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Prophecy of Darkness (Xena: Warrior Princess)

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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.

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!!

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.

This book is better than Xena.... Magic Arrow of Myx. I got the Xena feeling. I couldn't put it down. I was even doing house chores and reading it at the same time. "Prophecy of Darkness" was a very good book. Even this has a down side. I didn't quite get the ENTIRE Xena feeling and aura. But I would suggest it for all die hard and not so die hard Xenites alike.

The writter knew next to nothing about Xena. In the book she showed tonns of emoition. He also spelled a coulple things wrong. He wrote Argos instead of Argo. He also spelled charkum chakra. I think if he wants to write another book he should learn more about Xena: Warrior Princess.

This Xena novel was very interesting, but there were little things I noticed that were incorrect. For instence, Xena's horse is named Argo, but they put a S at the end, making it Argos. Xena's personality didn't fit together either. Xena rarely shows a lot of emotion , but in the book, she cracked jokes, smiled, and even sang. I might be picky, but other than what I said, I was a fasinating novel.

I enjoyed this book. Plot and action were good, as was the relationship depicted between Xena and Gabrielle. I especially enjoyed the explanations hinted at for Xena's success as a warrior. I felt as though I gained some interesting insights into what makes Xena 'tick'.

i thought this book was GREAT. even though there were a couple of mistakes as listed below but you can't hold that against this book. this book is so far the best xena novel i have read. if your a xena fan you shouldn't be without this book.

This Xena book is the best so far of all those prior. Xena and Gabrielle are true to character and the situations are more probable to the show. I persoanly would recomend this book to anyone, Fellow Xenities: This is a MUST for your Collection. :)

I am sorry to have to write a bad review on this novel, though I find sometimes negative criticism is good for a writer to improve, and I hope if the author reads this review that she is not hurt by what I have to say, but perhaps learns something for her next novel.

I was *sorely* disappointed in this novel. It had the makings of a great story, but alas, it was not. First of all, plot poorly constructed. Cerberus, Hades' 3 headed hound's job is to keep the living out of the Underworld and the dead in. He is not evil himself as he is made in this book. Also chacacter names and weapons are spelt wrong!! Xena's Horse is Argo (not Argos). Her weapon is called a Chakram (not a Charka, which is are points of light in and outside of the body). Roman and Greek mythology was mixed up. In Greece, the place of the Dead is called the Underworld and the God of the Dead is called Hades. In ancient Rome, the place of the Dead was called Hades, the God of the Dead, Pluto. Since Xena is set in ancinet Greece, the *God* should have been called Hades, not the place. And if Hades' hound is running amok, surely Hades (the God) would have something to say and do about it? He does not even get a *mention* in this poorly constructed novel. Again a very big disappointment. It's a wonder it got any positive reviews at all. Did they actually *read* the book!!?? The only two good things I'll say about this book were that I felt for the child seer character and the image of flames dancing was nice, but as for the rest of it, I really wonder how in Hades they made it past an agent and a publisher! Really! It angers me that there are many, many great writers out there, struggling to get wonderful writing out and stuff like this is printed. With a little more work, effort and research, the author could have really gone places with this book, but as it stands, I'd rather go to Hades.