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The Piaras Legacy

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I read this entire book hoping that the story would get better, but it really didn't. The plotline was good, but it was slow and predictable. I actually felt I was reading a Dungeons and Dragons game. You can tell it's the first attempt at a novel. I think, with practice this author will get much better, and that he would be an author to watch out for.

I read this while on vacation, picking it off the shared shelf. I finished it in the hopes that it would improve... It didn't. Character development individually and in general is lacking, the narrative is choppy, thin, and too predictable.

the author populates his book with elves dwarves and humans, and Kobolds kind of doggish humans. The problem is that all 4 are essentially medeval humans with slightly different looks, so why have the "fantasy" characters?

The villians count on the readers image of the name from other more imaginative books, well, really, movies, with no unique characteristics thought up by the author. Skeleton warriors, zombies, vampires are all very formulaic.

Simply not worth reading, much less purchasing, and really not even worth writing a bad review.

Led by the Necromancer Volnor, a legion of the dead invaded the three countries that make up the continent of Pelacia. They killed everyone in sight ravaging the land in a blighted earth policy. Previous rivalries are put aside and the trio of nations united; they successfully repel the enemy horde forcing Volnor and his minion to take refuge in Desert of Malator.

Over time that great saviors' war became part of the ancient mythos with nobody believing that a malevolent soulless one raised the undead into an army as there are more pragmatic concerns for those residing on the continent today. In that environs Elac the Elf makes a living as a merchant with no thoughts on legends. However, renegade Kobold marauders attack his caravan leaving him fleeing for his life. Rilen the Elven warrior rescues Elac who joins him on his journey to Unity where the former hopes to gain support while calling the alarm that Volnor is back. No one except Elac and a hand full of travelers heeds his warning; so that the only hope resides within the soul of the merchant who, if he can figure out what it means in today's context, has ties to the last successful repelling of Volnor and his evil.

This is an exhilarating fantasy due to the two elves, Rilen and Elac, and the threat of Volnor, deftly handled to increase the suspense. Rilen is like a Jeremiah ignored by the leaders who scoff at the return of a mythological necromancer. However Elac is the more fascinating character as he is a successful businessman who suddenly is thrust at the head of a save the world quest in a sort of coming of age way. Fans will appreciate Scott Gamboe's fine fantasy and seek his previous science fiction thriller, THE KILLING FROST.

Harriet Klausner

If you're looking for a book with nonstop action from the very beginning until the very end then this is your book.The Piaras Legacy is a book about an unexpected run of the mill elf who gets to be a hero and save the world.Our hero,is so well pictured by the wonderfull writing of the author that he is likeable from the very first chapter.I liked the way Elac (our hero)got down and dirty trying whatever he had to,to survive,fighting instead of running,always a student learning and improvising along the way.Oh he has help,a magician,and his apprentice,a thief,two dwarfs,a human prince and his savior of his life an elf named Rilen who rocks.This is a book of pure fantasy and it should be read for total enjoyment.Let your mind take you to SCOTT GAMBOE'S world you won't be disappointed.