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The Dark Glory War - DragonCrown War Cycle prelude - Michael A. Stackpole Book Review

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Review Summary
After their coming of age cerimony, Tarrant Hawkins and his three friends discover a scouting party that could signal the beginnings of an invasion from the north. They then travel to the capital city where on their way they come across a sword that makes the user invincible, but at the eventual cost of his life and/or sanity. When they arrive in the capital, they are assigned to travel on a counter strike and stop the invasion before it begins.
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FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - great warrior - an adult (general)
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - magical weapon
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - sword fights - magical battles
Adversaries are… - giant monsters
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Water - Mountains - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Sojourn - Forgotten Realms, Dark Elf Trilogy 3 by R.A. Salvatore




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