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Dark Heart (Dragon's Disciple/Margaret Weis, Bk 1)

Dark Heart (Dragon's Disciple/Margaret Weis, Bk 1)

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Dark Heart
Review: I give the book 4 star becase it is a GREAT book but it has a wierd ending I am waiting for book 2 of the series to come out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great book-but should have a sequel
Review: I thought this book was really good-well written, lots of action and a good plot. But it deserves a sequel! I was very disappointed to hear that Margaret Weis is not continuing the series-I'm not sure if people will like reading this book wehn it doesn't really have an ending. She should have written at least one more book and given us some closure. It's still a great book though, in my opinion. It just doesn't have a good ending.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A solid book to read
Review: Margaret Weis and David Baldwin, team up in this creation of a modern day fantasy slash detective story, filled with dragons and legends. This is my first time reading anything from David Baldwin; however, for Weis this book falls a little short from what I have come to expect from an excellent writer. The book, which was written very solidly, decent plot, decent characters, falls short in several areas.

The characters were solid, yet they didn't seem to spend any time getting to know them. Especially the main two characters Justin and Sandra. I think a little more in depth writing on their past, and on their current interactions could have helped the story. Also, the plot in regards to who needed to be killed and why, didn't really make to much sense. The murders themselves seemed to bring more attention to what was trying to be covered up then was actually known by the ones that were killed. The last thing that bothered me was that the China connection was brushed over. It left part of the people involved in the story a complete mystery to the readers.

Overall the book was worth reading and I recomend it to anybody who likes to read fantasy stories. I did enjoy it despite some of the above things gnawing at me as I was reading through the book. They did leave the story open to be continued and I suspect the next book will be more in depth, better written, and worth reading.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent - a mature, modern fantasy
Review: Margaret Weis seems to have no shortage of original great ideas. Its not often you see a fantasy book in our modern times. Even when you do seem a book like that, its not well written. This is a definite exception. I could have used a bit more detail on Justinian's life, but thats what the rest of the trilogy is for right? Hopefully they'll get around to writing the rest of it. I look forward to the next book anxiously.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Prepare to meet the dragon!
Review: Margaret Weis, creator of the now best selling Dragonlance novels, has put her pen to work writing about a new type of dragon here in the 20th century. Her work introduces us to Justin Sterling (my only gripe in the entire book is the name for this character and that is just personal) a disciple of the dragon.

The story is woven with police intrigue, power stuggles between other dragon disciples along with Justin and the life of a survivalist, Sandra a cop investigating strange murders which eventually bring her to Justin.

The book is well paced and lively, I finished it in about a week durring a busy work time. I wanted to spend more time reading this book than working.

Each character flows seemlessly into the story and each has his or her place. I would almost call this a channeled work due to its intuitive reading nature. Margaret put so much thought into each one that you can feel their deepest desires and hidden desires as well as those which are closer to the surface.

For those of you skeptical about reading some of Margaret Weises works outside of the Dragonlance theme, this book will not dissapoint you. As a long time fan of Weis, I am glad to see that she has lost none of her spark in her writing from editors, deadlines and such.

PS The Dragon in this story is quite a new twist to dragon genre and very original! I wish I had thought of it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful
Review: This book completely absorbed me. I have stayed up until 4 or 5 am more then once reading and re-reading it. Unfortunately I am beginning to suspect that a sequel is not forthcoming. I did find a companion novel, but no sequels- I need a sequel desperately!
One of the reasons I love this book is the way it has been so successfully anchored in the 'real' world. It is fascinating reading about how The Dragon has influenced the history of the world for the worse through his disciples. If you don't have any knowledge of the history of world events in the past 100 years, you loose alot of appriciation for the novel.
I became very fond of the two main characters, Sandra and Justin. It was interesting being able to see into the minds of two such complex people. I don't want to give deatails and spoil the storyline, but I will say that every move each character made, up until the last page, was completely in character and in sync with the plotline without seeming at all forced.
Now that I think about it, that description fits all the characters in the novel.
I would definately recommend this book to anyone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent
Review: This book is one of the best fantasy novels you could ever buy. I have read this book over 20 times, each time it is better then the last. It has Mystery, Drama, Romance, and Suprises, And need I say, Science Fiction. This book is the most awesome book I have ever read and I urge everone who reads this to buy it and read it. Because I can Guarntee, If you buy it, You will know you did not make a mistake.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The second book
Review: This was the first Fantasy Novel I had ever actually read and I have to say it was a good start ^_^ I loved this book so much that I dreaded returning it back to the library so I bought it =D I liked how it refers to ''Today'' instead of the usaual ''Knights in armor'' century...those are good too but this puts a new twist into the story line. However its been so long im begining to wonder if they just gave up on writeing a second novel. Been nearly 3 years :( does anyone know? It would help.


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