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    Dark Lord
    Dark Lord
    Dark Lord
    Audiobook13 hours

    Dark Lord

    Written by Ed Greenwood

    Narrated by Christopher Lane

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When he mysteriously finds himself drawn into a world of his own devising, writer Rod Everlar is confronted by a shocking truth – he has lost control of his creation to a brooding cabal of evil. In order to save his creation – and himself – he must seize control of Falconfar and halt the spread of corruption before it’s too late.

    Dark Lord is the first epic installment in The Falconfar Saga from bestselling author Ed Greenwood.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 13, 2007
    ISBN9781423348955
    Dark Lord
    Author

    Ed Greenwood

    Ed Greenwood is known for his role in creating the Forgotten Realms setting, part of the world-famous Dungeons and Dragons® franchise. His writings have sold millions of copies worldwide, in more than a dozen languages. Greenwood resides in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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    • 4/5
      The old archwizard finally gets it nearly completely right

      You have to give Ed Greenwood his due: he invented the forgotten realms for starters, IMHO the best setting for a FRPG by far. But his writing has always disappointed me in the end. Not sure why. I heard his early novels (thinking of the earlier Elminster series) were edited mercilessly by his publisher and that effected the continuity etc. Sounds right. (But i have to say the last one - spellstorm - was pretty good.)

      Now he has produced a very good story. Too many slightly overwrought close moments between the main character and a nubile young woman for me and too many mentions of pleasure lasses but this one brings home the bacon. Although he does need to get a grip on these aspects i mentioned and show some restraint, again IMHO, this is a surprisingly rich story with lots of elements i enjoyed.

      Some years ago, I was dimly aware of him resisting the tyranncial will of his masters at Wizards with the whole spellstorm debacle (again IMHO) in the FR universe. The Spellstorm novel i mentioned above to me showed definate signs of this. I applauded his efforts then. This novel contains some sustained satire (I suppose that's what it is) against the ignorant interference in a fictional world by tyrannical game companies and that device works for other reasons as well.

      In short, well done Ed. I've finally caught up with this series and i look forward to getting some more.

      I listened to it in audio format and that probably enhanced my enjoyment. The narrator, Christoper Lane does a great job - even with the female characters like the one mentioned above.
    • 5/5
      good listen. the main character is a little weak. I hope he gets stronger in the next book
    • 3/5
      Two books on a row ending on cliffhangers... Sigh
      Dislike the amount of bondage in books. At least it wasn't more explicit
    • 2/5
      I wrote my disappointment in the review of the third book (Falconfar), but I guess it is fair to give warning to anybody wanting to start it, so I write here as well. All potentially interesting ideas are wasted. Long, weak story without much substance or action. If you hope that the story will pick up later or in the following books, just forget it. It never does. Just the last part of the last (third) book is rushed without properly solving all plot lines. I feel I wasted 3 audiobook credits on probably the worst fantasy book I met (all the time irrationally hoping it will improve - Ed Greenwood's book cannot be that bad, can it? Well, it can.). Actually the second star is just for the person who reads the book (he is good, unlike the book itself).
    • 3/5
      Rod Everlar is a fantasy writer and creator of the world Falconfar. As he dreams of his creation things become too real - he is awakened by a mysterious woman landing in his bed, near death. They find that his blood is able to heal her and they flee to Falconfar just as the creatures hunting her appear in his bedroom. Once there Rod is told he is a Shaper, a powerful wizard that can change history in the land, though he knows not how. As the two travel Rod discovers that evil has taken over his land and he must somehow unlock his powers if he is to save his creation.Dark Lord is the first in Ed Greenwood's new Falconfar series. Greenwood, well known for his D&D books, delivers an action packed story that will appeal to RPG fans. While the plot is fairly simple, it is an entertaining read.
    • 4/5
      I've read quite a few books this year, and as a student the year for me begins in September, so that's quite some time to be reading. But this is very likely to be the most unique of all of them.I decided to review it almost entirely on the strength of the title, "Dark Lord", with the incredible artwork on the cover enticing me further. It embarrasses me somewhat to say that I actually had no idea of what it was about... But it paid off. If I had read the blurb, I would have chosen a different book. It's about a man who travels to his own fantasy world, and I generally avoid these books, for reasons which will be explained below...But before I heap praise onto this book, there is one major thing that stops this book from receiving full marks. There isn't a particularly strong plot. The story is driven by consequence, rather than the goal, which is equally indirect - wander around until the main character feels right. But it IS the first in a trilogy, and the foundation is laid for a stronger story arc overall, which offers some comfort.So if it's not in the plot, where does the strength of this plot lie? The answer is pretty much everywhere else. The obvious one to say would be the Characters, and they are done very well, particularly the main characters: Rod and Taeauna. But I'm not going to go into that because, in my opinion, there is a much more interesting aspect to the story.It's not the action either, although there's plenty of it, again done very well. This varies between tense, serious fighting, to the more comedic situations of the characters being attacked while bathing or making love. It's a broad range of writing types, and I'm quite impressed.But the thing that really stood out was how well the modern character interacted with his world. This is the thing that makes me wary of these types of books in general, because in nearly every thing I've read with a modern day character there is a pattern: initial wonder, immediate denial, acceptance of destiny, forget that the modern world exists. This isn't strictly adhered to, but generally occurs in the first few chapters. In this book however, the main character is constantly reminding hiSelf that he's from our world, for instance saying that something is as heavy as a cart, at which the other characters become confused. While there is a Vague resemblance of that cycle, it's less obvious, and doesn't complete even at the end of the book. In fact, he's a pretty useless hero, following Taeauna around trying to Learn about the world.And the other interesting aspect is that while most of these type of books are people who stumble across the fantasy world, or maybe dream it up, Rod is the author of a series of books about the world. Now that wouldn't be so different in itself, but there is also a computer game of the series. It's that computer game company, Holdencorp, who have made the world of Falconfar such a terrible place, because of the simple dynamics of video games (ie in video games, there needs to be lots of enemies for the player to kill, so there's lots of enemies in falconfar since Holdencorp acquired rights). It's this kind of thing that makes the book so unique.I really would like to give this book 10/10, but since the plot is lacking I don't think I can. But I loved it, and plan to recommend it to everyone. Including you. Read it.