Azure Bonds (Forgotten Realms: Finders Stone, #1)

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Her name is Alias, and she is in big trouble.She is a sell sword, a warrior for hire, and an adventuress She awoke with a series of twisting, magical blue sigils inscribed on her arms and no memory of where she got them.Determined to learn the nature of the mysterious tattoo, Alias joins forces with an unlikely group of companions the halfling bard, Ruskettle, the southern mage, Akabar, and the oddly silent lizard man, Dragonbait With their help, she discovers that the symbols hold the key to her very existence.But those responsible for the sigils aren t keen on Alias s continued good health And if the five evil masters find her first, she may discover all too soon their hideous secret. Free Read eBook Azure Bonds (Forgotten Realms: Finders Stone, #1) Author Kate Novak – kino-fada.fr I m including this on my Epic Fantasy shelf even though it really isn t in the same class as The Lord of the Rings, The Deed of Paksenarrion and other epic fantasies it sbrain candy ish than those Still it does fit into the epic template.Our protagonist heroine here wakes one morning with an amazing tattoo on her arm It almost glows and seems to actually be under the skin And there are strange holes in her memory.From there in the best Dungeons and Dragons style we put together a I m including this on my E...I read a lot And when it comes to my reading in the Forgotten Realms, I want to be immersed in story and the rich setting that is Faerun To my pleasant surprise, reading Azure Bonds was akin to sitting down at a gaming table and rolling dice through the sto...Okay, So I was totally dreading this book, and it turned out to be way better than I thought Perhaps this is the point when the FR novels started to get good early mid ninties.The characters were good and intriguing, the bad guys were not minor characters that were just there to kill everybody The plot was maybe the most surprisingthere was a mystery that I really couldn t figure out forthan half the book The biggest problem with this book, I thought, was that there were 5 villians Okay, So I was totally dreading this book, and it turned out to be way better than I thought Perhaps this is the point when the FR novels started to get good early mid ninties.The characters were good and intriguing, the bad guys were not minor characters that were just there to kill everybody The plot was maybe the most surpr...Excellent popcorn fantasy Alias discovers blue markings on her arm that give her unpredictable power But she can t remember how they got there In fact, she can t remember much about her recent past, and comes to wonder if herdistant memories are even real Who or what is she Various entities of evil vie for control over her and all come together in a rather exciting apex of carnage and mayhem I do love to watch the fireworks when great powers collide.As a Forgotten Realms book, it is p Excellent popcorn fantasy Alias discovers blue markings on her arm that give her unpredictable power But she can t remember how they got there In fact, she can...Probably the best ADD adventure story That s not ringing praise, I know, but I enjoyed this book as a child and found deeper than any other book of the style, as evidenced by it being the only such book I remember.Bonds, written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb, was published in 1988 and tells the story of a sell sword named Alias who awakens one morning to find a mysterious tattoo on her arm with no memory of how it came to be there Her quest to uncover information about the symbols inscribed thereon leads to battles against powerful magic users, assassins, undead Liches, and even a God, all of which leaves her questioning her very existence.You awake in a taver Bonds, written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb, was published in 1988 and tells the story of a sell sword named Alias who awakens one morning to find a mysterious tattoo on her arm with no memory of how it came to be there Her quest to uncover information about the symbols inscribed thereon leads to battles against powerful magic users, assassins, undead Liches, and even a God, all of which leaves her questioning her very existence.You awake in a tavernAll right I know I ve mentioned before that a lot of Forgotten Realms novels read like Dungeons and Dragons modules, but this one is a little out of hand Not only was this another Realms novel written by authors who started off creating game modules for TSR, it has pretty much the exact arc that a gaming module would The party leader has a mystery that needs solving, so she assembles a party, sets out to ov...Why do I keep reading these Azure Bonds is not a bad book, as such It s just not a very good book either, and has little to distinguish itself It has something of a classic s position in the canon of the Forgotten Realms, being one of the first Forgotten Realms novels fourth, unless I miss my mark, being preceded by Darkwalker on Moonshae, The Crystal Shard and Spellfire and one of the few among the initial rush that was not aggressively bad It is also one of the few that made it in during Why do I keep reading these Azure Bonds is not a bad book, as such It s just not a very good book either, and has little to distinguish itself It has something of a classic s position in the canon of the Forgotten Realms, being one of the first Forgotten Realms novels fourth, unless I miss my mark, being preceded by Darkwalker on Moonshae, The Crystal Shard and Spellfire and one of the few among the initial rush that was not aggressively bad It is also one of the few that made it in during the first edition era, pre Time of Troubles, six months before the Avatar trilogy kicked off.Admittedly, the status migh...A short take This book is so much friggin fun As compared to some contemporary fantasy I have read, the density of this book s plot is ridiculous you get dragons, demons, the undead, assassinations, gods, rites, swordplay, magical duels, mystery, prophesy, characters that win your sympathy, and a story that actually ends at the close of the book That s it finite I have reached the end and I don t have to find another handful of books to reach the conclusion Hot damn More thoughts I remem A short take This book is so much friggin fun As compared to some contemporary fantasy I have read, the density of this book s plot is ridiculous you get dragons, demons, the undead, assassinations, gods, rites, swordplay, magical duels, mystery, prophesy, characters that win your sympathy, and a story that actually ends at the close of the book That s it finite I have reached the end and I don t have to find another handful of books to reach the conclusion Hot damn More thoughts I remember being a teenager looking at the cover of this book, nested in a wire rack damn I miss those wire racks full of TSR paperbacks , and thinking, What a stupid cover Larry El and Dragonlance rule, Forgotten Realms can suck it Poor, poor me I could have been caught up in the awesomeness this book has to offer so much earlier in my life.On the bright side, it was wonderful to be back inside of a ...So the thought process was to widen my love for the Forgotten Realms by going back to the infancy of the realms and reading as many of the books, that I can The task I ve started is going to be rough if there arebooks out there as tedious as Azure Bonds was to read I appreciate the humble beginnings and I ve probably become spoiled as most of my experience is from reading classics from Salvatore and Kemp, among others This isn t an attack on Jeff Grubb, because I don t think it s as muc So the thought process was to widen my love for the Forgotten Realms by going back to the infancy of the realms a...This holds up surprisingly well.I first read this as a teen and checked it out again after explaining the SSI Gold Box games to a friend Story is still engaging Characters are still fun One word Dragonbait.

Azure Bonds (Forgotten Realms: Finders Stone, #1)
  • English
  • 26 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 380 pages
  • 0880386126
  • Kate Novak
  • Azure Bonds (Forgotten Realms: Finders Stone, #1)