Darkwalker on Moonshae (Forgotten Realms: The Moonshae Trilogy, #1)

Posted on 10 December 2017 by Douglas Niles

Will the Balance of the Goddess, and the peace of the Ffolk, be destroyed by the Kazgaroth Only Tristan Kendrick, troubled heir to the legacy of the High Kings, can rally the diverse people and creatures of the Isles of Moonshae to halt the spread of darknessOn the side of Evil a relentless army of giant Firbolgs, dread Bloodriders, and preternatural incarnations of the Beast.On the side of Good an uneasy alliance of halflings and dwarves, sister knights, bards and druids, and the powerful children of the Goddess the Leviathan, the Unicorn and the Pack. Best Download Darkwalker on Moonshae (Forgotten Realms: The Moonshae Trilogy, #1) [ Author ] Douglas Niles [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The End of the Beginning of the EndWizards of the Coast formerly TSR have ended their long run of Forgotten Realms novels in 2017 What better way celebrate than attempt to do a full read through of three decades of books Does anyone remember walking into a Waldens or BN in the late eightie s and browsing the fantasy section It was a veritable wall of Dragonlance novels, as much as the shelves would carry With the advent of their Red Box, ADnD 2nd edition, Dragonlance mod...No, it s not fine literature but if you re reading Forgotten Realms novels, that s not what you re looking for anyway Chances are you re looking for high fantasy set in a familiar setting, with characters who fill a designated role in an adventure where their very familiar abilities matterthan their motives I d wager that most people who read Forgotten Realms novels are gamers, either of the traditional tabletop variety where this campaign began, or of the videogamer sort who cut thei No, it s not fine literature but if you re reading Forgotten Realms novels, that s not what you re looking for anyway Chances are you re looking for high fantasy set in a familiar setting, with characters who fill a designated role in an adventure where their very familiar abilities matterthan their motives I d wager that most people who read Forgotten Realms novels are gamers, either of the traditional tabletop variety where this campaign began, or of the videogamer sort who cut their teeth on Bal...In May 1987, the first novel set in the new Forgotten Realms world was published Darkwalker on Moonshae by Douglas Niles was a tremendous book at least, that s what I thought when I read it several times as a teenager Today, I finished reading it again for the first time in decades.The book does not start well, with a fair bit of clumsy writing and very clunky dialogue However, as I progressed through the book, the writing...This book takes a lot of abuse from people I know who ve read it I think it s because I build it up too much Darkwalker is a simple read with an uncomplicated plot and shallow character developments.That said, it s a really good story It has all of the elements of classic fantasy, and it moves very well It has two of the great battle scenes in fantasy Admittedly, the ending is kind of weak as it is ant...Darkwalker on Moonshae, although it is a DD book in the Forgotten Realms world, stands out as a brilliant modern re imagining of Celtic myth and legend The Moonshaes are an archipelago populated by two human civilizations the Fflolk who resemble an amalgamation of ancient Irish, Scottish, and Welsh cultures and the northmen, who are basically Vikings The book focuses entirely on this region, specifically one country on one of the larger islands As such, it reads muchlike a stand Darkwalker on Moonshae, although it is a DD book in the Forgotten Realms world, stands out as a brilliant modern re imagining of Celtic myth and legend The Moonshaes are an archipelago populated by two human civilizations the Fflolk who resemble an amalgamation of ancient Irish, Scottish, and Welsh cultures and the northmen, who are basically Vikings The book focuses entirely on this region, specifically one country on one of the larger islands As such, it reads muchlike a stand alone fantasy than part of a DD world.The story is a great mirror of the old spoken legends like Beowulf There is a dominant theme of good versus evil personified by the earthmother goddess and the beast Kazgaroth There are dwarves, elves, giants, druids, andbut they are portrayed as almost mythical beings as opposed to the DD norm of them being commonplace In all, this is a wonderful read full of adventure, heart warming companionship, danger, triu...My erratic reading patterns stopped me enjoying this book as much as it deserved, although it wasn t deserving enough that I ever wanted to drop what I was doing to pick up the tale in favour of something else It s bleary eyed daily commute fodder alright, but has pretensions to being a bit smarter about it,as our classic band of heroes tale and cookie cutter romance and my God, does main character Tristan have a hard on for his sister But that s ok, I m a liberal afterall is constantly brok My erratic reading patterns stopped me enjoying this book as much as it deserved, although it wasn t deserving enough that I ever wanted to drop what I was doing to pick up the tale in favour of something else It s bleary eyed daily commute fodder alright, but has pretensions to being a bit smarter about it,as our classic band of heroes tale and cookie cutter romance and my God, does main character Tristan have a hard on for his sister But that s ok, I m a liberal afterall is constantly broken up with italicized sections outlining the antics of several monsters that are minions to a good Goddess whose power is waning thanks to the machinations of nasty beast Kazgaroth, who is running around killing said minions The interjections are nice, though too frequent and fragmented and Niles really struggles to balance the different elements of his story and ends up throwing in all but the kitchen sink, evidently...This book definitely shows its age It s much slower paced than I m accustomed to, which made it hard to get invested in the characters at first The plot was somewhat transparent, but well conceived I particul...Hay varias sagas ambientadas dentro del mundo de Los Reinos Olvidados, donde est n las islas Moonshaes y lo que all acontece.En este caso, Tristan, pr ncipe y futuro rey de Caer Corwell, ha de luchar contra una temible Bestia que amenaza con destruirlo todo Por supuesto, ayudado de sus inseparables amigos, su novia u...La serie nos sit a en unas islas con claro trasfondo c ltico nombres, aspecto, cultura , donde los aspectos m gicos y clericales t picos de DD parecen no haberse desarrollado, siendo en cierta forma amalgamados en una religi n dru dica de veneraci n a la Madre Tierra Todo eso est destinado a cambiar a lo largo de la serie de novelas, aunque la trama central se aleja de ello para mostrarnos los avances de un noble de una de las islas y de una aprendiz de druida, junto con un bardo y algun La serie nos sit a en unas islas con claro trasfon...You d think that after my misadventure of the Maztica trilogy, I would know better than to tryof Mr Niles But being the rather masohistic reader that I am, I picked another one And I couldn t make it to the end It follows the exact uncarved, unrefined trope laden path that Maztica followed and given Maztica was written later, it seems as if the author saw if he could try and rewrite Moonshae on another setting and get away with it The plot is the usual rash swordsman boy, his super You d think that after my misadventure of the Maztica trilogy, I would know better than to tryof Mr Niles But being the rather masohistic reader that I am, I picked another one And I couldn t make it to the end It follows the exact uncarved, unrefined trope laden path that Maztica followed and given Maztica was written later, it seems as if the author saw if he could try and rewrite Moonshae on another setting and get away with it The plot is the usual rash swordsman boy, his super duper speeeeecial bu...

Darkwalker on Moonshae (Forgotten Realms: The Moonshae Trilogy, #1)

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10 December 2017

Douglas Niles