Ruby Flames: Shattered Light#1 [Paperback]

Richard A. Knaak (Author)

Book Description

Series: Shattered Light | Publication Date: March 1, 1999

A magical world of swords, sorcery, and adventure comes alive in this series based on the new online game. Delos is a world not unlike our own--until a reckless attempt to capture the primal power of the universe shatters the very laws of nature, transforming Delos into a realm of magic. Behind it all is the dread entity that freed when the light is the Laria. Now, thousands of years later, two young would-be heroes may be the last hope against an unholy alliance of evil creatures bent on annihilation of men and mrem alike. Includes "Five to Midnight" online play game disk.

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From the Back Cover

Delos: a world not unlike our own... until a reckless attempt to capture the primal power of the universe shattered the very laws of nature, transforming Delos into a realm of magic. Now men vie with monsters, sword with sorcery, good with evil. And behind it all is the dread entity that was freed when the light shattered: the Laria.

Now, thousands of years later, two young would-be heroes--Jarric, a human fire mage and Ferlyn, a feline mrem warrior--may be the last hope against an unholy alliance of evil creatures bent on the genocide of men and mrem alike.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671032666
• ISBN-13: 978-0671032661
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,046,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard A. Knaak is the New York Times bestselling author of some three dozen novels, including the The Sin War trilogy for Diablo and the Legend of Huma for Dragonlance. He has penned the War of the Ancients trilogy, Day of the Dragon and its upcoming followup, Night of the Dragon. His other works include his own Dragonrealm series, the Minotaur Wars for Dragonlance, the Aquilonia trilogy of the Age of Conan, and the Sunwell Trilogy -- the first Warcraft manga. In addition, his novels and short stories have been published worldwide in such diverse places as China, Iceland, the Czech Republic, and Brazil.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ruby Flames, December 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ruby Flames: Shattered Light#1 (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book very much. If you even like RPGs or fantasy stories, you'll love this book. This book was made before the Shattered Light game, just for those of you who don't know, (mister book-is-an-advertisement) as the book has a form in the middle talking about a beta version of the game being released or something like that. Anyway, if you get this book and you love Role-playing games, you won't be disappointed. With weaponry and magic spread throughout the story, both fantasy and RPG fans won't want to miss out.

4.0 out of 5 stars I want more Theron Kain!, August 11, 2000

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Bill White (Deleware, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ruby Flames: Shattered Light#1 (Paperback)

As usual Richard delivers the goods in this novel. The world is filled with characters you grow to care about greatly as you read. The storyline was a bit predictable, with some good plot twists. Not his best but, still far above the rest in his league. If you are a Dragonrealm fan, or just a Knaak fan in general you owe it to yourself to read this.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Knaak's best, but better than us lowly mortals deserve., November 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ruby Flames: Shattered Light#1 (Paperback)

Well as one would expect writing a fast book within the constrants given by a shared setting are hard to overcome, but Richard Knaak does this with grace and finesse. Granted that this book cannot compair with the Dragonrealm books or such, but this is still a good read and I recommend to it to anyone who can appreciate such. Any of you who disliked this book a great deal should check into some of Mr. Knaak's other works, and bear in mind that he is more magic based than combat oriented, and read the Dragonrealm series. If you can read his best stuff and still dislike him, then go on home to the mental ward and leave us good sane folk alone. *Grin* Just kidding, but the critics will have to explain it to me sometime.