A Darkness at Sethanon
Written by Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by Peter Joyce
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The adventure concludes with the triumphant finale in the Riftwar Saga.
Raymond E. Feist is an internationally best-selling author.
The battle may be over, but war is coming…
The Kingdom forces may have won the first conflict but the enemy has a strong grip on Midkemia and invasion now seems inevitable.
Arutha travels north to confront the Dark Elves, but without help, Pug knows that Arutha’s forces face slaughter. With Tomas he must scour the world – and beyond – to find the one person with enough power to give them a chance.
If they fail, Midkemia will be the first of many worlds to fall to a madman with the power to dominate death itself…
A Darkness at Sethanon concludes Raymond E. Feist’s bestselling Riftwar Saga.
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond E. Feist is the author of more than thirty previous books, including the internationally bestselling “Riftwar Cycle” of novels set in his signature world of Midkemia; the Empire trilogy co-authored with Janny Wurts; the stand-alone novel, Faerie Tale; and the epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga. He lives in San Diego, California.
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Reviews for A Darkness at Sethanon
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best series I have listened to in a long while.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This serie of books is magnificent! Strongly recommend them, narrator is good and easy to litsen to!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved this series! The characters are fantastic and new ones are brought in regularly. Well written a great read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Much better than the second volume in the series. I found the magic a bit too convenient to be convincing, and there was a huge wasted opportunity to make Pug and Macros one and the same through time travel and the Oracle. It seems as though Fiest considered this and couldn't pull it off so he changed the story a bit, else the bit with the Oracle is sort of pointless. Good book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mr. Feist does just fine with straight action; dialogue is also passable. But why oh why does he persist in describing things which he says are indescribable? His prose then becomes decidedly purple.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Set a few years later than 'Silverthorn', Arutha and Anita have settled down to as normal a married life as could be expected for the Prince of Krondor and his wife. The Nighthawks have been vanquished as far as they could tell and the couple are revelling in the joys of parenthood (male twins). But the Nighthawks are still a potent force and their dark master has demanded that Arutha die as publically as possible. With Krondor suddenly plunged into chaos when the Prince is killed by a Nighthawk attack, Jimmy, now head squire, finds the activities of his betters rather confusing as he and his friend Locky are shut out of the preparations for the Prince's funeral and he finds that the Prince has survived the attack and is planning to carry the attack to the dark forces behind the Nighthawks. Meanwhile, Pug and Tomas, Master Magician and Valheru, find themselves involved against the real evil behind the moredhel hordes planning their invasion of the Kingdom. We also meet some old friends and enemies who are a lot more friendly than first anticipated, and hordes and hordes of moredhel. And one of the, err, coolest, explosions ever!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The explosive conclusion to the riftwar... well, it might be the end of the riftwar, but only the beginning of the troubles surrounding the people of Midkemia.The three books together form a trilogy (quadrilogy as seen elsewhere), although for fuller appreciation of later books, familiarity with these works yields much more than reading them in isolation or outside of order.As it stands, this final part of the trilogy wraps up most of the events that occurs in the other two books, but leaves enough questions unanswered and enough of the world unexplored to warrant reading of his other books - the end to his 'ripping yarn'.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I was trying to work out throughout reading why I wasn't enjoying the Riftwar trilogy as much as I have enjoyed some of Feist's other series, and I realised the answer was semi in the question - I read it out of order. I wasn't feeling the tension or the build up to the end, because I knew the over all outcome. I knew what would happen. I knew what characters lived (to a most part), so there was nothing enthralling within the book to pull me.I personally had more interest in Arutha and his bunch in this book, and found myself drifting from Pug, Tomas and Macros, and their storyline. I enjoyed Amos Trask, and Guy, and the whole concept of Armengar.Pug's storyline was a little too big for me to grasp, and I found I didn't enjoy it as much as the other storylines going through at the same time.Over all, this book was alright. For me. Wasn't my favourite in the series, but wasn't my least favourite either, so it is sitting somewhere in the middle.I think I am looking forward to taking a break from Feist at the moment and to come back again another time and hopefully enjoy a new trilogy, maybe.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Although this series is a fairly typical fantasy story, it still manages to be engaging and interesting over multiple readings. A Darkness at Sethanon is still my favourite of the riftward saga; I love how this book builds all the previous events into a wonderful climax, while yet leaving some characters in a place of uncertainty--a situation perfectly leading to more stories told in the world.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Raymond E Feist at his best! I love all his books ?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Powerful and thrilling finale! Highest rating for the series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions have risen up to crush the Kingdom of the Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle between Order and Chaos is abotu to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon.Now Pug, the master magician sometimes known as Milamber, must undertake an awesome and perilous quest to the dawn of time to grapple with an ancient and terrible Enemy for the fate of a thousand worlds.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Third in the Riftwar saga after 'Magician' and 'Silverthorn'. Better than Silverthorn, it still can't be read as a standalone novel. It's the final book in the trilogy (sometimes referred to as book 4, as Magician was originally split into 2 parts in the US) although there are other books and other series' set in the same world with some of the same characters which can be read after it.Good, fun high fantasy with all the usual cliches but a whole lot more besides, told in a fun and enjoyable way.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Book 3/4 of the Riftwar Saga (if Magician is 1 or 2 books). I read the Serpentwar Saga first and there were many things hinted at but I did not know the story behind until I read this book. Prince Arutha has his hands full with reports that the dark brothers are massing agian in the north to attack the Kingdom. The Black Hawks are back and trying even harder to end Aruthas reign. Jimmy the Hand stays close to do his best to prevent any regicide. It is discovered the plot is bigger than a Princes life, every life on the planet is in peril.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5En weer een deel uit de Saga uit. Ik wou dat ik deze serie eerder had ontdekt.
Arthura, Robbie, Gardaan reizen af om er achter zien te komen wie er achter de moordaanslag op Arthura zit.
Met de hulp van Ryath (een draak) reizen Puc en Tomas naar ongedachte plaatsen om Macros te vinden. Met zijn hulp willen ze de Vijand vernietigen.
Soms blijkt een tegenstander opeens je medestander te zijn.
Sommige mensen vinden deze boeken, en dan met name dit boek seksistisch omdat vrouwen een onderdanige rol spelen, maar laten we niet vergeten dat dit een boek uit de jaren '80 is EN een andere wereld.
O ja... er zijn ook draken in dit boek! - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Feist really knows how to give life to a story, it was fantastic.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So this one ends what started in -Silverthorn-. It keeps up the pace and is loaded with "impending doom". I could do without the time-travel and other dimensional stuff but I did like the overall background plotting. My biggest problem is that none of the characters really stick out with unique personalities other than Amos Trask. At times it gets hard to remember the differences between some of the characters.Overall this series was better than I thought it would be but I think it's time to move on to another author and another universe. I read too slow. But eventually I'll probably return to read the 5th book and it will bring back fond memories of the other books.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The conclusion to the original RIftwar Cycle. Book 4 if you count that Magician was split into two parts in the later paperback editions. Arutha, Pug and Thomas must find who's behind the attacks from Kelewan, now that they know it wasn't just the idea of the Kelewan Academy. They must also discover what this mysterious enemy wants, and prevent it. I really enjoyed this book, as it showed the heroes finally coming into their own, and the end of the senseless war between Midkemia and Kelewan. The ending involves some super powerful forces, maybe a bit too powerful for the previous scope of the books, but its still a satisfying conclusion to the series. This is a classic fantasy trilogy, and recommended reading for all fantasy fans.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Sword and sorcery, epic battles, kings and princes, blah blah blah. The Riftwar saga started reasonably well with 'Magician', but the sequels 'Silverthorn' and 'A Darkness at Sethanon' don't really add all that much. The destruction of the northern city booby-trapped with naptha is well-writen and captured, but really the whole book has left me feeling... so what? It doesn't help that 3 of the key protagonists are essentially immortal undefeatable magicians who can do anything the plot demands with no personal consequence.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The final installment of the Riftwar Saga. Great, wonderful, exciting, etc... the whole 9 yards.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm not sure why this is "book 4" of the Riftwar Saga -- as far as I know, it's the third. Anyway. I didn't like this book as much at the time I read it, but it's still good, and the worldbuilding is, as mentioned already, amazing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good finish to a pretty enjoyable series. The main series wraps up in a satisfying fashion, yet leaves a few things open ended to allow for further series and a universe rich enough that many other stories could arise. At the time that this series was written, it would have ranked up there with the top of fantasy epic stories. While still good, I'm not sure how well it would have fared if released today against the Jordans, Martins, and Ericksons who have taken epic fantasy too a whole new level. By all means read this series as it is quite enjoyable and all four (or three whichever edition you find) books are easy reads and worth the minimal effort.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Pompous sounding narrator. And who are Aroota and Lie-am??? I’ve read the books for 30 years, they are great. I was delighted to find the audiobooks on scribd. I can’t get past the narrator, sorry.