Review: Excellent
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2010
At last the battle between the Jewel wielders is joined.An alliance of Kindred, humans, and Wee Folk confront a great army organized under one banner by Oberon. Machines and enchanted armaments, strategies and stratagems, flesh-and-blood warriors and wielders of the Jewels - all come together into an exciting series of battles. The author manages to pack such an epic event into a relatively short book - something of a lost artform in much contemporary fantasy.This series has been a great ride. The world-building is great. The story is engaging, albeit with many elements familiar to fans of the genre. The characterization of the human characters is not its strongest element, however, and it might have been the only part that could have been expanded throughout the series. I'm looking forward to reading more of this author.