Forest Mage - Robin Hobb

This is the second book in the Soldier Son Trilogy by author Robin Hobb. This continues the story from where we left it in Shamans Crossing. This book was released in July 2006 so a whole year had passed since the previous book. This of course meant fans were eager to get there hands on a copy and find out where the story would take them next. So this was another big seller for Hobb as she continued to enhance her reputation. So in the previous book Old Thares and the acadamy were realing from the outbreak of the Speck plague. Many cadets lost their lives and the ones who did survive never made a full recovery. Nevare has recovered from the plague but is ...  Read the complete review

Continuing almost exactly where the first novel left off, FOREST MAGE once again thrusts us deep into the life of soldier son, Nevare Burvelle- still attending the Old Thares Military Academy and currently recovering from a paticulary bad case of Speck Plague (of which he may just have played a large part in spreading) that has left it's mark not just on his body but also on his soul. The Old Thares Military Academy is a far changed place from whence we last saw it. With the ravages of the Plague now far behind it has come the shocking realisation that so many of it's cadets have fallen to it's clutches. Now, no difference is shown between the way that Old ...  Read the complete review