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Eberron
The Killing Song
Sealed away for ages, a forgotten horror reaches out for new power.
Three heroes know the danger. In the City of Towers, a tormented mystic and a soldier-wizard try to thwart a monstrous scheme. In the Shadow Marches, a disgraced warrior summons an ancient sect to battle.
As a dragon rises, can their struggle succeed? Or will they fall to madness and the music of the Killing Song?
The thrilling conclusion to The Dragon Below trilogy!
Don Bassingthwaite is the author of numerous fantasy and dark fantasy novels. His latest books are The Yellow Silk, Mistress of the Night (co-authored with Dave Gross), The Binding Stone, and The Grieving Tree . Don lives in Toronto, surrounded by gadgets, spice jars, and too many books.
Three heroes know the danger. In the City of Towers, a tormented mystic and a soldier-wizard try to thwart a monstrous scheme. In the Shadow Marches, a disgraced warrior summons an ancient sect to battle.
As a dragon rises, can their struggle succeed? Or will they fall to madness and the music of the Killing Song?
The thrilling conclusion to The Dragon Below trilogy!
Don Bassingthwaite is the author of numerous fantasy and dark fantasy novels. His latest books are The Yellow Silk, Mistress of the Night (co-authored with Dave Gross), The Binding Stone, and The Grieving Tree . Don lives in Toronto, surrounded by gadgets, spice jars, and too many books.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 12, 2006
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About the author
Don Bassingthwaite
34 books51 followersDon lives with his partner in Toronto, surrounded by gadgets, spice jars, and too many books.
No, I don’t normally refer to myself in the third person. That’s the official author bio from the back of my most recent books. You want some other trivia?
I’m a fan of the serial comma.
I’m a huge fan of breakfast cereal.
I own one (and only one) stuffed animal — a Highland cow from Edinburgh named “Ewan MooGregor.”
I love Edinburgh and London — other large cities visited in the UK include Bath and Plymouth. I’ve also been to Cheddar where I ate a really good cheese sandwich.
I like cheese, especially hard and blue cheeses (Mmmm. Stilton.).
I look terrible in hats with the exception (for unknown reasons) of a few ball caps of particular colour and design.
I look good in rugby shirts, but don’t really own any as I neither play rugby nor follow the sport enough to feel honest buying the shirt of any particular team.
I don’t play or follow soccer either, but that didn’t stop me from choosing a “shirt team” in the last World Cup, wearing their shirt, and cheering for them in pubs. Go Netherlands!
To quote Paul S. Kemp, “Mmm. Beer.”
I have seriously considered buying a kilt. Update March 2008: The kilt has been bought!
Kilt, cow, and fondness for Edinburgh aside, I’m not Scottish.
More to come, I’m sure!
No, I don’t normally refer to myself in the third person. That’s the official author bio from the back of my most recent books. You want some other trivia?
I’m a fan of the serial comma.
I’m a huge fan of breakfast cereal.
I own one (and only one) stuffed animal — a Highland cow from Edinburgh named “Ewan MooGregor.”
I love Edinburgh and London — other large cities visited in the UK include Bath and Plymouth. I’ve also been to Cheddar where I ate a really good cheese sandwich.
I like cheese, especially hard and blue cheeses (Mmmm. Stilton.).
I look terrible in hats with the exception (for unknown reasons) of a few ball caps of particular colour and design.
I look good in rugby shirts, but don’t really own any as I neither play rugby nor follow the sport enough to feel honest buying the shirt of any particular team.
I don’t play or follow soccer either, but that didn’t stop me from choosing a “shirt team” in the last World Cup, wearing their shirt, and cheering for them in pubs. Go Netherlands!
To quote Paul S. Kemp, “Mmm. Beer.”
I have seriously considered buying a kilt. Update March 2008: The kilt has been bought!
Kilt, cow, and fondness for Edinburgh aside, I’m not Scottish.
More to come, I’m sure!
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September 27, 2019
A worthy conclusion to one of the better fantasy (and especially D&D) series I've read in years. The party splits to run down separate threads of the threat facing not only them but all of Eberron. The cast is given plenty of time to shine, on the whole, and we get a fun look at Sharn, the City of Towers, the calling-card highlight of the setting. The plot's a little thin at spots, and the main thread of this book probably would've been more effective if it'd been built from the last (if it was present at all, I totally missed it); I'm not sure I was satisfied with how things wrapped between Geth and Singe, and things feel very rushed at the end; but what a fun read.
June 19, 2021
Sing a Song of a Solid Story
One must read the other books in the trilogy or else this won’t hold up. Expect this. That being said this was the best of the three. Characters experience emotional growth and much like a RPG character they level ip their abilities and prowess too.
The splitting of time between different groups can be a bit jarring but is overall handled really well when the converge again.
The ending has its own twists and left me satisfied. Spoiler* It’s not all happiness for everyone and that is what really made this tale shine.
One must read the other books in the trilogy or else this won’t hold up. Expect this. That being said this was the best of the three. Characters experience emotional growth and much like a RPG character they level ip their abilities and prowess too.
The splitting of time between different groups can be a bit jarring but is overall handled really well when the converge again.
The ending has its own twists and left me satisfied. Spoiler* It’s not all happiness for everyone and that is what really made this tale shine.
May 19, 2024
This book had no right to be as good as it is, specifically for what is supposedly "just" a media tie-in for a game. The ending leaves some opening for Don's next trilogy but in no way feels unfinished. I am honestly impressed.
September 4, 2015
Good ending, though it is the 2nd Eberron trilogy that I read that had Dragons as bad guys. There are definitely characters that I would like to know what they do next, but I doubt they show up in any other Eberron series.
March 8, 2012
Though the author broke the cardinal rule of gaming (he split the party.... Gasp!) I have to say that this was a solid ending to a very enjoyable series. While I'm looking forward to the Legacy of Dhakaan, I'm going to be sorry to see some of the major characters from this series move on...
October 28, 2009
This trilogy is excellent, and was recommended to me by Keith Baker. Very much worth a read for Eberron fans.
April 26, 2013
i enjoyed this series and the author's writing style enough to read more by him.
April 29, 2018
[REVIEW TO COME AT A LATER DATE UPON A FULL SERIES RE-READ.]
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