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Title: The Halls of Stormweather (Forgotten Realms: Sembia series, Book 1) by Ed Greenwood, Clayton Emery, Lisa Smedman, Dave Gross, Voronica Whitney-Robinson, Paul S. Kemp, Richard Lee Byers ISBN: 0-7869-1560-9 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 15 July, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Secrets at Stormweather!
Comment: This is an excellent novel, with only a few faults. The main gripe I have with the book is that it is truly a series of short stories, but is treated like a novel. What I mean to say is that there is no table of content that allows you to easily jump one from story of interest without having to scan through the entire book. The tales need not be read in order at all, and yet you are expected to do so.
Each story centers on one member of the Uskevren house, starting with the Patriarch all the way down to the maid. Each of these people seem to have some special quality about them, and their secrets are kept close to their breasts. Sometimes, it seems that there is a reason that each person is so special or has so deep and dark a secret. Clearly, there is more to this family than is initially let on, and only further tales will reveal what is so special about them.
In case you did not know, the shorts in this book are but preludes to the other novels in the series, they are basically the set up tales that get you interested, but really give you no completion. Many things are left unsettled by the end of this book.
The only downfall I can really see, and it has nothing to do with this novel in and of itself, is that the final book that was to be penned by Greenwood has been canceled. I would love to see another anthology of tales to close out the series.
Of them all, the Best tales deal with the matriarch, the butler, the maid, the daughter, and the second son. The Patriarch's tale is informitive, but dry and the heir's story has plenty of drama, but no depth. Two out of seven aint bad! Besides, they are still decent tales.
Warning: If you buy this book you will have to pick up the rest of the series!
Rating: 5
Summary: Genuinely, This Book Was A Great Read
Comment: I read this book very, very fast because of the fact that is is seven separate stories, there was something bran new every fifty or so pages, so you go through the book very fast. The stories are fast paced and exciting and good for anyone that likes a good fantasy or medieval based book, regardless of if you've read any other Forgotten Realms books. It can easily be a stand alone novel.
Rating: 4
Summary: A book with very interesting characters
Comment: This book was placed in the realm of Sembia, and the story took place in the city of Selgaunt - one of the biggest trading cities in Sembia. The book consisted of seven really good stories. Officialy it was an anthology, but I would't call it that because of the lenght of the stories and the way it was built up. The entire book told the tales of the rich merchant family - the Uskevren - and their lives and early days history.
The book had seven stories, and each of the stories told the tale of one of the family members. There were the story of Thamalon the Patriarch, which I liked very much. Normally i don't like anthologies, but this book felt as if it was a whole novel. All the different characters worked very well together.
It was a very dark book, after my opinion. There were lots of intrigue, and murders, and other terrible things, done for the purpose of outdoing each one's rival. As said before, the city of Selgaunt was a city of trade, so there was lots of plotting against each other. So the stories had all, a really good plot. Lots of other Forgotten Realms books is just hack-an-slash battle books, but this one had really kept me reading for a very long time, even if it was 4 past 12 in the night.
Normally i only read Dragonlance books, but i have always wanted to learn about the Forgotten Realms world. So it was because of that, I bought the book. It was a book designed to introduce new fans to the Forgotten Realms, so I immediately picked it up. But still, I don't think that the book serves that really well. There was still so many confusing things, that I didn't knew a heck about, but the well built plot lines kept me reading it, so it is absolutely not a bad book - even if it didn't serve as a great introduction book.
My favorite chacter in the book, must have been Thazienne. Maybe it is just because i am a boy, that i really liked her. After my opinion, Thazienne looked very much like Kitiara Uth-Matar from the Dragonlance saga. So if you have read some of the Dragonlance Legends books you will have a very good view of Thazienne.
The other characters in the book were also very good, especially Erevis Cale and the Maid. So i really hope that I, in future Sembia novels will learn a little bit more about The Realms than in this one. It was as if you only learned about the characters in this book, but it was absolutely not bad - remember that.
So i absolute recommend this book to all fantasy lovers and Forgotten Realms fans, for this is very good entertainment.
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Title: Black Wolf (Forgotten Realms: Sembia series, Book 4) by Dave Gross ISBN: 0786919019 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sands of the Soul (Forgotten Realms: Sembia Series) by Voronica Whitney-Robinson ISBN: 0786928131 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Heirs of Prophecy (Forgotten Realms: Sembia Series) by Lisa Smedman ISBN: 0786927372 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 17 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lord of Stormweather (Forgotten Realms) by Dave Gross ISBN: 0786929324 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 14 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Extinction (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 4) by Lisa Smedman ISBN: 0786929898 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 28 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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