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The War of the Dead: The Complete Collection
Necromancer. Master of the dead, and creature of legend. Stories tell of two necromancers. One reanimated the bodies of its enemies to use as mindless slaves. The other ripped the very souls from its victims to create an army of darkness and shadow. The two necromancers worked together, each complementing the others vile magics with their own. But each secretly thought their own magic to be superior. Fear of their enemies was the only tie that bound the two creatures together.
Before the culling the lands of men were covered in forest, and the monsters within slaughtered each other in an endless war for domination. When man came to make a place for itself in this hostile land, many monsters, including the necromancers, joined them in their fight, urging them ever onward. It was at the behest of these monsters that the forest burned, and their kin were destroyed. On the eve of victory, however, the monsters that had fought beside the humans, turned against them.
Flush with undead minions from the long war, the betrayal of the necromancers could have destroyed humanity. It was only their hubris that saved mankind from from destruction. Now that they finally had no enemies with the strength to stand against them, each believed their partner should become their slave. They turned their powers upon each other. Their armies were ground into dust, and by the end of the day both had fallen, proving once and for all that they were equals.
A thousand years later, the only evidence that the necromancers ever existed is the strange magic in what remains of the forest north of Ilar and Thelryn, and it is there, in the small town of Thorlin's Point, that our story begins.
Before the culling the lands of men were covered in forest, and the monsters within slaughtered each other in an endless war for domination. When man came to make a place for itself in this hostile land, many monsters, including the necromancers, joined them in their fight, urging them ever onward. It was at the behest of these monsters that the forest burned, and their kin were destroyed. On the eve of victory, however, the monsters that had fought beside the humans, turned against them.
Flush with undead minions from the long war, the betrayal of the necromancers could have destroyed humanity. It was only their hubris that saved mankind from from destruction. Now that they finally had no enemies with the strength to stand against them, each believed their partner should become their slave. They turned their powers upon each other. Their armies were ground into dust, and by the end of the day both had fallen, proving once and for all that they were equals.
A thousand years later, the only evidence that the necromancers ever existed is the strange magic in what remains of the forest north of Ilar and Thelryn, and it is there, in the small town of Thorlin's Point, that our story begins.
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156 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2012
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July 1, 2013
This was a very interesting compilation. Three novellas in one, but it is like three chapters in one book, rather than three separate narratives. The novellas changed in style slightly as the narrative went along, and each change in style was actually quite pleasant because it fit the current story (the story in each novella, that is).
The writing was a little rough in the very beginning, but it got better and this author definitely has potential. Why do I say that? The characters are not fully fleshed out in the story, except for those narrating, probably on purpose. The writer doesn't take sides, and my friends and I had a good time arguing about which character is evil, who is lying, etc. Everybody seems to have a different favorite character and distrusts the other faction.
The plot was definitely intriguing and led to interesting discussion.
Overall, really like it.
(Note: I actually read the e-book version on Amazon kindle)
The writing was a little rough in the very beginning, but it got better and this author definitely has potential. Why do I say that? The characters are not fully fleshed out in the story, except for those narrating, probably on purpose. The writer doesn't take sides, and my friends and I had a good time arguing about which character is evil, who is lying, etc. Everybody seems to have a different favorite character and distrusts the other faction.
The plot was definitely intriguing and led to interesting discussion.
Overall, really like it.
(Note: I actually read the e-book version on Amazon kindle)
July 26, 2016
This book was awful! The only thing good about this book was the last 10 or so pages... maybe it was because I was happy that I was almost done with it or maybe because that was the only part of the book that had action, flowed well, and really gripped the reader.
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