Mace of Souls

by Bruce Fergusson

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038071180X
• ISBN13: 9780380711802
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Hurrah! Back in print!

I picked up the hardcover version years ago at the library and just loved it. Since then, I've been trying to track down a copy for myself and was frustrated by it being out print. Interesting characters and a snappy plot keep this book rolling along. Check out the book that I've been looking for for years!

A Unique Story of Flawed Heros

If you are tired of sugarcoated heroes and cotton-candy lands, this is the book for you. The characters in this book are dirty, mean, nasty, and clearly self-interested and far from the typical selfless hero. Each individual's motivation to survive drives them to noble ends despite their contrary desires. This book contains adult themes and graphic, but not overdone, imagery. It has been several years since I read this book, but I can still pull up a number of mental images drawn by the author's narration. If you have read the classics and the pattern of the genre is beginning to get overly apparent, try this refreshingly new take on heroism.

A very good character based fantasy novel

Mace of souls is a unique fantasy book, in that its author, Bruce Fergusson, centers the story around the characters makeup and interactions with each other. Many fantasy books are lacking when it comes to good characterization. Fable telling and epic heroes are often the rule. Here Fergusson created believeable characters who have individual motivations and flaws. The setting is also not "run of the mill". It covers things not often seen in mainstream fantasy. Drug addiction and its effects on the medieval society for example. All in all this is one of the better fantasy novels I have come across in recent years. It has a feeling of depth often missing in this genre.