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    The Crimson Sword: Book One of the Legend of Asahiel

    By Eldon Thompson

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    The Age of Man has begun. The "undesirable" creatures of legend have been driven from their lands, magic has been forsaken, the old gods reduced to myth.Now humans will rule the kingdoms of the island continent of Pentania. But they are not alone.

    Alson's king has been assassinated, its capital besieged by a malevolent wizard. The chaos and terror now sweeping the land have come to the remote village of Diln -- sending young Jarom far from his home to seek aid against the nefarious usurper. But a mysterious council has decreed Jarom must find one of the mythical Swords of Asahiel -- the divine talismans the elven avatars used to forge the earth -- in order to save a quarrelsome, fledgling humanity. For a Demon Queen has awakened from the abyss -- and humankind is about to discover its powerlessness in the face of the ancient terrors of the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061840975
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    The Crimson Sword: Book One of the Legend of Asahiel
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    Eldon Thompson

    After washing out as a college quarterback, Eldon Thompson returned to his first love, writing. Unfortunately, he's found wrestling plots and characters to be every bit as rough—though with less physical bruising. The author of The Crimson Sword and The Obsidian Key, he splits his time between the Oregon coast and Southern California.

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    • 4/5
      Good story
    • 2/5
      Boringus Bookus:Take 3 cups of cliche characters, add a pinch of magic weapon, a ounce of emotional whiplash and simmer.Mix a demon queen, a sprinkling of her minions and a psycho mage prince in a small bowl and let stand for an hour. Mix together and bring to a boil.Serve with primitive, magic-fearing, cannibal elves.What more can I say? the most interesting thing in the book was the elves, and they hardly got more than a few pages of attention.Somehow, I don't think I'll be finishing this one.
    • 4/5
      First, let me say I thoroughly enjoyed The Crimson Sword. Having said that, the book breaks no new ground, but is a good genre work. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes, and this is where I've been lately, I just want a good sword-and-quest story. If that's what you're looking for, you've found it.