The Hand of Chaos (Death Gate Cycle, Book 5)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553563696 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Despite a tendency toward wordiness, the authors have a knack for sustaining a good story. Purchase where the other series titles are in demand. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/92.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. This fifth installment of a seven-volume fantasy epic bears the now-familiar Weis/Hickman trademarks: offbeat humor, complex villain/heroes, and an emphasis on moral responsibility. From Library Journal The ancient Patryn-Sartan conflict over control of the four elemental realm
5th Book in a Very Good Series In all probability, people who read the first of the Death Gate Cycle books and like it, are going to want to read all of the books in the series (regardless of any flucutation in the individual books' ratings). Ditto for the reverse: if people don't like the first book, then they're probably not going to want to read any of the other books in the series. Thus, instead of individual book ratings, I've rated the whole series and given a short blurb on any specifics for each book.Overall, . Chelestra, the Water World In My Garden I liked this book because I got a close up look at the Sartans who had sundered the world and enjoyed the character development of the dwarven main characters, Grundle the tough female dwarf being my favorite.The giant dragon-snakes were introduced here and it was in this world that Alfred showed some potential as the Serpent Mage.Chelestra's realms are now being flooded by the dragon-snakes who wish to escape Chelestra through the Death Gate to reek havoc in the other realms as they hav. Five Stars Gail S. LOVE the Dragons!
More important, the evil force that Haplo and Alfred discovered on Arianus has escaped. But their one time companion Alfred has been cast into the deadly Labyrinth. And somehow the assassin Hugh the Hand has been resurrected to complete his dark mission. Chaos is everywhere as the Lord of the Nexus orders his servant Haplo and the human child known as Bane to further their master's work on Arianus, the realm of air. As Haplo's doubts about his master grow deeper, he must decide whether to obey the Lord of the Nexus or betray the powerful Patrynand endeavor to bring peace to the universe.