Já conhecia a obra do autor no universo do Star Wars e do Battletech e por isso tinha alguma curiosidade em ler o que ele faria com os super-heróis. Não fiquei desapontado, embora não considere este livro um obra claramente de super-heróis mas sim um policial com os mesmos pelo meio. No entanto, ...
Already an unparalleled creator of fantasy role-playing games and game-related novels, Michael Stackpole now ventures one step further with an original epic adventure. Once a Hero unravels a riveting tale of a legendary human hero, who, in one life, built a kingdom, and who, 500 years later, must...
In many ways this was a typical fantasy novel. The story seems based on a typical dungeon crawl, and the acknowledgements by the author bear that out. However the world is an imaginative one divided between a realm of chaos full of monsters and dark magic, while the other half is normal. Thos...
Time is running out. Nalenyr is besieged on all sides by those who would save the fabled land—and those who would enslave it. Soon the realm will be ravaged by the scourge of magical warfare—overrun by terrifying forces created by an ancient enemy, and soaked in the blood of champions and gods. I...
Shadowhawk reviews the second Star Wars X-wing novel featuring the infamous Rogue Squadron by the talented Michael Stackpole.“A promising novel in concept that regrettably suffers in the execution of that idea.” ~The Founding FieldsLike I mentioned earlier, the X-wing novels are some of my favour...
Something about the X-Wing series has always reminded me of a TV show, a very ambitious TV show with compelling characters and plots that if it ever actually became a live-action show, I'd be hard-pressed to maintain my dogged opposition to any new Star Wars films or shows.Michael A. Stackpole is...
Rogue Squadron goes rogueAfter the events of The Krytos Trap, the Rogues were in a sticky position: let Ysanne Isard have control of Thyferra and the galaxy’s supply of bacta (which would cure the deadly Krytos virus) or leave the New Republic and go after her. Being Rogues, Wedge, Tycho, Corran...
Culled from the pages of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, one of the most popular Star Wars magazines in the field today, comes this exciting new short-story collection. Here are stories from such award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors as Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole and Kath...
Although Michael Stackpole is to blame for many of the problems that weigh down Dark Tide I: Onslaught (which I'll get to in a moment), I'm pointing my finger at the entire New Jedi Order editorial team. The decision to publish Onslaught directly after the cataclysmic Vector Prime is the novel's ...
"Well, it is only Star Wars," I tell myself as I review my complaints with Dark Tide 1 & 2. Half of me views Star Wars as something extra-literary, a thing of high mythology, but also trivial as bubble gum. To that half, it makes no more sense to critique Star Wars than it does to critique Homer'...
“The way we rebuild the galaxy is by making lives better one at a time”The New Republic is hot off the battle with Thrawn. Admiral Ackbar forces Wedge Antilles to accept a promotion to General so they can deal with the remnants of the Empire and the Prince-Admiral, Krennel, and rescue the remain...
Shadowrun novels are a popcorn thing for me, and this book is even more so. The world is the selling point for me. It's 2067 and high-tech has been met with the return of magic. Cybernetic street mercs fight spell-casting shamans against a background of scheming dragons and corporate black ops. T...
The incredible new fantasy epic that began with The Dark Glory War continues in...Fortress DraconisIn an age of treachery and peril, a young thief may be the prophesied savior ... or the betrayer of the world.From Michael A. Stackpole, New York Times bestselling author and a master of epic fantas...
I have been trying to figure out why something felt slightly off about this last book. The action was good, there were surprises, twists and turns to savor, I cannot think of any loose ends that are not resolved but something failed to leave me satisfied. Do not get me wrong, I enjoyed it, it was...
My very favorite works by Michael A. Stackpole (outside of his seminal work on the old EA role-playing game, Wasteland, not only based on his Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes tabletop role-playing game but also served as the spiritual ancestor to the Fallout series of computer games) are tril...
He wanted to feel confident about his recall to Coruscant, but he did not dare allow himself that indulgence. His mission had been the destruction of Rogue Squadron. While half of it had died at Borleias, the other half lived, with Wedge Antilles and Corran Horn still flying. In fact, the unit ha...
He stood there with his back to the dying sun, watching his shadow stretch out before him. He planted his hands firmly on his hips and felt pleased with his effort. He’d hauled all their equipment up from the Jade Sabre while Mara rested after bringing the ship down in a narrow mountain canyon. H...
Dat, and the fact that a Darkspear humiliated him. The troll looked up at the Zandalari general, tear-brimming eyes begging for mercy. “Then they be wakin’ me up by dumping a bucket of water over me, my lord. And dis troll, he be grabbing my chin, and he gave me the message for you. His face, fie...
No drearbeasts or hoargouns, but there must be a hundred of them at least. We need to find a building we can defend. Temple to Kedyn? Nay pointed toward the center of the city. If fighting there does get us help, the gods might at least be amused. As good a choice as any. Cooper, keep Alde...
The outpost had been established many centuries before atop a cliff overlooking a natural bay with deep blue waters. The kings of Argos had intended it to house tax collectors who could discourage smugglers, but the smugglers paid better than the kings. As the land around the outpost became exhau...
Owen still felt himself an object of study, but also realized his guides were giving him the opportunity to learn. They’d offered the direct warning about the necessity to keep his weapon loaded, then proceeded to give him practical lessons on moving through the woods. Owen studied Kamiskwa and d...