The Demon Apostle (Paperback)

I originaly bought the first book hoping that I could shake off my fascination with Drizzt - Salvatores signiture character of Forgotten Realms fame. And I was not disapointed, this truely is a great book - they are all one big book really - ...Awakens, ...Spirit and ...Apostle. Reading just one is silly, don't do it. Read them all and then judge them. Just make sure that you remember to socialise whilst reading - there is a real world out there to, one that you will certainly learn more about for reading fantasy books like this.

'The Demon Apostle' is both a very dark and triumphant conclusion to the Demon saga, and manages to take the bounds of what many non-believers in 'fantasy' books towards fresh approach to political and social constructs of a world living under the constraints of a leader who is possessed by evil. A show that quotes the faults of many real world leaders. This (above all other things in Salvatore's books) is the strongest element to his writing style - his ability to think creatively, to introduce such memorable characters - good and bad - that any reader can relate to.

This book concludes spectacularily what the first started and the second continued, as what is fast becoming his style, "...lets form a gang and save the world". But what happen here is truely magical: the reader is forced to feel hopeless, to grit their teeth in disgust at some of the things that happen; capture, defeat, suffering, death all written with such a skill and thought provoking narrative that the resolution is to read another chapter... and another, just so one can see the truth.

At times it feels as though there is utterly no hope, but the words "And they all lived happily ever after..." are purposely twisted in Salvatores books, and his ability to make the reader part of it's journey, to feel the emotions of the people of Corona, their struggles against a horrible dictatorship and the fight for freedom that only a few are willing to stand for can only hope to inspire people to do a similar thing with their own lives.

In conclusion, I have spoken generally about this book because I have made the mistake of reading reviews which give too many details away. But, whatever you do with fantasy books - keep the characters in your head and the words close to your heart, for we shall all be better off to read such literature. Here's to walking down the pavement making imaginary 'bi'nelle dasada' moves up in your head!!!