Okay, the last blog I did was over a book called Spellwright but I've decided to change my book. This book is the second in The Chronicles of Siala series, called Shadow Chaser by Alexey Pehov.
Basically, there's this evil Nameless One. They need to reseal his prison using the Rainbow Horn (ridiculous name, I know). And of course, this horn can't simply be in an easily accessible place. No, it has to in Hrad Spein, an old elven and orc castle type thing (its underground). This place is extremely dangerous, and no one ever makes it out alive. The main character in this series is Shadow Harold (or just Harold). He is a master thief. The reason that they want Harold to get the horn from Hrad Spein is because of his skills as a thief.
Also, in this series there are orcs, goblins and elves. First off, I would like to start with discussing the physiology of elves. In many books, elves are beautiful creatures but in this series they are not. They have dark, swarthy skin, pronounced lower canines, and ash-grey hair. As a matter of fact, they and the orcs share a resemblence. There are also dark elves and light elves but about the only difference is the type of magic they use. The light elves use human wizardry, and the dark elves use shamanism. Basically, theres no physical differences between them. On the topic of wizardry and shamanism, they both have their strengths but the main advantage to wizardry in this series seems to be that it takes less preparation and is far quicker. Not to say that shamanism is weaker than wizardry, its simply different.
" And of COURSE this horn can't simply be in an easily acceptable place. Nooooo..." Lol. I hear ya. This sounds very interesting. I'm kind of a sucker for the mythical, fantasy stuff, and sometimes its nice when they mix it up. The elves like you were talking about. So i take it you've read the first book?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, When I hear fantasy, I think of Lord of the Rings or The elder Scroll series. But this book seems to break away, or tries to, break away from the cliches of the fantasy genre, like butt-ugly elves. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis book definitely has high fantasy written all over it, kind of like Lord of the Rings. I remember I always used to read books like these, and there always seems to be so many different ones as well! Like Liam said though, it sounds nice that someone is actually trying to change things up for once, instead of following the genre standard.
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