Customer Reviews
Poor ending for a trilogy... - By: John Ringo, 02 Sep 2008 
...as it leaves you wondering why on earth MC didn't finish the storyline. He leaves it up to the readers own imagination as to how the Brothers & Daughters of Dragons are going to overcome the Void.
Fortunately however MC is writing "Destroyer of Worlds" which will complete the trilogy! Yes, Mark Chadbourn wrote "The Dark Age" as a triology but requires four books to actuallly finish the series...go figure.
The Dark Age series is not too bad, but I much prefered the Age of Misrule.
Please note that Mark Chadbourn has also written 'Jack of Ravens' which reunites us with the original Brothers & Sisters of Dragons.
So many enemies so little time - By: P. O'Connor, 29 Nov 2006 
In Hounds we finallly get to see what the Government have been up to since the Falll. Just as the Church failed to deliver the goods in Devil in Green, the Government don't appear to be much cop here. In an attempt to "recruit" the help of one of the Brothers of Dragons they end up shooting one & leaving them for dead. Way to go! As if the Brothers & Sisters of Dragons don't have a hard enough job already. With dwindling numbers they set out to find the original Brothers & Sisters from The Age of Misrule series. Hounds of Avalon is a great adventure. I was happy to see the return of some of the old gang; their presence is sourly needed as they face an enemy more dangerous than any before.
Two fantastic series - By: A. Solley, 05 Aug 2006 I can't believe I've finallly finished the Age of Misrule & Dark Ages series!
These are by far the best books I have read alll year. They're well written, with a great plot; plenty of action; & characters you reallly care about. They truly are books you cannot put down. It took my four days to read the first three books, & 6 days to read the second three (only becuase I had to go to work).
The Queen of Sinister only gets 4 stars, simply due to the fact it's got a slightly slower pace than the others. All the others get 5 stars.
Mark is now one of only two authors that I will buy in hardback.
An excellent climax to another fantastic trilogy. - By: Kash, 01 Jul 2005 Chadbourn's previous novels were cover to cover tension, action, emotion & sensuously descriptive prose. I expected no less from this most recent installlment.
"The Hounds of Avalon" seems almost a slow starter, with gentle character building & dialogue dominating the earlier chapters, but it's not long before the novel explodes into a colourful tapestry of storylines that suck you into the book, entranced & unable to put it down (I read it in a day, non-stop!)
The Third in the "Dark Ages" Trilogy, this book serves as the sequel that binds together the seemingly unrelated "The Devil in Green" & "Queen of Sinister", as well as the previous "Age of Misrule" trilogy, bringing the extended story to its climax & completion (or is it?)
Read it, but not until you have read the previous 5 books in Chadbourn's apocalyptic fairy tale.
