5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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David Coe amazes me again, Mar 23 2010
By JT - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Dark-Eyes' War: Book Three of Blood of the Southlands (Hardcover)
I discovered David Coe's Winds of the Forelands about a year ago when I read it was a very underrated series. After finishing it, I immediately went onto all of his other works. I can honestly say that he is currently at the top of my list of must read fantasy authors.
This is the concluding book to the Blood of the Southlands trilogy. If you have enjoyed the first 2 books, this is a must-have (if not, it may be a little hard to follow). I have been struggling to find any books to keep me interested lately, and I finished this off in a little over one day. My only complaint is that I now have to wait for his next book.....
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The Dark-Eyes' War: Book Three of Blood of the Southlands, Feb 22 2010
By W. L. McCalla Jr. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Dark-Eyes' War: Book Three of Blood of the Southlands (Hardcover)
The Dark-Eyes' War, the third a final book in "Blood of the Southlands" series, by David Coe was an excellent book wrapping up a very excellent series that was a sequel of sorts to his "Winds of the Forelands" series.
Mr Coe's world building, characterizations, and attention to detail in his stories continue in this third book. I have been reading his titles for years now and he is on the top of my list to recommend for people that have not yet read any of his titles.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I hope the author plans more books set in this world, May 26 2010
By McW - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Dark-Eyes' War: Book Three of Blood of the Southlands (Hardcover)
As I've said in my reviews of the first two books in this trilogy, you should really start with Coe's "Winds of the Forelands" quintet, which is set in a different part of the same world that this book is set in, and which deals with some of the same characters and issues. GREAT exciting books, richly detailed, fleshed-out characters - I just love them. The "Blood of the Southland" books are also highly enjoyable, though they have a somewhat different feel to them because there's less complexity and the action spans a smaller geographic range. But Coe has set these books in a creatively built world with an interesting magic system, and he avoids what I consider to be high fantasy cliches like wise elves and gruff dwarves and so forth by actually writing a story that is NOT a rip-off of Tolkien, like so many other fantasy authors end up doing. Again, as I said in my review of the previous book in this trilogy, I wish some of the plots had been expanded upon, but all in all my spouse and I loved these books and highly recommend them.
