- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; paperback / softback edition (31 Aug 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140116494
- ISBN-13: 978-0140116496
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,214,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The tale of Galen Pathwarden, a young prankster who finds himself forced into service as a squire to a nobel knight. His apprenticeship takes him through swamps, through desolate plains and at last to the scorpion's nest, stronghold of the ultimate illusionist.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Williams portrayal of Galen is what makes this book. Around the standard "go and fetch this and kill the villain" quest story, we are given an extremely amusing antihero narrator. Galen is intelligent, mercenary, and a coward. He'd sell his own grandmother if he could find her.
This makes a nice change from all the whiny, holier than thou heroes which seem to plague the rest of Dragonlance (Tanis for instance). Granted you can still hear the dice rolling in the background, but Galen is so likeable that it doesn't matter. And he's likeable because he really is everyman, a hero who would much rather lay around and do nothing than be out adventuring.
If you like your heroes with sarcasm, darkly horrid (but not evil)back story and other touches of reality, this is the Dragonlance book to get. If you like your heroes whiter than white, find another book.
This makes a nice change from all the whiny, holier than thou heroes which seem to plague the rest of Dragonlance (Tanis for instance). Granted you can still hear the dice rolling in the background, but Galen is so likeable that it doesn't matter. And he's likeable because he really is everyman, a hero who would much rather lay around and do nothing than be out adventuring.
If you like your heroes with sarcasm, darkly horrid (but not evil)back story and other touches of reality, this is the Dragonlance book to get. If you like your heroes whiter than white, find another book.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This has got to be one of the weakest fantasy books I've read. Characters you don't really care and the worlds most obvious plot; I wonder if I can guess what happens next? Oh, I have.
My advice? Avoid this, and try some of R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf books.
My advice? Avoid this, and try some of R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf books.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Try not to be confused
20 Sep 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
First off, "Brightblade" is the name of the knight that gets Galen into all this trouble. My question is, is this an ancestor of Sturm's, or a descendant? Then there's this lengthy story that ends up revolving around revenge from a dead ancestor of the "damsel in distress." At certain points in the book, I was left with "What???" Get the book if you like the different aspects of the DL world, but don't think this is the average DL book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Waste of time unless you want to read all the heroes books
30 May 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have to say I was let down by this book. I basically thought that this book stunk. I was so tired of Galen rambling on and hiding whenever danger happened. I have read 32 Dragonlance books so far and by far this was the worst one. I just finished it so I can one day complete reading all the DL books. Honestly I think it was a waste of time and just drawn out. Save your money and don't buy this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
excellent read
25 Dec 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
this book was quite interesting. while it appears at first to be farfetched and "unDL-like", it progressively gets better and better until you can't put it down. the unique perspective of the "author" and the cunning evil of the scorpion make this one shine.
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