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David Farland's "Runelords" fantasy sequence began in 1998 with The Sum of All Men, a career-relaunch novel whose sales far outstripped earlier SF published under his real name Dave Wolverton. Runelords are supermen whose strength, stamina, vision, etc. are multiplied by magical "endowments" transferred from unfortunate donors who are crippled by their loss: the arch-villain is virtually invincible thanks to tens of thousands of endowments. This second book avoids middle-volume doldrums by introducing a vast onslaught of still tougher and memorably unpleasant non-humans which even the villains must oppose. Meanwhile various characters skirmish in different parts of the map, and the hero struggles with unreliable powers conferred on him when he was chosen as Earth King to save the land and humanity--or maybe only a tiny part of each.
Farland maintains a steady flow of new situations, reversals, gambits and surprises...it's a real shock when one chap who has incurred a dreadful penalty for virtuous reasons is not spared (as expected in the normal chivalry of fantasyland) but pays the full, eye-watering price. One small criticism: the writing contains occasional sloppiness and repetition that a copyeditor should have removed. It's still a rousing, painfully gripping story. --David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Runelords is a first rate tale, an epic fantasy that more than delivers on its promise. Read it soon and treat yourself to an adventure you won't forget. (Terry Brooks )
David Farland's "Runelords" fantasy sequence began in 1998 with The Sum of All Men, a career-relaunch novel whose sales far outstripped earlier SF published under his real name Dave Wolverton. Runelords are supermen whose strength, stamina, vision, etc. (Farland maintains a steady flow of new situations, reversals, gambits and surprises...it's a real shock when one chap who has incurred a dreadful penalty for virtuous reasons is not spared (as expected in the normal chivalry of fantasyland) but pays the f )
David Langford, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW
David Farland's "Runelords" fantasy sequence began in 1998 with The Sum of All Men, a career-relaunch novel whose sales far outstripped earlier SF published under his real name Dave Wolverton. Runelords are supermen whose strength, stamina, vision, etc. (Farland maintains a steady flow of new situations, reversals, gambits and surprises...it's a real shock when one chap who has incurred a dreadful penalty for virtuous reasons is not spared (as expected in the normal chivalry of fantasyland) but pays the f )
David Langford, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW
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Format:Hardcover
David Farland has achieved that level of excellence that any writer of an ongoing series strives for, that is each volume just gets better & Better. Having not long since read his 8th volume in the Runelord series all I can say is that the 9th is set to run headlong into new depths of Fantasy.
Format:Paperback
Like these books but its starting to look like it could be a never ending story. The plot hasnt progressed that far and there appears to be 8 or 9 books in the series not sure I will continue with this for that reason alone.
Format:Paperback
This is the second book in the series, which is roughly divided into two parts, the first four parts with Gaborn and the later parts, picking up with Gaborn's son. It picks up the story where Sum of All Men left of, that means that this book can not be read as a stand alone.
Farland's writing is good, and even though he does not always have an eye for detail, that is not something you miss in his stories but instead it keeps him from explaining too much and it keeps the story going.
What is striking is that he likes to work with certain 'fantasy' stereotypes and then alter/twist them: f.i. some women are stunningly beautiful simply because they 'steal' beauty from other people by means of 'runes'. The whole series revolves around these runes, since these are a magical means that allows to transfer certain physical traits from one person to the next: traits such as beauty, strength and so forth.
Brotherhood of the Wolf is fastpaced, easy to read, and an entertaining storyline with more than one 'hero'.
I will present a few 'teasers' below, but I wil not present any spoilers.
A few new plot lines are added, which spices things up, such as the relationship with the other surrounding kingdoms and the Reaver storyline is told about in more detail: they become a real threat in this book.
Nice touch is that Gaborn just seems not ready to be Earthking and Raj Ahten seems so invincible that there is no way of stopping him, which, of course, leads to shifting alliances.
And in the end: all is set for book three and the conclusion in book four.
Farland's writing is good, and even though he does not always have an eye for detail, that is not something you miss in his stories but instead it keeps him from explaining too much and it keeps the story going.
What is striking is that he likes to work with certain 'fantasy' stereotypes and then alter/twist them: f.i. some women are stunningly beautiful simply because they 'steal' beauty from other people by means of 'runes'. The whole series revolves around these runes, since these are a magical means that allows to transfer certain physical traits from one person to the next: traits such as beauty, strength and so forth.
Brotherhood of the Wolf is fastpaced, easy to read, and an entertaining storyline with more than one 'hero'.
I will present a few 'teasers' below, but I wil not present any spoilers.
A few new plot lines are added, which spices things up, such as the relationship with the other surrounding kingdoms and the Reaver storyline is told about in more detail: they become a real threat in this book.
Nice touch is that Gaborn just seems not ready to be Earthking and Raj Ahten seems so invincible that there is no way of stopping him, which, of course, leads to shifting alliances.
And in the end: all is set for book three and the conclusion in book four.
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complicated
I enjoyed this book but was a little confused by the title. The previous book was about the coming of the Earth King so I thought the wolves in question would be animals. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by Mr. J. Bidmead
Great book
I read this book in 5 days time. Very hard to put down.
Many fantasy writers bring nothing new to the fantasy genre. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2000
Better then Lord of The Rings!
If you like fantasy of any kind then this is the book for you. It has a super plot with some great characters and the battles are definatly better then anything eles ever written!
Published on 13 Aug 2000
excellent development of original idea
The first book of the series showed an author who had a lot of good new ideas and a thorough grasp of the internal logic involved. Read more
Published on 5 May 1999
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