Prophecy of Darkness (Xena: Warrior Princess) [Paperback]

Stella Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997

Encountering a young seer who warns them that a mage's well-intentioned spell will lead to disaster, Xena and Gabrielle find themselves confronting Cerebus, who would unleash the forces of Hades on the earth. Original. TV tie-in.

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572972491
• ISBN-13: 978-1572972490
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,783,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, January 11, 2003

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Jamie Teal "Bluewing" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prophecy of Darkness (Xena: Warrior Princess) (Paperback)

I read this book several years ago while the plot of the television series was still young, season 2 or 3. The book is consistant with that timeline, which has been screwed up, spun around, and dumped upside-down since then. Around the same time I also read the Ru Emmerson books, and I do like this book much better than those as they are not consistant to the Xena timeline/plot and cannot stand alone-you would have to read the first and then the second and so on to understand everything that's going on. This is a stand-on-its-own kind of book and has a Xena-like plot to it. One problem that seems consistant to me in the published Xena novels is lack of emotion. This book held more emotion than the Ru Emmerson books.
If you want a good, stand on its own Xena adventure, this is the book for you. If you want a Xena adventure the provokes serious emotions and feelings, as the show itself often did, you may want to consider online fan fiction.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST XENA NOVEL, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Prophecy of Darkness (Xena: Warrior Princess) (Paperback)

This book is by far the best xena novel. But in some of these summaries below they say xena doesn't crack jokes in the tv series. Well they must be a one time viewer!!! In this book she DOES crack jokes so HA HA (and if you watch the series you'll note that xena does cracks jokes.) This book is the greatest xena novel you can find (so far). I liked Ru Emerson's xena novels but she just wrote on and on and it took her almost the entire novel to get some action. This story is the closest book I have read to the seires it had jokes, it had action, and I felt like I was reading something written by one of the directors of the show! This book was great and worth every penny!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't capture Xena Gabrielle characters, March 11, 2000

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Susan H. Pike "spike3" (ME USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prophecy of Darkness (Xena: Warrior Princess) (Paperback)

This book did a poor job of conveying the essences of Xena's and Gabrielles characters-especially compared with the Ru Emerson books. In this book Gabrielle does too much simpering and is too much a little girl-no thought is given to what makes Gabrielle and Xena a team. And the sexual tension between them is totally absent-this book seems more geared towards the young male audience than both the tv show and the Ru Emerson books-which I highly recommend-especially if you didn't like this one.