The Sorcerer: Return of the Archwizards, Book III

by Troy Denning

Book Overview

In the conclusion of the Return of the Archwizards trilogy, the forces of darkness overrun the ruined cities and kingdoms, and only one forgotten and tortured hero can bring hope to the devastated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078692795X
• ISBN13: 9780786927951
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Choreography - Choreography - Choreography

I am not going to dissect the plot because I don't see the point. I will say that the end is slightly underwhelming. But then, any FR novel not written (or co-written) by Ed tends to be (in my experience). Mostly because the world rides on his rails and goes where he wants. Main characters are never in any real peril, and the world is rarely in any real danger... Keeping that in mind, the scope of the entire trilogy is plausible and exciting to read, as most of Troy's works are. Now, for the main reason I am writing this review. Troy is without a doubt the best author I have come across at putting the choreography of the moment into words. What his writing lacks in depth of verbiage (waves at Ed sarcastically) it makes up for in flow... In other words, he makes what is usually most difficult for me to read by most authors (fast action combat) not only easy, but pleasant to read... As a matter of fact, it is the main reason I seek out and read his work... Note: This may be why he has written so many Star Wars novels... Oh, and if you like this trilogy, I recommend checking out his Dark Sun works...(which are coming to re-print from the looks of it) Top notch stuff. Tj.

Measure by the series

First, I have to say that I disagree with the majority of the fellow reviewers. This 3rd book of the series, though a little down the ladder compared to the former ones, maintained the quality well enough. I must say the story is a bit confused in the end, but the overall plotline was quite clear. Yes, I agree when you say the Chosen weren't well portraited, but THEY aren't the spotlight. I think we should take into account the whole series, and not consider the book independently. Maybe people got confused because they didn't read the first ones well enough.

Best of the Trilogy

Finally, just before it is ending, Denning decides to actually use all of the characters and shows us the point of view of a phaerimm, the points of view of Vala and other characters (still not Aris, though!) etc. This book is by far the best of the three, and it was nice to see Galaeron finally stop whining about his shadow and what he did ot Evereska and all of Faerun. The book's characterization was better than the rest of them too. The characters were more believable and had more individuality. The novel, in general, seemed better edited, less hasty, and more sure. The ending was not all that I'd hoped for, but I am interested in seeing what will finally become of Malik, after he gueststars in two different series. Better than the other two, but is it worth reading all three? I would say no, unless you have a couple of days and twenty dollars to kill. A good book, though.Harkius

A good finale

I really liked this series, and though I do think some of the characters were a bit too unbeatable, overall I enjoyed them all, and the somewhat unusual ending to the book. I look forward to the future encounters with the Shadovar, and am glad to see them a force to stay!