Legions: Onslaught Cycle, Book II [Mass Market Paperback]

 

 

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This book was awesome! Im not one to read a bunch of boring crap but this was not boring at all. The nonstop battling was perfectly written. You could depict every little detail. From a drop of blood to an enormous battle. I would deffinatly recomend it to anyone who can read.

This book is great. Phage, minion of the Cabal, goes head to head with Akroma, creation of Ixidor, as well as both of their armies. However, their war doesn't break out until the very end of the book. Another good twist is the three unmen, who were supposed to protect Ixidor, but failed, and are now trying to become human. There are many other twists as well, like the rise of the former Numena, who were like gods. And there's still a lot of bloodshed throughout the book. However there's only one thing I didn't like about the book.
There are no slivers! The main reason I read this book was to learn more about the Riptide Project and the Sliver invasion. On some cards in the Magic the Gathering: Legions set say things about the wizards of Riptide bringing sliver fossils back to life and that the slivers swarm out of Riptide and invade the main continent of Otaria. I thought that it would at least mention that subject.
Otherwise it was a really great read. It gets really good when Phage becomes pregnant with the son of Virot Maglan, the Cabal Patriarch, or more commonly known as the First. She wanders the continent to try to slay Akroma before the war starts and she comes to the city of Averru, formerly known as Sanctum and meets an old friend. Then, the second of the Numena rises, and everyone prepares for war.
Also, while the unmen go and try to get new bodies, they come across the path of the First, and he makes a deal with them to accompany Phage on here quest and bring back the heads of both Phage and Akroma (the First went a little insane in his coliseum). The First gives them temporary bodies (dog-sized roaches) and promises them human ones if the unmen bring back the heads. The unmen then follow Phage and wait.
On the other side of the story, after Ixidor was eaten by a wurm, Akroma took over his role as ruler of Topos. She then develops a religion based on Ixidor's vision to make the world beautiful, and cleans it of all dirt (Phage and the Cabal). While at a party to convert some new countries, she finds the wurm that ate Ixidor, and plunged down into it. There, she found Ixidor, still alive, and tried to get him to return to the palace. Ixidor refused, and Akroma soared back up to the palace. After that, she gathered her army, and marched to Averru, ready to take on Phage.
Phage then searches for Akroma, but instead finds a lost friend of hers, named Braids. She sends the roaches with Braids to the coliseum, and the First becomes enraged and takes away the roaches bodies and gives them their old ones. After Phage returns to the coliseum; she gives birth to her baby, and sets off to Averru to fight Akroma. The two of them battle and only one becomes victorious. I like this book, and highly recomend it to everyone who likes books about war and spells.

I have read many Magic books (about half of the twenty, or thirty that are out), and this book ranks a close second only the "The Brother's War". While I've heard some fans criticize it for being mindless violence, I'd like to point out that the vast majority of this book is philosophy, character development, and polotics, all building up to the pivotal moment when you know either Phage, or Akroma will die....BUT WAIT! THEY BOTH DIE ALONG WITH ZAGORKA! AND THOUGHS SIX BEAUTIFUL WORDS FINISH THE BOOK:

"I am Karoma (changed in Scourge to "Karona", go complain to the continuity editors). I am magic."

The funniest thing about those lines is I was apparently the only Magic fan on the planet to take them literally, which lead me to believeI couldn't possibly be wrong, hence I joined my fellow MTG fans in interprettations.....meaning I lost my right to NOT be made a fool of by the genius of Mr. King. Oh well in the land of the blind the one eyed mans king, but that rule goes both up and down. In the land where everyone else has an IQ lower than two hundred, King is king. So I suppose I have nothing to be ashamed of.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
This was a great book, I don;t care what anyone else says about it. I wish Ixidor was in it though but still, Waistcoat and Sash were a great add on though I was very sad when... Read more

Published on Sep 29 2003 by Daematrei Valar

5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting book
At first, when my friend told me about this, I expected a boring book about stragne creatures that fight. BIIIGG DEAAAL I thought.
But I was in for a shock. Read more

Published on Jun 2 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but...
OK, this book is sort of interesting. Unfortunately, it would be nicer if it connected more with the set. Read more

Published on May 1 2003 by Lord Seth

5.0 out of 5 stars Legions- The fifth book in a 6 part SERIES!
This is an excellent book worthy of praise. It is not a book to be read as a stand alone novel. It is the fifth book in a six part series, so it would behoove you to read the... Read more

Published on April 9 2003 by J. Fought

5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing to life the story from Onslaught
Legions by J. Robert King is Book Two of the Onslaught Cycle, a fantasy novel series bringing to life the story from the Onslaught line of "Magic: The Gathering"... Read more

Published on April 8 2003 by Midwest Book Review

5.0 out of 5 stars Great plot!
Along with Time Streams, this is the best KingĀ's book in the series. The plot is great, itĀ's never confusing and catches your attention from the beginning. Read more

Published on Mar 10 2003 by Julio M. Feijoo

1.0 out of 5 stars Legion = dissapointment
After reading Legions(twice because I thought I read it too fast) I was highly dissapointed. The story never really focuses on just one spot for a long time to understand what is... Read more

Published on Feb 12 2003 by dnite_templar

1.0 out of 5 stars Legions Bad.
Magic novels have gone seriously downhill recently. Torment was great, Onslaught was okay. Legions is the worst Magic novel since Prophecy. J. Read more

Published on Feb 3 2003 by immortaldh2

4.0 out of 5 stars kamahl with dreadlocks...oh yeah!
Once again J. Robert King out does himself. This book was an excellent sequel to Onslaught and I can't wait for the next one! Read more

Published on Feb 3 2003 by Todd Michael Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Well, I love this book! I don't want to spoil anything but when what happened when Akroma mets Braids, my jaw hit the floor.

Published on Jan 26 2003 by dj_blueshift

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