NOTE: This review is the whole trillogy. I'll break it apart later. Cool books. I think as far as fantasy goes, it's probably one of the best that I have seen in a long time! It's nice to know that you can have a good fantasy story without all the muck that you usually have to weed through! Last count: 5 times through. I am planning on doing it again, but will have to wait until work and school let up a little. There is so much of myself in Quentin (the hero/subject) that I really relate to this character. And, as always, Lawhead delivers that increadable reality and suspense that he is so famous for. Never in my life have I seen the like of his combination of fantisy/suspense. I have a feeling that it is simply the way his mind works. I can just imagine him sitting at the dinner table with his family stopping in mid-sentence and saying, "Wow, that would be a great twist!" Then jotting down something so that he can play with it later. (OK, long tangent, but anyway...) If you like Terry Brooks, be sure you have read these. While they are not what you are used to (IMHO, they are better...) you will really get a kick out of some of the scenes. If any one is interested and/or informed, I would like to know if Lawhead intended to write the majority of this book as first person omnicient, and a smaller portion as simply 3rd person.
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