Wizardry: The League of the Crimson Crescent

by James E. Reagen

With the help of a magical sword and newfound friends, former account executive Bill Evans is soon dubbed Bill the Just, champion of the downtrodden, hero of the oppressed When Bill deftly decapitates a ruthless dracon slaveowner and liberates the human chattel, rumors race through Trilius. Does the League of the Crimson Crescent still exist?

Genres: Fantasy

281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 9, 1995

Reviews

[Daniel Cloutier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wizardry VII ist eines meiner ewigen Lieblings-Rollenspiele auf dem PC. Das Buch erschien einige Jahre danach, als einzelnes Begleitwerk von einem Roman-Debütanten. Es referenziert die bekannten Rassen und das klassische 6er-Party-Abenteuer, ist ausgesprochen kurzweilig und hoffnungslos naiv geschrieben, bereitete aber mit seinem Irrsinnstempo dennoch viel Spaß.

[James Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast paced, somewhat entertaining. Books feels thrown together. Not a memorable book by any stretch.

[Carl · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters are quite sensible. For every mistake or act of prejudice they commit they turn around and away from their mistake, ask for forgiveness and try to do better next time. I counted about 20 pages of wisdom that can help a person grow into wise and good human being. Being honest, helping the weak, holding to one's convictions, taking action, not being afraid of change, and others.

I will say that this story made me want to read the Lord of the Rings more. There was a level of complexity that I didn't get from the Wizardry which I think I would fine in LOTR.

I'm between a three and a four. I will give it a four because there are a lot of things to learn from it. I would've given it a three because it felt a little rushed and little too simple.

[Joel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid piece of fantasy writing, not ground-breaking but fun and with its heart in the right place. It's not going to change your life, but as someone who picked it up because I've played Wizardry games and was expecting almost nothing, I was pleasantly surprised by how good of a time I had.

Also quite fun to read with the fact it's loosely adapted from a video game series in mind, as it explains various eccentricities, such as the fact that our heroes always stop to loot the bodies, or the various contrivances to ensure the protagonist squad never exceeds the games allowed maximum party size.

It's solidly middling, but in a nice way, and if you've got a place in your life and in your heart for fairly average fantasy writing then you'll have a good time with this.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading this as a teenager and I've read it another several times since. It isn't the "best" fantasy book in the world, but it was one of my first. I'll always love this story, even if reading it 15 years later makes it sound a bit hokey at times. I love this book. I love this story.

[Breanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a little biased since I know the author but I really enjoyed this story. It was a fun adventure with a lot of good values, exactly the kind of story Jim would tell. My only complaint is that I'm left with an unanswered mystery at the end, which I'm never a fan of.