Realm of Light

The Ruby Throne Trilogy #3

by Deborah Chester

The death of Emperor Kostimon has unleashed the dark gods upon the kingdom of Imperia--and only the Lady Elandra and the warrior Caelan have the power to save their land and people.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Adult

395 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

The internationally published, award-winning author of 41 novels, Deborah Chester has written Regency romances, historical romances, young adult, science fiction, and fantasy. She is a tenured professor of professional writing in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches novel and short story writing.
She holds a B.A. with General Honors and an M.A. in Journalism; both degrees are from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied professional writing from author/teachers Jack M. Bickham, Robert L. Duncan, and Pulitzer-nominee Carolyn Hart. Chester has been writing professionally since 1978, and has used three pseudonyms – Jay D. Blakeney and Sean Dalton and C. Aubrey Hall for some of her science fiction and fantasy works.
In 2004, she was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of America.

Reviews

[Shaunesay]

This was a good trilogy, it started kind of slow, but was a good story!

[LoKat]

I don't care for insta-love, and a lot of the magic (and Mael) was pretty vague, but it was an exciting and mostly fast-paced read. Classic fantasy, nothing new or exceptional, but classic for a reason.

[Animetart]

Ugh. This book was awful. I really liked the first two, but this one...terrible. Caelan and Eleandra were both so unlikeable and annoying. Eleandra was whiny and weepy, while Caelan just stomped around mad all the time. Could barely get through this book. Blecch.

[betty russell]

Excellent!!

[Carolien]

Nice trilogy, read it within a week or so.

[Frances]

Bad ending, cliche and annoying plot points, but had to find out what happened to the charachters.

[Tim Nielsen]

Although this book was the best of the series I have to say that I really did not like the structure of the series. As I read through this series I felt a huge build-up and I knew everything was going to culminate in this great confrontation. The hero is finally learning how to be a hero and he gets the girl and of course everything goes wrong. I was expecting all this. What I wasn’t expecting was that by the time I knew about all the things that were going wrong there were only three pages left in the book. So everything after such a huge build-up came to a screeching and very painful halt. I do appreciate a better explanation of the system of magic but there were still a lot of questions left unanswered. The character of Bael was only briefly mentioned but then at the end of the book she turns out to be this huge character. Overall there were a lot of problems with the story but I love the character development and how the characters interacted with each other. Building unique and believable characters is definitely something Deborah excels at. Like I said before if only the story was as great as the characters I think this book would have been great.

[Patti]

I kept waiting for the moment when this book got too long, or too over-the-top, or too dumb, but it never did. I was involved right up until the end. In fact, it got to a point where I wanted to put the book into the freezer. This book ended when it was supposed to, nothing felt contrived or forced, and I loved the story. If you love fantasy, this series is a great read.

[Alisa Hines]

Great ending to the trilogy!

Thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy. There is non-stop action and wonderful storytelling. I would recommend this series by Deborah Chester to anyone who likes the genre!

[Sarah Mari]

I enjoyed the trilogy, but I felt like the relationships were forced. The lore of the world was intriguing & I wanted more explanations. I also felt that the dialogue was forced & there were characters who could have influenced the story in big ways if they had been developed more fully.

[Angela]

A very satisfying end to the trilogy, would definitely recommend it to other fantasy book fans.

[Jonathan M Pahlas]

Good but missing some plot

I wanted a 3.5. The author is a good writer, but she did the majority of her character development in book 3.

[Tiffany Adams]

a great easy fantasy read

[Christopher B. Jones]

Very entertaining!

This was a good read. Over much to soon, but just right. I was left looking for another book about the children.