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Before the Brothers' War. Before the five colors of magic.

Before history itself, the plane of Dominaira was ruled by the Thran. They built machines and artifacts, the likes of which have never since been seen. But amid this civilization, a shadow took root, one that would stretch its arms across space and time.

The hideous evil of Phyrexia was born.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Masterfully done - an incredible reading experience, Jun 29 2004

By	J. Stoner "Plants and Books" (Parkville, MO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is excellent. It has a lot of background information on some important characters in the magic universe. This book takes place before Urza and Mishra, and even before there were colors of magic. In fact, there is no knowledge of magic in "the Thran." This book starts with the knowledge of a Thran-Phyrexian War. It then jumps back and explains the build up to this war - which by the end will leave you wondering what just happened and how the magic universe was drastically affected thousands of years before Urza rocked the world in the Brother's War.

Very interesting book and I recommend it for Magic: The Gathering fans and those who have never played the game. M:TG fans will certainly love the history provided but the story is still so well written and an amazing tale that even people who do not know who Yawgmoth is will still like the book.

Upon finishing this book I wanted to immediately to jump in to the "Invasion" cycle because the Phyrexians are so crazy and powerful. I can't wait.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome. Best book in the world., Nov 2 2001

By	jake (Ontairio, Canada) - See all my reviews

The first book I read in this series is Nemisis, then I got Apocalypse, and all time I wanted to know more abot Yawgmoth, Rebbec and Halycon, now I know! This is so good I cried, even the sample pages show how cool the book is. J. Robert King writes the best MTG books (and the funniest and must cursed filled ones.). This is my favorite book in the world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ..., Sep 27 2001

By	Nothing - See all my reviews

I love The Thran! The Thran is the Magic the Gathering book that starts out everything in the storyline behind the card sets ( not counting the out-of-print Magic the Gathering novels published by Harper Prism, which have nothing to do with the trading card game story at all ). Yes, this takes place BEFORE Urza and Mishra are born!

We all wanted to know where Yawgmoth and his evil little freind, Gix came from. The Thran explains this. The Thran also has a character named Rebbec ( she's on the cover of the book ) and she becomes Gaea. Yawgmoth was originally a medical doctor ( what the? ) who was banished from the city of Halcyon due to his incredibly painful methods of healing people. Glacian, Rebbec's husband, is infected by a lethal disease called: thisys. Glacian got the disease after being stabbed in da back with a pointy-tipped powerstone. The mysterious person who stabbed Glacian is Gix. I won't spoil too much storyline for you but hear this: YOU HAVEN'T LIVED UNTIL YOU READ THE THRAN!!!!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA!
I love The Thran! The Thran is the Magic the Gathering book that starts out everything in the storyline behind the card sets ( not counting the out-of-print Magic the Gathering... Read more

Published on Sep 27 2001 by Nothing

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprizingly Good
Before i ordered this book i was expecting a medicore story that would basically fill me in on what went on during the time of the Thran (you understand this better if you have... Read more

Published on Sep 11 2001 by Michael Vitale

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book!!!!
This is the first book I have read by J.Robert King, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well written it was. Read more

Published on Jul 6 2001 by Steven

3.0 out of 5 stars Background History for Magic: The Gathering Players
There are said to be millions of players of the Magic: The Gathering card game all around the world. Many of them should have heard about the arch-villain Yawgmoth. Read more

Published on May 22 2001 by T W Li