Descent into the Depths of the Earth: Amazon.ca: Paul Kidd: Books

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The ranger and the faerie are back!

Fresh from their encounter at White Plume Mountain, the Justicar and Escalla are on the way to Hommlet. But life around a pixie is never exactly . . . stable. Escalla is drawn into the intrigues of the faerie court. Before he knows it, to save her life the Justicar is on his way into the depts of the earth to fight hobgoblins, drow, and the queen of the demonweb pits.

For an adventurer, it's all in a day's work.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Really funny, Nov. 24 2003

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I thought the dialogue and characters were hilarious. The murder mystery unfolding, clever magical fights and obsession with Escalla's clothing was great too.
Escally, Jus Pol and Enid are very appealing characters.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent fantasy/adventure story!, Oct. 10 2002

Par	Eric Roufs "EJRoufs" (Lakeville, MN USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This is book 2 out of 3 (so far). Out of the 3, i loved this one by far the best. I give all 3 books a 5 for sure, but this one was my favorite. The adventuring group gets a little larger. The Justicar and the pixie really start to form a bond. The story really flows well, and you just don't want to put it down. It is very exciting, and fast action-packed page after page. Full of humor to the end, as well.
If you've played Dungeons & Dragons and/or played this module, that's even more of a plus. But this book is all out awesome even if you haven't, and just love a good fantasy/adventure book. I definitely recommend reading all 3 books in order though. Check out White Plume Mountain first. :>

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3.0�toiles sur 5 DOA for the first ~100 pages, then gets better, Janv. 21 2002

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Descent into the Depths of the Earth is the second book in a series following the adventures of the Justicar (a ranger/magic user), Escalla, a powerful fairie, and five side characters: 2 interesting (Cinders the hell hound pelt, Henry the young fighter); 2 annoying (Benelux the sword, Polk the teamster); 1 plain boring who gets jettisoned half-way through (Enid the sphinx).

The good: very imaginative use of spells and monsters familiar to players of Dungeons and Dragons; doesn't try to explain everything that happened in the previous book; dialogue and situations are sometimes funny.

The bad: spends ~100 pages creating a...'plot of intrigue' that you'll try to forget as soon as they hit the dungeons; cutsy romance budding between the ranger and the fairie becomes annoying and diminishes the the character of the ranger; slapstick resolutions to major encounters feel like cop-outs; repetitive punchlines age rapidly.

In White Plume Mountain I liked the ranger because he was a haunted, lone killing machine of blind justice. The author softens the character in this book and the next one (Queen of the Demonweb Pits) and we end up following the exploits of a comic book superhero.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 DOA for the first 100 pages, then gets better
Descent into the Depths of the Earth is the second in a series following the adventures of the Justicar (a ranger/magic user), Escalla, a powerful fairie, and some interesting... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 21 2002

1.0�toiles sur 5 I hated this book
This book hurt. It hurt a lot and it will continue to keep on hurting for a very long time. If this book were a movie, then it would be fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Publi� le Sep 9 2001

4.0�toiles sur 5 A worthy read...especially for the nostalgia
So far I've read The Temple of Elemental Evil, White Plume Mountain and Descent; White Plume is probably the best of the 3, although I've enjoyed all of them. Read more

Publi� le Sep 6 2001 par Fred Kauber

2.0�toiles sur 5 A Step Back After White Plume Mountain
First off let me say I read Paul Kidd's previous book in the series "White Plume Mountain" and really liked it. However, I was quite disappointed after reading this book. Read more

Publi� le Mars 14 2001 par JH