The Legacy of Ogma: Book One in the Weapons Trilogy

by E.A. Rappaport

Book Overview

The Legacy of Ogma is a fantasy adventure about a group of travelers hoping to uncover the secret behind a quintet of glowing crystal spheres. Halia, a talented young woman forced into a life of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595701914
• ISBN13: 9780595701919
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Good Beginning

Halia, a beautiful young thief, finds a small crystal orb. This is the beginning of a grand adventure. While searching for the key to the sphere, she encounters Ahriman a sorcerer and Xarun a warrior, both of whom has his own sphere. The three set off on an adventure around the globe to find out the secrets of the orbs. This book has it all - wizards, thieves, warriors, battles between good and evil. It contains travel, or we should say journey or quest, and the great unknown. This book has it all for a fantasy fan! There is epic scenery across the continent and under the sea. Add to that adventure, weapons, magic and battles. A reader could not ask for more in a book from this genre than we have in this volume. Rappaport writes in a smooth and pleasing style. The reader gets drawn into the story and the world is so well-crafted it becomes believable. While reading this book you are transported into a world in your imagination and it is as if you are there participating in the events. Rappaport creates believable characters that stay true to themselves. Some new authors have characters who become wishy-washy or who seem to change personality part way through a book, sometimes even a number of times. Rappaport has not fallen into that error. He obviously spent a lot of time planning the characters and the plot to create this novel. He also does a great job at describing stunning scenery and believable fight scenes. His battles are neither too gory nor too glossed over. He writes with the balanced approach of a pro. The dialogue is great - neither stunted nor verbose. Rappaport has written an excellent book. This book is the first in a series by E.A. Rappaport, and if the other two books in the weapons trilogy are as good as this one, fantasy fans are in for a treat, not only in this series but in future writings from Rappaport. If you are a fantasy fun give this new author a try.

A potent sword and sorcery adventure with a multi-layered plot, brimming with action from cover to c

Written by E. A. Rappaport, The Legacy of Ogma: Book One in the Weapons Trilogy is a fantasy novel about a band of adventurers in a magical world, pursuing a hidden secret. Halia, a skilled young woman forced into a life of thievery; Ahriman, a skilled and powerful sorcerer; and Xarun, a hulking, fierce and at best tactless warrior, must combine their strengths to brave magical worlds and ruthless threats that none of them could hope to confront alone. A potent sword and sorcery adventure with a multi-layered plot, brimming with action from cover to cover.

An acceptional adventure fantasy story

Reviewed by Ian McCurley (teen) for Reader Views (1/07) Halia, a young woman forced to steal for a living, finds a mysterious crystal orb inside an old decaying castle. To find out what the orb is worth, she travels to Minaras, and old elementalist mage, who, after recognizing that the orb is magical, journeys to the Arboreal forest to check the Arboreals' records for information on the orb. He brings along his apprentice, Oswynn, a lazy but talented wizard who has an undying will to learn powerful magic. Simultaneously, Halia, along with Minaras'other apprentice, Thulin, journeys with the orb to the city of Zairn, to look for information on the orb. Xarun is a burly warrior who both protects and bullies the townspeople of his small town. He meets up with Ahriman, a wizard who specializes in conjuration and knows more about the orbs than he is letting on. Ahriman, though he already has an orb, is trying to find the other four. Together they go into the Arboreal forest to steal the orb that is safeguarded by the elf-like Arboreals. Once they have retrieved the orb they head towards the town of Krof. Halia and Thulin, when finding no information in Zairn, head to Krof using their orb as a guide. Once they arrive in Krof, they find Arwold, a young warrior who carries his family's prized claymore, a large weapon with another orb imbedded in the hilt. Following this discovery, Halia, Thulin and Arwold join Xarun and Ahriman to begin a quest for the fifth orb and they magical treasure of five all-powerful weapons it leads to. After finding little information on the orbs in the Arboreal Forest, Minaras and Oswynn, traveling with an Arboreal named Kuril, head towards the ocean to find the magic weapons before the others and destroy them. If you read fantasy, or like RPGs (role-playing games), this book would most probably fascinate you. Targeted for ages 10 and up, "The Legacy of Ogma" makes for a quick and easy read, though I have no idea why it is so titled since it is only mentioned about three times in the book! Though the book is only 199 pages in length, there is much more story than there is paper. E.A. Rappaport writes excellently in "The Legacy of Ogma: Book One in the Weapons Trilogy." Look out for Book Two in the Weapons Trilogy.

a wonderful example of fantasy

Oh to go adventuring! I've always been a fan of the classic Dungeons & Dragons game, the great Tolkien, and all things magical. Reading E.A. Rappaport's book, "The Legacy of Ogma," was a delightful trip into fantasyland. Wizards and apprentices, a beautiful thief, a rugged giant of a man, and other kindred spirits are destined to fulfill a fate together that leads them through enchanted forests, crazy desert-like conditions, into underwater hideaways and on to the challenges of a lifetime. The beautiful Halia "happens upon" a mystical glass orb and sets out to discover its abilities and history. Along the way she discovers that it is not the only one of its kind. With the quest under way, a wizard and his two apprentices join in the search for answers. Another wizard is on a similar quest, the company he keeps a bit more influential in the war department. All will come together as the plot unfolds and the mystery of the orbs is revealed. In a classic battle of good versus evil, the book leads readers through a fantastical ride. "The Legacy of Ogma" is a wonderful example of fantasy. The traditional roles of wizard, thief, strong man, battle hero, good and evil, are all represented in quality fashion. That this is the first in a trilogy of books is good news to fans of adventure. The book is well written and planned out; the characters true to form and full of likeability. I enjoyed the trip into a magical world and trust others will as well. Review by Heather Froeschl