Counselors & Kings Trilogy ReviewThese 3 books or parts of the Dungeons&Dragons FORGOTTEN REALMS story tell us of the Magocracy of Halraah, focused much on its capital Halruah. I dare to write, a desert-empire.A Magocracy is a society governed by arcane spell-casters in the category of wizards. This excludes or discriminates against the spontaneous and creative sorcerer and the often vile and fiendish Warlock, both of the mentioned as well arcane magic-users.The story is a well-written tale about long-timed plots finally coming to fruition or failure. The king, the queen, their secrets and all those who lust for the throne or serve it loyally PLUS the wild-cards. The heroic or seemingly though characters, like Andris, Matteo and Tzigone, who make us read about their prowess and may-hap minor romance.The 1st book enthralled me when a group of magic-users gets trapped in a legendary swamp, only to discover, that the treasure awaiting is splendidly secured. In just one chapter a group of corpse-looting, treasure stealing wizards gets drained of magic and killed the gruesome way.The book brought on a story in which unlikely characters move without making the coming final of their plans, hopes and wishes too obvious.The 2nd book advanced the story known from book one and spun forth the tale. Not too creative yet with some plots, twists and surprises worth reading.The 3rd book holds a cute summary as starter, brings on some expectations fulfilled and some more surprises and does us the favor of story-depth and bringing many of the main characters to their own final. The abrupt end of the legendary villain, Akhlaur the cruel and dreaded Necromancer, seems, as if the author was dead-line-pressed to finish. It could have been spiced up by detail, yet does not fail in the story as it went.Consider reading this when you like:-Forgotten Realms, The Unseelie Court, Amazons with Drow-Heritage, Wizards-Magic-Resistant academic warriors.-Street-Urchin turned wizard-princess. -Elves massacred by Necromancer not going unscathed.-Wizard-Bane Larakhen!-Kings&Queens being much like Dad&Mom.-Solid fantasy stories without too much mind.-Atmospheric fantasy stories without too much finesse.Consider NOT reading this when:-You can't bear to read how another master necromancer loses due bad leadership and the hubris wizards are notorious for.-How selfish and egomaniac nobles dominate their people.-When you dislike D&D characters one could not roleplay without cheating.-When you are busy writing a better story.
