Get lost in the shadow knights (Shadow Fall - James Clemens)

Member Name: sharpmerlot

Product:	Shadow Fall - James Clemens
Date:	05/09/09 (14 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: great writing, characters and storyline full of twists and turns.

Disadvantages: frustatingly incomplete

Do you want to be on the edge of your seat when reading this wondering what on earth is going to happen next to the main characters in this the first part of 'The Godslayer' series by james Clemens?

Do you want to be even more engrosses in the adventures which befall Tyler and his companions then read Hinterland the second book in the series?

Do you want to be left on tenterhooks waiting to see how our heroes we have come to know and love overcome evil in the third book? Well James Clemens has managed to succeed in all three.

Clemens drags the reader into the world of Tyler De Noche disgraced shadow knight who has been crippled while serving on a slave ship. We discover Dart, a young girl who ends up serving the Gods and how their stories intertwine and are paramount to the outcome of a war between the gods themselves.

Clemens manages to create believable characters in an unbelievable world and pulls the reader into his world with fast crisp writing. I originally purchased this book on publication in UK because I had been so impressed with his series 'The Banned and the Banished' which I thought to be the most original fantasy series I had read in many years.

Beware though, as I said earlier Clemens leaves us on tenterhooks at the end of book 2. Why, most authors do that to make sure you buy the next part in the series. Unfortunately Clemens abandonded this series after the second part in order to concentrate on his financially more rewarding career as adventure author James Rollins.

Hopefully he will see sense sooner rather than later and return to do what he does best. Honestly his books Rollins are average adventure fare while his books are Clemens are masterpieces of the fantasy genre.

Summary: briliant but waiting for the next instalment which looks like it maybnever happen.