Review: A great conclusion to the story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
Trolls be gone! This book is exceedingly well-written and well-plotted, with an amazingly fleshed-out world and terrific characters. The plot is fresh and original.Part One was awesome, and Part Two is even better. Things are really at their direst, the war has heated up, and the main characters are all bouncing off each other nicely. Raugst in particular emerges as a terrific character. He began the story evil, but his love for Niara and her awful sacrifice have made him free of the yoke of the dark powers. He is his own man now, but will he use that freedom to help the good guys or the bad?Meanwhile Giorn is trying to rebound from what happened to him at the end of Part One, trying to heal and rallying supporters to his cause in an effort to oust Raugst. Poor guy! He suffered a lot during Part One, but now is the time for him to kick some ass. He’s such a likeable hero we want him to succeed even though we sense that toppling Raugst at this critical time might be bad. Then again . . .This is where Niara comes in, trying to be a bridge between the two men. She tries to teach Raugst how to be human, and on the side of the light, while trying to make Giorn see that Raugst has changed.During all this, the dark lord’s armies have driven north and are about to overwhelm the good guys, and when they arrive . . . well, it’s pretty awesome. Dramatic and tragic, but full of action and adventure. “The War of the Moonstone” truly is epic fantasy done right, dark and juicy and cool. I heartily recommend it.