Stardeep

I was very surprised when I read the review by Andrew Gray "Beezer MN". I did not agree with most of his review. Yes, there is a bit of a sci-fi feel with some portions (specifically related to the intelligent construct introduced in the novel), I did not think that was at all detracting from the story or the "realms" feel of the novel. The realms are wide and there are many powerful and fantastic creations, and I found it to be a nice touch to see a different take on magic constructs. The story and character development were pretty straight forward, as most one-off realms novels are. I did enjoy the authors incorporation of lore from other stories/novels/books. If you are not a dedicated reader of forgotten Realms novels, you can still read this book and not miss any part of the story. If you are a Forgotten Realms fan, and I assume you are if you are buying this novel, then you will probably enjoy these references. The previous reviewer felt there were too many characters in the novel and found this difficult to follow. It was pretty obvious from the beginning who were the good guys and who were the bad guys. All of the characters introduced in the book had a part to play and theu were certainly easy to keep track of. I have read most FR novels and I very much enjoyed this book. I have never written a review of any book, but I just felt that the one star given by the other reviewer was way off base. I would rate this a solid 3 or 3.5 stars. however, to balance out the 1 star rating, I have given it a 5. As far as FR novels go, this was a good one and I hope to read more about several of the characters (Kiril, Raidon, and maybe even Gage)