyana has the wisdom - and swordcraft - to solve the mystery of his tormentor and free her old friend before three days have passed and the illness takes its course. When the villain turns out to be another of their former companions, the half-elf sets out with a team of adventurers across the Revolution-wracked nation of Galt and the treacherous Five Kings Mountains to discover the key to Stelan's salvation in a lost valley warped by weird magical energies and inhabited by terrible nightmare beasts.
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By Clint
Format:Paperback
As the first Pathfinder Tales book written by Howard Andrew Jones, Plague of Shadows does not disappoint. It is a fast-paced sword and sorcery romp, combining interesting characters, exciting story lines and descriptive writing to ensure that you will not want to put this book down.
As a great adventure with a mix of romance, there are plenty of golden nuggets throughout the book to keep you happy!
Plague of Shadows is now on my list of favorites, and I encourage you to join Elyana and Drelm on their first of what I hope will be many adventures to come.
As a great adventure with a mix of romance, there are plenty of golden nuggets throughout the book to keep you happy!
Plague of Shadows is now on my list of favorites, and I encourage you to join Elyana and Drelm on their first of what I hope will be many adventures to come.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Aaron
Format:Paperback
This is my favorite book of the Pathfinder Tales so far. It earns a solid PG under the MPAA rating system. This book was a fun quest. As I read it, I felt like I was running through an adventure. There are some mature themes in it (racism, love/loss, violence, death, quest for power), but nothing that you wouldn't find in any novel read in a Jr High/High School English class. This book has a very strong female lead. I would rate this as a Teen+ book, highly enjoyable to all ages above 13.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Good adventuring with a nice angle, as someone else noted, "what happens when elves get too old for this s*&^?" A blend of D&D adventuring with tones of Jirel of Jory and the western, Unforgiven. The payoffs here are setup through characters, hard truths and exposed lies. I look forward to Jones next entry in the Pathfinder universe, and I need to check out some of the other authors and novels of this world.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book.
As always, never ever go by someone's review of a book- always look at it yourself. it doesn't hurt to read a few pages and see how you like it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by A. Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars
Strong Fantasy in the Pathfinder Setting
Howard Andrew Jones is a famous proponent of Sword and Sorcery as well as a former editor of Flashing Swords ezine. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Dream Rider
4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice fantasy novel
Plague of Shadows by Howard Andrew Jones
This is another Pathfinder novel, the main character is Elyana a elven adventure. Read more
This is another Pathfinder novel, the main character is Elyana a elven adventure. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Sam SSS
3.0 out of 5 stars
Meh. So-so. Had potential...
Prince of WOLVES is the best of the Pathfinder books so far. The flashbacks in Plague of Shadows were a lame tool to include a novel about a high level character, they were tedious... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Gluten Free GURU
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not involving
I admit, I stopped at page 75--I generally don't give a book more than 60-70 pages to impress me enough to finish it. Read more
Published 24 months ago by K. Kanitz
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable gritty fantasy romp!
This book is a lot of fun once it gets going. The first few chapters can be a bit slow but are necessary to introduce the characters and the dynamics of their relationships and... Read more
Published on April 7, 2011 by Roberto L. Vargas
5.0 out of 5 stars
Howard Andrew Jones, a welcome addition to the stable of Pathfinder...
This is a repost from my review on paizo.com
To be honest the first couple of chapters had me tell a friend that this third instalment of the Pathfinder Tales line was... Read more
To be honest the first couple of chapters had me tell a friend that this third instalment of the Pathfinder Tales line was... Read more
Published on March 17, 2011 by Lord Slaavik
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