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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great battles and storyline, Dec 18 2006
By Jason Short "Mad Scientist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Age of Conan: Songs of Victory: Legends of Kern, Volume IIl (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed the entire Kern series. The story is compelling and moves along at a great pace. There are very few slow moments in any of the books. If you have read any previous Conan books this is a little different. It follows the same principals of strength and honor, and combat as a way of live. I enjoyed the internal turmoil of Kern being an outcast in his own tribe.
The lead character is not Conan, but Kern. He has the same traits as a young Conan though, and lives while Conan is King.
The epic battle sequences are believable and very well described. Some of them very graphically.
Good fun read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Read cont...., Mar 20 2012
By Winsky - Published on Amazon.com
Great fantasy ending to fun fantasy series.
I hope to see more of Kern & his wolves
in the future. Why end it here?
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty solid Victory..., Nov 17 2005
By Apollo Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Age of Conan: Songs of Victory: Legends of Kern, Volume IIl (Mass Market Paperback)
The 3rd book of the Legend of Kern trilogy was pretty good.
Not fantastic, nor awesome in scope, it still was a decent enough adventure read. The 1st novel is still the best.
The grammar and Coleman's style of writing can be sometimes downright tiresome to read. It reads very awkward and stilted, making the flow feel bogged down at times.
Overall, the final battle scene was decent. I would have liked to've read a more truly spectacualr battle scene, especially between Kern and the mighty Grimner. But it was much too fast, making Kern slay both Lodur and Grimner in such short time...I felt a bit cheated.
I also would've liked to have read about more of the Wolf Clan being killed off. It would have come off as more desperate that way. Instead, very few die. I was more expecting very few survivors after such a titanic battle sequence.
Also, the love triangle angle that Coleman worked up to in these 3 volumes - just fades away. Never resolving itself, one way or another. Didn't care much for that. (Mayhap that means Coleman has plans for future Kern novels...?)
Still, despite my many gripes, Coleman still dishes out a pretty decent fantasy novel, full of action and adventure.