Third Swords

The final novel in the Swords trilogy takes place about four years after The Second Book of Swords. Ben and Barbara have disguised themselves as the wealthy Lord and Lady Courtenay living in Tashigang under the auspices of the Silver Queen. Mark has continued his quest for ways to help the embattled Kind Sir Andrew, who has been staying in the Great Swamp and using guerrilla tactics to continue fighting the Dark King. The gods have become cranky at the uppity humans and are trying to gather all the swords back in and stop the game. There is so much going on in this book that I hate to even try to break it down - I'd inevitably end up spoiling some of it for you, dear reader, and that always irritates someone! :-) So, I'll just say that although the end does smack a bit of deus ex machina, it is nonetheless satisfactory and ties everything up nicely. I definitely plan to seek out the Lost Swords books and the Empire of the East books as well, as I am given to understand that they build on this world very nicely. Definitely anyone who enjoys a good fantasy novel with epic qualities will enjoy this trilogy greatly. Give it a chance, take the time to seek it out - you won't regret it!

Pretty good stuff. I had read the first two books in this series and couldn't find the third anywhere in bookstores, so I ordered it, and I'm glad I did. Intriguing story line, interesting characters. The only complaint is that I feel it was fairly anti-climactic. Could've used another hundred pages.

If you like the Lord of the Ring books you will love these books. This one happens to be one of my favorites. As our main hero Mark works his way around the country he finds all sorts of answers to questions readers had since the first book. The battle for the swords rage between humanity and the gods; both trying to concour it all. Its a must read for fantasy adventure fans.

Fred Saberhagen is simply one of the best fictional authors in the business. I got this book to complete a collection I started years ago. If you've never read the "Swords" books, you are really missing out. This series is one of the greatest works of fiction of all time and a great majority of the material in these books can be referenced to some work of fact or fictional literature from the past. His style of writing is simply amazing and will captivate you and entertain you for years to come as you read and re-read his books over and over again.

This book is another in the complete set of stories, about 12 swords each with a different special ability, I loved all his books so far, and hope it will stay the same for the rest of the series. I loved these books soo much I created a D & D Game from it!!