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The Wandering #3
The Colder Moon
The bold attempt on the Jin Dara’s life has failed. Meanwhile, Kaden Omiir and the Amhuru discover that a third fragment of the Golden Cord has been taken by the ferocious Graymir, and a desperate mission is launched to retrieve it, even as revelations about this strange people and their devotion to the mysterious Nekron opens a window into the darkest recesses of the world’s distant past.
And yet, as the Jin Dara grows even stronger, betrayal from within threatens the security of the Amhuru as much as all these challenges from without. Will Draagan’s new plan to seek aid from the renegade Jaen’s backfire? Will division lead to the downfall of the Amhuru? Can anything stop the Jin Dara from taking full possession of the Golden Cord?
And yet, as the Jin Dara grows even stronger, betrayal from within threatens the security of the Amhuru as much as all these challenges from without. Will Draagan’s new plan to seek aid from the renegade Jaen’s backfire? Will division lead to the downfall of the Amhuru? Can anything stop the Jin Dara from taking full possession of the Golden Cord?
462 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 2, 2017
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L.B. Graham
11 books92 followersL. B. Graham (BA Literature, Wheaton College; MDiv, Covenant Seminary) is chairman of the Bible department and teacher of English and Worldviews at Westminster Christian Academy in St. Louis. He has written several articles in IVP’s Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. He and his wife, Joanne, have two children.
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April 16, 2024
Begs for the final installment! (4 stars)
I bought volumes 1, 2 and 3, figuring that this was a three-book series, so I was somewhat disappointed to discover that even though this was written in 2017, the fourth and final book, to be titled "The Elder Star" has not yet been published. "The Colder Moon" was printed with a different publisher, after the original publisher (AMG Publishers) unfortunately decided not to continue with the series following the first two books. Fortunately the new publisher was able to adopt a graphic style similar to the original two books, aside from a slightly different font and absence of a glossary. Some good maps would benefit all the books in the series, but aside from that they look nice on the shelf together.
In “The Colder Moon”, the Amhuru and their allies undertake a desperate mission to recover a third fragment of the Golden Cord from the mysterious Graymir, while a separate mission to kill the Jin Dara is undertaken with the help of a temporary alliance with the mercenary Jaens and his brothers.
The story-line is quite dark in tone, particularly as a result of the warped and disturbing experiments the Jin Dara makes on humans, which doesn't make for pleasant reading. There are many evil powers at work, particularly the leader of the fallen Haladriim (angelic Bright Ones), Nekron, who represents Satan. As always the author's world-building skills are admirable, with the creation of more cultures (e.g. the blue-faced Kura-Cutane) and stranger creatures, many of which are used by the dark powers that assault our protagonists and friends.
There's much spiritual truth underlying the story-line, and I especially enjoyed the section about not limiting truth to experience; i.e. not experiencing something doesn't mean it's not true (p.67).
Overally this book has a very dark feel, perhaps cheapened somewhat by the inclusion of some teen-romance. And while there is a note of judgment in the concluding pages, there's also a real sense of tragedy. If there is hope, it will have to come in the fourth book. It would be a real shame if the final book in this series never sees the light of day, and we're left in the darkness to wonder what might have been.
I bought volumes 1, 2 and 3, figuring that this was a three-book series, so I was somewhat disappointed to discover that even though this was written in 2017, the fourth and final book, to be titled "The Elder Star" has not yet been published. "The Colder Moon" was printed with a different publisher, after the original publisher (AMG Publishers) unfortunately decided not to continue with the series following the first two books. Fortunately the new publisher was able to adopt a graphic style similar to the original two books, aside from a slightly different font and absence of a glossary. Some good maps would benefit all the books in the series, but aside from that they look nice on the shelf together.
In “The Colder Moon”, the Amhuru and their allies undertake a desperate mission to recover a third fragment of the Golden Cord from the mysterious Graymir, while a separate mission to kill the Jin Dara is undertaken with the help of a temporary alliance with the mercenary Jaens and his brothers.
The story-line is quite dark in tone, particularly as a result of the warped and disturbing experiments the Jin Dara makes on humans, which doesn't make for pleasant reading. There are many evil powers at work, particularly the leader of the fallen Haladriim (angelic Bright Ones), Nekron, who represents Satan. As always the author's world-building skills are admirable, with the creation of more cultures (e.g. the blue-faced Kura-Cutane) and stranger creatures, many of which are used by the dark powers that assault our protagonists and friends.
There's much spiritual truth underlying the story-line, and I especially enjoyed the section about not limiting truth to experience; i.e. not experiencing something doesn't mean it's not true (p.67).
Overally this book has a very dark feel, perhaps cheapened somewhat by the inclusion of some teen-romance. And while there is a note of judgment in the concluding pages, there's also a real sense of tragedy. If there is hope, it will have to come in the fourth book. It would be a real shame if the final book in this series never sees the light of day, and we're left in the darkness to wonder what might have been.
November 15, 2018
Well, I'm excited to read the final book. Thankfully, this book at least ended with a sense of completion that will allow me to wait somewhat patiently until the final book is released. (Hurry up!) I loved the Binding of the Blade series by Graham so well that this series really can't compete, but it is still very good. In Binding of the Blade, once you start book three, you really have to read all the way through book 5... It's so good you can't put the series down. This series is exciting as well, especially in the struggles and battle scenes of the Amhuru against the Jin Dara. But I didn't like the darkness of how the Jin Dara manipulated and tortured people into horrific creations, how the misuse of Zerura by the Graymir caused such grief and havoc, the love scenes with Rika, and Deslo's continuing affection for Olli (get over it!)
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