- Mass Market Paperback: 311 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; Reissue edition (1 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786911751
- ISBN-13: 978-0786911752
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 958,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent background of magic:tg rath cycle,
By gromsilverwing@aol.co.uk (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rath and Storm (Magic the Gathering Novel: Anthologies) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is an excellent book to tie magic players in with the Tempest block and actually fill the gaps in the story that the rulebooks and cards leave. For non-magic players it will still be a good read but appears weak in some places, such as when Gerrard and friends finally confront Volrath, one of the major plolines of this book, the event is just passed over in a few paragraphs by a narrator. The flavour text from the cards is all in this book aswell as in depth looks at each character. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (25 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book1,
By Kevin Ryan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rath and Storm (Magic the Gathering Novel: Anthologies) (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was very good - it was a major part of the Magic Universe. This book only gets four stars for two reasons.1) The climax was very lacking. It just seems like the authors assumed that you would piece everything together. There was no big battle or anything. And what is up with leaving Eirtay behind? And Crovax turning into a vampire? Starke's story never resolved, and many characters were never touched on at the end. 2) Errors! I was astonished at the number of grammer errors, typos, and printing mistakes that the editors should have caught. I felt that I was reading a rough draft. Besides this though, the book was well written and I liked learning about each character from their viewpoint. A must read for any Magic fan! 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Descriptions Coming From all the Legendary Characters,
By Ian Cochran - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rath and Storm (Magic the Gathering Novel: Anthologies) (Mass Market Paperback)
This book told a clear descprition of the card game I like so much. It showed a section of the back story known as The Rath Cycle. It surrounds a boy named Ilcaster being told the story of the rath cycle by an old, wise, librarian. It sinks into great description and even farther information then I even was aware of. it jumps from character to character telling their background and the current events. I enjoy the fact that you can feel the emotion through wonderful description makes a vivid reader want to continue. It makes the card game make more sense also. It's kind of wierd to look at a card and say I know why this is a card. Many people find the book confusing but I kept track and I think most could to. The book's wide variety of wonderful authors for each section gave the book a great stripe of vibrance. The "Dark Room"comes every other chapter where Ilcaster is being told the story can get old after awhile, but it is worth reading through to get to the real chapters. The Chapter of Crovax's story written by Kij Johnson were wonderful, as well as Karn's. I recommend this book to Player's of Magic ad non-players that enjoy a good fantasy books. Adventure, inner stories, heavy descriptions, great interpretations of Magic Legends,and every different creature type from Tempest, Stronghold, or Exodus.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great collaboration between multiple authors to tell a single solid story.,
By C. T. Hunter "chips_books" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rath and Storm (Magic the Gathering Novel: Anthologies) (Mass Market Paperback)
As far as anthologies go, this is one of the best I've ever read. That's probably because it doesn't really read like an anthology at all. All of the individual stories tie into one another to make up the complete story of Gerrard's quest to Rath, where he rescues Sisay and confounds Volrath's plans of conquest. This story is the focal point of the Weatherlight, Tempest, Stronghold, and Exodus expansion packs for MTG. Additional resources for this story include the graphic novel Magic - The Gathering: Gerrard`s Quest and the beautifully done ART OF MAGIC, THE (Magic the Gathering Artbooks). These two supplementary volumes help flesh out the characters and their mission in better detail (and in full color). I'd recommend them to gain a better understanding of the story.
Gerrard and his companions are some of the coolest characters up to this time (publication date) in the MTG novels. Complex and highly intriguing interactions between the characters and their individual motivations make for an interesting read with lots of side stories to interest the reader. While not all of these are brought to a conclusion, the overall story was wrapped up rather nicely at the end of the book. The most impressive thing to me was how all of the different authors were able to mesh their individual contributions into the whole to make a very satisfying and complete feeling novel. Peter Archer's intermission scenes, where an old librarian is relating the tale to a young student, aid in filling in many important details and are a necessity for the true story. One of the better MTG novels I've read, and definitely the best of the anthologies. |
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