Read Prince Of Lies (1993)

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Author

James Lowder

Genre

Food & Cookbooks

Series

forgotten realms: avatar

Rating

3.82 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

1560766263 (ISBN13: 9781560766261)

Language

English

Publisher

wizards of the coast

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Prince Of Lies (1993) - Plot & Excerpts

In my opinion one of the best Forgotten Realms books ever. Though from the original printing it wasn't immediately apparent it is the fourth book in the Avatar series. Later printings made that clearer. I loved the original series and was glad to be able to revisit the characters after their ascension. The godly politics and behind the scene's perspective is probably what i liked best about this book. One of the things that i think fantasy has generally overlooked is that when gods conflict in fantasy books. The story is mostly told through the eyes of their mortal followers and pawns. Whereas very few books take the story to the gods themselves as it were. This story has kind of a refreshingly different take on god versus god conflict, in that the gods themselves are characters in it. Much of the book is written from the perspective of the gods involved. Both politically and at times in direct combat with one another. All in all a good read and good follow up to the Avatar series.

Rompe por completo con el estilo de las otras tres novelas, continuando la historia diez años más adelante y centrándose por completo en Cyric, un dios enloquecido. Ese es su gran punto a favor, un personaje de gran carisma al que ves manipulando y actuando ante el resto del panteón. Aún conociendo de antemano parte del final, se hace muy disfrutable salvo un bajón cerca del final. Hay algunas cosas que chirrían pero en líneas generales lleva varias tramas a juntarse con elegancia en el tramo final. Muy por encima de la media en cuanto a novelas de franquicia, se sale de la habitual historia de aventuras. No le doy una estrella extra por nostalgia, se merece su nota por si misma

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I liked this book a bit more than the rest of this series. The coolest stuff was how the gods had to interact and all the politics that take place on the relative planes. Of course Cyric is the god that you just love to hate, and all of the other gods are so stuck in their ways that Mystara can't get them to be of much help to her. Gond makes these crazy suits of armor for Cyric that can't be hurt by magic, and he puts them on some of his collected souls and makes them run amok in the realms, especially in Zentinal Keep. Eventually, Mystara raises her exlover to the level of godhood and he takes over some of Cyric's profile. Goodness reigns...
—Jesse