Darkthrone

The Zagor Chronicles #2

by Ian Livingstone And Carl Sargent, Carl Sargent

The great wars of Amarillia are finished, some say, the bone demon drawn to that magical land has been banished forever. Yet the remnants of its armies maraud impoverished lands with few strong enough to stop them while, in the ruins of Castle Argent, an evil still more dangerous and dire than the demon itself is forming. It is now ready to take into its taloned hands what is left of the beauties and glories of Amarillia.

"Darkthrone" is the second tale in the epic "Zagor Chronicles" series, revealing the full horror of the necromancer's plans to lay waste to all that is good and true in a land of fable, majesty and deep magic.

Ian Livingstone, co-author of the best-selling "Fighting Fantasy" gamebooks, brings you an enthralling new saga.

195 pages, Paperback

Published November 25, 1993

Reviews

[Peter Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darkthrone


This book is part of the (very) extended Fighting Fantasy universe and boy, what a story it is. This is the pick of the Zagor Chronicles by a country mile. Ostensibly written by Ian Livingstone and Carl Sargent (Keith Martin), I suspect that Sargent did most of the work.


It is basically an extended novelization of The Legend of Zagor and works terrifically well, You get a real feel for the dungeon crawl through Castle Argent, with all sorts of fascinating encounters. The fighting isn't over-laboured, hence there is no blow by blow account. This keeps the pace and it does rattle along at a good rate.


It's a shame that the art of Legend of Zagor by the wonderful Martin McKenna wasn't used in this book, as that really would have been the icing on the cake.

[Trisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I pretty much forgot everything that was in this story. I mean, I guess I remembered bits and pieces as I read them, but before re-reading I had forgotten it all. I guess I'd forgotten a lot about the series in general, for e.g. I totally forgot that Anvar had his own magic. I forgot all about him being a Bear dude who became a Wolf clan dude. I also forgot about the magic stuff they tend to always put on their swords if Jallarial has got the potions available. :)

I forgot that Mahnsikir ended up as he did, as an undead creature - what a nasty way to go! I forgot that Zagor was double the height of a normal man. I also totally forgot about the dragon and all the eggs they destroyed. I actually felt sorry for the dragon as they hacked away at it, 'cause I'm a bit of an animal conservationist or whatever. :) I wanted it to escape.

Basically I forgot the whole story, so it's good I re-read it. And yes, I still love it, and it's still really easy to read.