The Siege (Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Troy Denning (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Return of the Archwizards | Publication Date: December 1, 2001

For Evereska, the last elven refuge on Faerûn, it’s a battle for survival.

For the Chosen of Mystra, it’s a potent rival for their goddess’s dominion over magic.

For the human realms of Faerûn, it’s a permanent shift in the balance of power.

For a lost race of powerful archwizards, it’s a flying mountain they call home.

From the author of The Summoning, Beyond the High Road, and Death of the Dragon (with Ed Greenwood), the Realms-shaking Return of the Archwizards series continues!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786919051
• ISBN-13: 978-0786919055
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,229,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Troy Denning is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost and Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star, as well as Waterdeep, Pages of Pain, Beyond the High Road, The Summoning, and many other novels. His most recent Star Wars novel is Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Vortex. A former game designer and editor, he lives in western Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Archwizards fight back!!, January 24, 2002

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Phillip Schoppy "nightraven14" (Marion Hts, Pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Siege (Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the second book in the series dealing with the return of the powerful Archwizards. This novel does not pick right up where the first left off and some things were unclear to me. The plot revoles around Galaeron, the elf mage, Vala, the fighter from Vassa, the city of Shade and the Chosen of Mystra. Shade is trying to reclaim the old land of Netheril, but this is having an affect on the rest of Faerun.

I thought that this was a good read with alot of great battle scenes throught the novel. The main characters were developed more and favorite characters were brought in (the Chosen). Some of the fights, however, were a little far fetched and the story was choppy in some parts making it hard to follow. The book was interesting and hard to put down and I would recommend it to anyone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ~, February 17, 2006

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Durnhelm "A sunset may last but a few moments... (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Siege (Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Very good book, covers a variety of different areas of the forgotten realms. Lots of Mystra's chosen and powerful magic

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better Than the First, June 23, 2003

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Harkius "harkius" (Laramie, WY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Siege (Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

The first book in this series (The Summoning) is worse than this book by a good margin, but there are only 5 five stars, so I have given them both a 3/5.

Denning still doesn't explore the points of view of any of the other characters, even Ruha (who, admittedly, it IS nice to see again after the Parched Sea and the other novel with her in it, I can't remember the title), who he wrote a whole novel about. However, Galaeron's shadow conflict is a little less ubiquitous, and it is far more interesting than the first, mainly since there is a little more at stake in this novel than there was.

The shadows are obviously gathering for the war between the Shadowvar and the rest of Faerun, and the Shadowvar will hopefully lose. They are a bunch of selfish, greedy <Bad word>s who really should be taught to function in the context of the rest of the realms. Someimes they remind me of the Colonial British.

Anyway, it was a decent book, better than the first, and I am now working through the third apace. If you read the first, you should read this as well. If not, don't punish yourself.
Harkius