The God Catcher: Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep [Mass Market Paperback]

Erin M. Evans (Author)

Book Description

Release date: February 2, 2010 | Series: Greenwood Presents Waterdeep

Walk the line between magic and madness in Erin M. Evan’s passionate story about the dragons of the City of Splendors...

Tennora would give anything to be a wizard. And Clytemorrenestrix, a strange woman with uncanny blue eyes, whose name means “She Will Thunder in the Sky,” and who claims to be a dragon, promises to make her just that–in return for aid in returning her to her true form. But soon after Tennora seals the deal, a bounty hunter presses a note into her hands claiming the dragon woman is actually a human–a violent, criminally insane human who murders those who fail her.

The God Catcher is gripping tale of identity, intrigue, and obsession set in the classic City of Splendors and presented by Forgotten Realms® campaign setting creator and celebrated author Ed Greenwood. You don’t want to miss out on this exciting glimpse into what the latest edition of the Realms has to offer.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 339 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; Original edition (February 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786954868
• ISBN-13: 978-0786954865
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #866,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Erin M. Evans grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from Washington University with a degree in Anthropology, she and her now-husband drove around the country in a 1983 Winnebago. They settled in Seattle, WA where she works as a writer and editor. The God Catcher is her first novel.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Adventure Book February 11, 2010

By Mike

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I've read a lot of fantasy in my life, some good and some bad. Luckily, THE GOD CATCHER falls into the good category. It's not so much a fantasy book as just a great adventure story. The author does a nice job setting the characters and mood quickly. It's a great story about a young noblewoman trying to find her way in a world of magic, thievery and dragons. The plot moves quickly and you never feel bored. At the end, you'll ask the age old question: What happens next?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Refeshing novel from an outstanding new author! May 18, 2010

By M. Cheek

Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I never write reviews, period, but I was so blown away by the way this author writes in the "well worn" FR series of D&D Novels. Despite a couple of Deus Ex Machina moments (in a world based on the fantastic, I don't really have a problem with this), Mrs. Evans displays a real knack for non-linear character development. This is the first post spellplague novel, besides the Richard Baker novels, that it felt truly like the Realms again, not so much of the alien world a lot of the newer FR novels portray (though I do enjoy many of these changes).

Great book!!! I really hope that she continues these characters in later novels. Definitely up there with Kemp, Baker, and Salvatore.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Dragon Catcher March 6, 2010

By Leonardo Gruber

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First of all, this is a good fantasy novel. If you don't want to read anymore in this review, just know it is 5 of 5 stars if you are a Forgotten Realms (FR) fan. If you don't, it's better start at some point, so hey, try this book.
Being a FR fan, it's difficult to me separated where a non-FR fan could enjoy all in this novel, but I think you can make good time of the reading even if not inclined to fantasy novels.

Lets to the review, shall we?

The book follows Tennora, a wanna-be mage living in the City of Splendors, the greatest (well, now Baldur's Gate is bigger, but have not the glamour) city in the Forgotten Realms setting. She is spring to a recently noble family, so much of her life where dictated to being a nice and polite girl. Like all good heroes, she is an orphan, growing in the care of her uncle's. And at the beginning of the novel, she is trying to make her live without her parents.

Then, comes Nestryx. And she is a difficult person - maybe because she's a dragon trapped in human form. This is a concept I will gladly take for my FR RPG campaign! And Nestryx is searching for a way to revert to her dragon form - but she have bounty on her head for murder, and some say she is simple a spellscarred crazy person.

The novel unravel in the plot of a dragon game being played secretly, and one of this players is much interested in gaining hold of Waterdeep.
After this, I would be spoiling your fun, so go read yourself.

About the overall quality of the book, it's well written, with the action taking velocity with moments of high tension (the sewer's are a must be read chapter for every D&D Dm's trying to make better sewers for his or her campaign), with moments of elucidation on some character's doings (like the eladrin master mage Rhinzen Halnian and his... difficulties), and moments of pure evilness (like Ferremo, an assassin that plays with his victims). The dragons... well, I really cannot say anything for being afraid of spoilers, but let's say this: This book could be called Dragon's Catcher. It's the first book of the Waterdeep series that brings dragons (I haven't read all the Wild series, so maybe there's a dragon on one), and they are portrait in all glory, terror and breath's that they deserve.

5 of 5 in this one!