Review: Excellent Action, Great Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2012
Continuing the story begun in Spellmonger, Terry Mancour now moves into the epic.  Far more goblins than the humans can handle, politics and intrigue at every intersection, intelligence collection and espionage, warmagi versus the magical inquisition, true leaders versus truly lousy "leaders," evil that makes you shudder, a mafia-like syndicate lurking in the background (or is it?), surprising uses of magic, and battle scenes that leave the reader completely limp when they're over.  And throughout the story, a wry sense of humor that keeps the reader from screaming, "They're all going to die!" and running from the room.The story compares favorably to J.R.R. Tolkien in the drama, humor, and consistency to the rules of this fantasy world.  It's a whole lot easier to read than Tolkien, though.Magelord won't be out until 2013; I'll be eagerly waiting.