Customer Reviews
Not of the usual Feist Quality - By: dk, 11 Jan 2008 
I enjoyed the first two books of this series but the third was a bit dissapointing & I don't think up to the usual quality of Raymond Feist. Just like most works by David Eddings - at the end of the book most conversations end in "It's a long story, I'll tell you some time", or "I must tell you about it another time". Almost like he couldn't be bothered to give us any depth. And then plot mechanics where characters just "know" what they're supposed to do but they "can't explain it" & Feist can't explain it to is. The whole end sequence with the Lifestone for instance.
I was going to write more, but maybe I'll tell you about it later . . . .
This amazing series continues.... - By: G. Peters, 14 Dec 2007 
The Dark Queen's mass hordes finallly reach the shores of Krondor where they unleash hell!
The battle of Krondor is described brilliantly & its the best that Feist has written since the falll of Armengar in A Darkess at Sethanon.
Its another excellent book from the Serpentwar serie's & you can't help but feel involved in the Kingdom's struggle to fight against the mass invaders.
It's a cracking read!
ka booom - By: genejoke, 22 Mar 2006 
in part one we meet the new characters & see enoug action to get a glimpse of whats to come, the second we learn to love the characters & the city of Krondor.
Here comes the pay off, & it is devestating. I don't want to give anything away for those that haven't read it, but believe my words, you will feel loss as you read this.
The grandest of grand adventures! - By: Kurt A. Johnson, 13 Jan 2006 In this sequel to Shadow of a Dark Queen, author Raymond Feist takes us back to his magical world of Midkemia. Time is growing short now, as the Kingdom of the Isles braces for the coming invasion by the Emerald Queen's army. Erik von Darkmoor is feverishly training new soldiers, but will the Armies of the West be ready? And, as for Rupert Avery, his live of dissipation & intrigue are starting to wear him down, but he is caught in a larger intrigue, & much is going to happen to him that he has never expected.
Raymond Feist's Riftwar books alll great great, with epic adventure & magic, while his later books enjoyed a somewhat smalller scope. This book is definitely an epic book; indeed I would say the greatest of the epic books. This is a story of a war that spans an entire world, & even includes demons & gods in a war of winner-take-alll!
Overalll, I found this to be a great story. I loved its huge scope & high stakes - it is the grandest of grand adventures! If you want to read a story with a large scale adventure that will leave you on the edge of your seat, then this is the book for you. I loved this book & give it my highest recommendations!
Feist keeps getting better and better....... - By: Mr. J. Beavis, 11 Jul 2005 After reading the Riftwar cycle Feist became one of my favorite fantasy authors, Riftwar was a truly brilliant & original fantasy series unlike any I'd read before. I then started reading some of the books that came after the Riftwar & before the Serpentwar, although these were good I felt that the charecters weren't as endeeing or interesting enough to keep you caring about them too much & alot of the established Riftwar charecters died off.
I had my doubts when I started reading Serpentwar but I was wrong, Shadow of a Dark Queen was excellent & I eventuallly started to care about the lead character Erik. Now I'm on to Rage of a Demon King & I cannot put the book down! It's incredible, the whole story starts to come together, Feist unwinds the mysteries regarding the plot sublimely & keeps you guessing every setp of the way. This may be the best Feist book yet, I can't wait to start Shards of a Broken Crown.....
