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Lady Aurian and a handful of companions find themselves thrust into a corrupt future world ravaged by Mage Eliseth's evil schemes, and with the power of her staff, Aurian and her cohorts must crush her old nemesis, the mad Archmage Miathan, and the sinister Eliseth forever. Original."

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4.0 out of 5 stars A tad disappointing., Nov 20 2002

By	Stephanie Noverraz "crooty" (Lausanne, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dhiammara (Paperback)

This is the fourth and final book in The Artefacts of Power tetralogy (following Aurian, Harp of Winds and The Sword of Flame).

After failing to make the terrible sacrifice that would have allowed her to claim the Sword of Flame, Aurian and some of her friends find themselves trapped in a time breach. They reappear some eight years later, only to discover nothing but chaos and destruction.

Indeed, not only did her failure release the evil-minded Phaerie who, wasting no time, immediately started ransacking Nexis and raping its inhabitants, sowing terror upon the city, but in the meantime Eliseth has also stolen the Cauldron of Rebirth from Miathan and is about to take the last steps that will finally allow her to quench her thirst for absolute power. Aurian has to stop her at any cost if she wants to save the world and the people she loves. Mustering her troops, she embarks on yet another journey to the Southern Kingdoms, towards the final confrontation.

Even though I was glad to read more about loveable characters such as Grince the young thief, Chiamh the Xandim Windeye or Shia the great cat, I was quite disappointed by Anvar's almost complete absence from this volume, for he was my favourite. The idea of time travel was quite unexpected too, and even though it was interesting to find out what Hargorn and Hebba, or Zanna, Dulsina and the Nightrunners had become in the eight years that had passed, this device didn't serve any other useful purpose and might have been more thouroughly explored, used to more enriching ends.

Although I can say I liked Dhiammara as a whole, I also found this volume somewhat messy and rather grim. Too many things happen and it seems that too many subplots have to be solved. And a fairly high number of people die in bloodshed too. Most of all, I found it was a tad insipid and lacked the suspenseful action of Harp of Winds or The Sword of Flame, and finally the end wasn't very spectacular either. Shame, it looked so promising...

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Fair Ending to a Series I Will Miss...., Mar 13 2002

By	Becky Lee (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

Without giving away too much info (as happened when I read other people's reviews from this site before I bought this book...) I just want to say that the last book in the Aurian series is an obvious Must-Read, if you are a true fan of Aurian and her comrades. It is fast-paced, which is true to Maggie's style, however she seems to have outdid herself. So many plots are going on in the beginning that she spends over half the book explaining them, then seems to have run out of time with the contractors and had to finish up everything within about 20 pages or less. It's a little frustrating. And she kills off about half of the main characters, even some new ones you're sure to like- that is until she kills them. All in all, she must have had a contract set for only four books, because she could have gotten two out of Dhiammara. I just hope that someday she'll be able to bring us back to the land where Aurian and her kind live- maybe with a new series involving a grown Wolf, his Uncle, and the new cats.

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4.0 out of 5 stars rushed, Jul 30 2000

By	"shortydude13" (Tonopah, NV USA) - See all my reviews

I thought that the book was another excellent piece of work by Maggie Furey, although towards the last third of the book I got the impression that she was trying to cram another two books of information into 120 pages. I am eagerly awainting the next books in the series as she left a lot of things open at the end. But despite that it was a great book which I would highly recommend along with the rest of the series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow What an ending!
The only complaint that I have about this book is it is the last one yet it does not feel that way. There continue to be loose ends. Read more

Published on Jul 24 2000 by Ann Elizabeth Nelson

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the rest
I really enjoyed the first book of the series "Arian". But as the series went on, It seemed to drag. Read more

Published on Nov 28 1999 by J. Bryan

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Series..but.....
All in all the whole Aurian series was wonderfull, But the last book just didnt mesh well, It was as if maggie lost her train of thought with the cast of the book. Read more

Published on Nov 24 1999 by Sarah Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY, VERY GOOD!!!!
I thought this book was, in one word, excellent! It was interesting, kept you wanting to read more, and fast-paced. Read more

Published on Oct 23 1999