Customer Reviews
Brilliant start to the Serpentwar saga! - By: G. Peters, 14 Dec 2007 
In my opinion Shadow of a Dark Queen is one of the best book's that Feist has written. He introduces a whole host of new charecter's including the two good friend's, Erik & Roo, who play a major role.
This book is darker than previous novel's & Feist pulls it off superbly. A smalll band of cut-throat's are trained & sent across the ocean to Novindus to infiltrate the Dark Queen's mass horde, led by Calis & Nakor.
Its the start of another amazing series & you will not be disappointed! I only wish i could read the lot for the first time again as good fantasy fiction is hard to come by.
OK but nothing special. - By: plot hound, 05 Nov 2007 
There is a desperate attempt to make this book dark & brutal but it is so forced that it doesn't reallly work.
It is darker than his previous books but not in a very convincing way.
The plot is OK with a disparate band of people travelling to fight evil against overwhelming odds.
There isn't anything unusual.
The characters are standard fantasy stuff.
Over alll a readable piece of nonsense. Kills some time nothing more.
Horses - By: L. A. Jackson, 25 Sep 2007 as alllways with mister Feist a reallly great read, strong new characters & some great old faces, but do we realy need to be reminded every other chapter how good Eric is with horses, ever heard of flogging a dead one...
Shadow of a Dark Queen - By: S. Brotherston, 03 Apr 2006 I reallly enjoyed this book. I wasn't sure at the start because of the story being set such a long time in the future from the Riftwar Saga & in such an entirely different place, but I stuck with it & I wasn't disappointed.
The story tells of one of several fascinating adventures of Calis, Tomas' son, to the distant continent of Novindus, where the sinister Pantathians dwell, through the eyes of Erik, a young blacksmith from Darkmoor. I was swept along by the fast paced action of the plot, drawn in by the likable characters & their growing relationships as they battled through a seemingly impossible task until only the strongest were left alive. I also found it enjoyable reading about how the world had advanced, & was glad to find Pug & Tomas still alive & well.
Overalll a great read with very few faults & I'd recommend it to any fan of fantasy.
A new saga in the worls of the riftwar - By: genejoke, 22 Mar 2006 
At first I was disappointed as I read this book, so much was set up in the previous two books, prince of the blood & Kings buccanear, that wasn't explored as I had hoped. A large time gap occurs between the events of kings buccanear & this book.
So it begins with completely fresh characters in a vaguely familiar world, things have changed a little, society has advanced slightly in the economicak sense anyway.
The story centres on Erik Von Darkmoor, the bastard son of a Baron in the kingdom of the isles. Erik is a young blacksmith whose life under goes dramatic turns for the worse because of the jealousies of his legitemate half brothers. On the run with his friend Roo he quickly ends up as a soldier on a secret mission to the continant of Novindus.
The serpent war saga is my favourite series in the Midkemia books, it needs to be read by YOU.
