Demon's Bane

Pyrosian Chronicles #3

by James Galloway

The last book from the Pyrosian Chronicles.
The decisive battle in Tarrin's latest epic adventure.

Never published but it can be found online, absolutely for free, on the author's website (http://forums.sennadar.com).
Or download from http://www.weavespinner.net/worlds_of...

Genres: Fantasy, Magic

ebook

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

There is an author, who goes by the name of Fel. He releases his stories, chapter by chapter to the internet. They vary in genres, including fantasy and sci-fi. Several of these books are comparable in length to the epic story Les Miserable's, or longer.

All of these stories have been posted for free on the internet. Download from http://www.weavespinner.net/worlds_of... in various formats including epub, or from the original forumpostings http://forums.sennadar.com

Reviews

[Milen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, this is it - the true Last battle in Tarrin Kael's story. I'm again giving it four stars for the reasons stated in the review of The Sword of Fire.
When I finished this book, wonderful as it was, I felt... sad. Not because the book itself caused it, Fel always manages to provoke the strongest of positive emotions with his works, even if the heroes have to struggle through incredible hardships and cataclysmic events. The reason was - well, it was over. No more Tarrin, no more unfairly good, totally-for-free epic fantasy by ever so humble Fel (yes, I know I'm a total fanboy). Well, life's a bitch, what can I say.

[Aelvana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pyrosia is in trouble. Tarrin is dead, a Demon Lord is on the loose, and the pieces of Tarrin's sword--which still contain all the power of a god--have been scattered across the world. The situation is grim for the defenders. They've put everything on the line, but without Tarrin, is it going to be enough? Meanwhile, Tarrin has used the destruction of his body to launch his soul into the Crossroads, a place where he can continue his hunt for the One. The single rule of the Crossroads is "Do no violence." But Tarrin has never been inclined to follow the rules . . .

It's interesting to me how basically every book in this series manages to introduce so many new things. In this case, the big addition is the other planes Tarrin traverses in his search for the One's home domain. In those places, the rules can be very different, and Tarrin only has a few tricks and no friends.

Although the Goddess does send Jula and Tsukatta to attempt to head him off.

Also fun is that Demon's Bane (aka Bane) proves to be very much like Val's shadow in that it can evolve as it grows. The problem is, it either doesn't or can't talk, so nobody on either side has any idea what it's up to, because it's not indiscriminately slaughtering demons the way everyone expected.

There's also a rather massive war---which, ironically enough, isn't actually the point (although if the Demons win, it would certainly make Tarrin's plans more difficult). So there's plenty of large-scale action as Pyrosia's version of the Blood War plays out.

I love the surprise near the end, too, with how the situation in Pyrosia works out. Seeing Triana and Haley's reactions in particular cracks me up. Poor Triana can handle just about everything except Tarrin, because he surprises everyone, even himself.

Overall, this is an excellent finish to the trilogy, and properly caps off the saga of the Firestaff. I rate this book Recommended.

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[Chad Boyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The whole Tarrin Kael series is well plotted (especially since he released them 1 chapter at a time) and while he uses DnD as his backdrop is a great story. I liked them a lot. A bit wish fulfillment but fun read through nonetheless.

[Elden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was sad when I reached the end of this book, as it is the end of the Tarrin Kael novels. It took alot of reading to reach it and I still wish that there was more in this series, I just hope the rest of his writing is as good. While the main character Tarrin got ridiculously strong throughout the novels, even becoming a god, he still ended up being the underdog throughout the whole series which I rather enjoyed.

[Shady Lubbad · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book... the part where he goes to the gods plan of excistance and starts to create havic, now that is amazing.. i love this book and i love the way it ended... i wish there is more...