Lord Soth (Dragonlance Warriors, Vol. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Edo Van Belkom (Author) "Dargaard Keep was an impressive sight, even to those who had watched it slowly being constructed and had been familiar with its commanding presence for..." (more)
Key Phrases: high clerist, blue hyssop, high justice, Lady Korinne, Lord Soth, Dargaard Keep (more...)

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Product Description
The Warriors series details the exploits of the heroes and villains of the War of the Lance.


About the Author
Bram Stoker and Aurora Award-winner Edo van Belkom is the author of over 200 stories of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. As an editor, he has four anthologies to his credit that include two books for young adults, Be Afraid! (A Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year finalist) and Be Very Afraid! (An Aurora Award winner — Best Work in English). Born in Toronto, van Belkom graduated from York University, then worked as a daily newspaper sports and police reporter before becoming a full-time writer. Edo van Belkom lives in Brampton, Ontario, with his wife Roberta and son Luke.


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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786905190
• ISBN-13: 978-0786905195
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #640,712 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better., September 25, 1999

By A Customer

It was a good story but it WASN'T Lord Soth's story. This book was so inacurate I could have written it better off the top of my head without reading any of the other DL books over. That isn't not the only problem though. Soth's decline into evil was much too rapid. He didn't go through any emotional struggle before becoming evil, he just did. I even question if he was ever good. The book starts out with one of his henchmen murdering 2 people at his command. If you want a good book about Lord Soth there are 2 in the Ravenloft series that are very good.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not That Bad, May 28, 1999

By A Customer

I loved Knight of the Black Rose, and looked forward to getting more in depth detail of Soth's rise and fall as a Knight of Solamnia. I think its a little unfair to come down so harshly on this book. True, Van Belkom isn't James Lowder, but his style is readable and he made the novel accessible to anyone who came off the street not knowing anything about Dragonlance. As for discrepencies between Lowder and Van Belkom, he does point out in the opening pages that this story is one of many told about Soth, and details may vary between tellers. As a whole, this book was a solid read. There's enough action for a sword and sorcery fan to get into, but enough intrigue to keep you through the calm parts of the novel as well. The Kingpriest's madness is one of the coolest parts of the book. While mostly confined to small scenes, his Edict of Thought Control will send a shiver down the spine. In all, Lord Soth is a fine way to turn a friend on to Dragonlance. Its a simple, self-contained story that leaves the reader wanting more. I hope either Van Belkom or Lowder is allowed to detail Soth's early days as a Death Knight. How did he come to serve Takhisis? He seems more remorseful than evil by the end of the tale.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book; good read, not the best, November 28, 1998

By	Jeff Lee - See all my reviews

Given the difficulty Edo van Belkom must have had to write about one of Krynn's "unapproachable, unchangeable" characters, LORD SOTH comes off as a pretty well-written book. Having little interest in the Death Knight's personal story-because I'm just dabbing into Dragonlance right now-I read it as a straight, linear book. And it came off rather well-done. Quite literally, too, at the end when the gods bake all major characters of the book (with the gory exception of three elf maidens on the side of a certain road...). But on the serious track, the book is an interesting read for someone who doesn't try to poke through all the tidbits of Loren Soth's life. The biggest fault is not in the prose or style of van Belkom, but rather that he never really delves into Lord Soth's character. Throughout the book, Loren Soth is the doomed man, haunted by past misdeeds but also rationalizing his actions with his noble title and reputation. Yet though his madness is quite vivid in portrayal, he is only a masked character, and one is inclined to feel more sorry for say the trio of elves he cuts down on the way to (or depending on your viewpoint, back from) Istar. There are also some good parts about the pyschology of the Kingpriest of Istar. The Cataclysm isn't well portrayed in this book, not a shame, but one does wish for more depiction of the scene where the fiery mountain collides with the planet. Of course, the event has been detailed elsewhere so any extensive depiction here might come off as redundant. There is plenty of gore in the book, and it's very much domestic in nature, and to some people it may be exceedingly disturbing. The murder of a wife and child is bad enough, but when repeated... At the end, LORD SOTH is very much one of those books that is interesting to read but lacking the Dragonlance atmosphere. One can say the same thing about THE IRDA, any of the Fifth Age books, and so on (and on the badly faring side, there is THE DARK QUEEN...) Good to read, but in the end it felt like a distraction from Krynn's main road.