Orc Chieftain Theros and his friends and comrade-in-arms are ready for a new adventure. After the Black Dragon's War was over, all of them count losseOrc Chieftain Theros and his friends and comrade-in-arms are ready for a new adventure. After the Black Dragon's War was over, all of them count losses. Beloved have died. Although people want to celebrate the defeat of the darkness, unfortunately the darkness has started gathering again its forces.
Theros, Dominar, Sharka, Kiriana and Nal'drin will face new monsters, new adventures and new challenges. The author adds more features in the already established complicated world of Dragon's Fire and the result is engaging and explosive. There is angst and tension and fast pace scenes that keep you on your toes.
And why not? There is also desperation and love.
The truth is that I love you and want to be with you more than anything in this accursed life, but I feel the whole damned world will fall apart if that happens. And everything is out of my control right now.
There are spiritual elements in the book, but to be honest I invested almost exclusively to the adventure and the fantasy elements. Friendship, faith, hope, trust and the strength to bounce back are the basic principles that contribute and showcase the core of this fantasy story.
I have to say that it is a tough, complex book to read and I highly recommend that you read Dragon's Fire firstly. If you like Tolkien’s books, you will definitely enjoy Beating Back the Darkness’ world.
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The author with his book delivers a promising, exciting, interesting world full of mythical creatures.
Aurion is into total war and Darnisi is next. ElThe author with his book delivers a promising, exciting, interesting world full of mythical creatures.
Aurion is into total war and Darnisi is next. Elves, orcs, dwarves and humans have been slain and the survivors are running away from their homes. Dragon Slayvin is responsible for the disaster. His army of Zenari is attacking and lay waste to each place, destruction and ruin. Mythical Minotaurs have crashed most of the resistance.
The refugees are still not safe. Most of the places that they are choosing for temporary or permanent place are still under attack. Actually, what you will mainly read in the book are the images of battles. The description of the characters is of secondary importance in comparison to the description of the epic battles.
Nevertheless, I had a number of my favorite characters in the book: The orc brothers Ogron and Theros (I loved the fact that the orcs are the good guys), Mistress Kiriana of the Brotherhood of the Unveiled Eye, Dominar the only true dwarven master smith, even king of elves Tua’Liluon (until a certain time that he disappointed me).
There is a prophecy about the hero who will defeat the dragon. The prophecy comes from the Brotherhood of the Unveiled Eye. They are the keepers of the Fate Scrolls, an ancient order for the protection of the prophetic writings of the Seraphim, beings from a lost age.
There will also be betrayal in the end, but I have high hopes for the traitor that he will be truly forgiven in the next books and he will come back as a hero.
The ultimate personal sacrifice and the forgiveness are important aspects of this book.
Fantasy lovers and Tolkien’s admires will be thrilled with this new, fascinating world which is pure fantasy, not romance.
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