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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780786931873
ISBN number: 0786931876
Label: Wizards of the Coast
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: April 19, 2004
Publishing house: Wizards of the Coast
Age index: Young Adult
Release Date: April 06, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 381107
Studio: Wizards of the Coast
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The very first in a new trilogy of novels from R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen author Richard Lee Byers. The Rage is the very first title in a new trilogy exploring the ancient secrets of dragon society in the Forgotten Realms world. Author Richard Lee Byers will be writing the entire trilogy, and the cover art for the trilogy and the associated anthology will be rendered by award-winning fantasy artist Matt Stawicki.
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I just finished the ship, shield dragon scene and I cant take anymore. I like Byers in Dissolution and the Sembia book was not bad but this book, this series is not good. Dragons are the holy grail of D&D. They are the single most powerful creature/entity subsequent to a god. They are thousands of years old with supreme intelligence, magic, psionics, powerful physical attacks not to mention breath weapons. Yet you have this cliché group of adventurers called hunters out killing dragons one right after the other like they are peanut brained dinosaurs. In other FR novels where Dragons are mentioned, they get the respect due to them.
Then you heroes, you got the typical human, human, dwarf, Halfling. You did mix it up, you made the main human the bionic man. Nice touch that's why I continued to read past the very first dragon slaughter from a spell on a scroll. But alas the hero apparently had a iron head because he was sure dull.
The fight scenes were bad as well, all the potions of full healing. I felt I was watching a game with the cheat codes turned on.
I am an old school D&D er from the 80's. I love reading the FR books because I enjoy them. This one I did not. I don't know the story behind the book, I don't know if some MAGIC card flipper at WOC gave Mr Byers an outline and said make it happen but the story doesn't work for me. I have 2 other books of Mr. Byers from the Rogues and Priests so I will see how those go. If you have any fondness of Dragons then steer clear because its very disappointing.
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I find that your appreciation of a book is directly related to what you expect from the book. As this is a Forgotten Realms book I was not expecting a masterpiece. I was however, expecting an enjoyable, action packed book with an undercurrent of plot. As per the title of my post I was not disappointed.
Byers style is very action oriented, with lots of fight scenes but the book developed a strong plot and did a good job developing inter character relationships. My only complaint is his repetitive use of phrases like "mystic pass" to describe the somatic components of spells. This usage was both repetitive, and made the book (and the other books in the series) sound somewhat like a DM's narration of a role playing session.
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Richard Lee Byers, brings us a tale about dragonslayers, and their fight to rid the Realms of their depredations. The main characters are: a human Half-Golem, an arctic dwarf Ranger, a human Cleric of Lathander, a halfling Warsling sniper, a good Song Dragon, an avariel (winged elf) Bladesinger, and an arrogant Faerie Dragon. With only a little background, the author puts you in the shoes of these unlikely adventurers, and introduces you to the world of dragonslaying. It is amazing how easy an ill-equiped band of people can kill a dragon in just a few pages. If this book has a fault, it is in its treatment of dragons in combat. It is explained that the dragons are under the spell of the mysterious "rage," and not thinking straight, but somehow they still retain the intellect to cast spells. It stretches my suspension of disbelief, but the story redeems itself with the introduction of the lich, Sammaster. While it starts out as an unlikely group of semi-heroes doing outrageous things, you eventually get to know these characters and their unique personalities. The good-natured ribbing between Will (the halfling) and Pavel (the cleric) is truly entertaing. While it took me a while to warm up to the story, I began to enjoy the characterization of this odd assortment of heroes and villains. If you're a gamer, like me, I suggest giving this book at least a chance before you pass judgement. It gets better, I promise!
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When I saw this trilogy was written by Richard Lee Byers, I must say I was a bit disappointed. I consider his books to be extremely action oriented, disregarding plot and character development. Some of my predictions came true, some didn't.
First, this novel, the very first one of the trilogy, does have a grand story behind it, although the author doesn't delve into reasons of the Rage in this novel, you can see it is a beginning of something epic. The characters of this book are a mixed bunch. Two main characters Dorn and Taegan (a very interesting, memorable character), get pretty much space and that naturally leads to depth and good character development. Other characters, however, get very limited space for their introspections and points-of-view. I hope we will see more of their characterizations in following two books. Besides that, Byers shows once again that he is a master of the flow, and he reminds you of some important characters or events throughout the book, without being repetitive or boring.
I'll quote one of the characters in the book. "Illmater's Tears, will this fight ever end?" Oh man, is he right. There is so much fighting in this book, that it is simply unbearable. I knew Byers is an action-oriented author, but this is too much even from him. He could've given up on full 50 pages of battles, and still make it a fighting-heavy novel. That is my biggest complaint. Otherwise, maybe he could have made protagonists of the book a less eccentric bunch (but I understand WotC have to sell their Monster Manual XVIII somehow), and could have given the villains some space. As it is, they appear and disappear at the point of a sword.
I hope to see an improvement in the following books.
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I've only read about 50-60 pages and decided not to waste anymore of my time with this book. The dragons are absolutely retarded in this book. I hate reading books where authors make the main characters all Rambos and stupidifying powerful enemies or creatures so the Rambos can mow them down in a lame endeavor to show how "awesome" the main characters are. This book also reads like you're watching somebody play a game. Somebody almost dead? No problem, here's a healing potion. Gored by a dragon? No big deal, here's a healing potion! If not a healing potion, then a handy cleric with the cure dragon bite spell. And while we're at it, let's chug some acid resistance potions to make that acid from the dragon useless! Being instantly revived from fatal wounds totally cheapens combat scenes, and having a seemingly endless supply of those healing potions or healing spells is ridiculous. I was half expecting somebody to say they got 2,000 experience points after killing a dragon. If this sort of thing turns you off, don't buy this book, because I imagine this book would continue with the stupid dragons & instant cure themes. I know I'm never buying a book from this author again
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