The Last Star at Dawn (Lightbringer Trilogy, 3) Book

Following The Forging of the Shadows and The Nations of the Night, The Last Star at Dawn concludes Oliver Johnson's The Lightbringer Trilogy. Thalassa, the Lightbringer, and the priest Urthred return in a final quest before prophecy can be fulfilled. Unfortunately, between the heroes and their goal stand the legions of the undead, the armies of eternal darkness that seek to plunge the world into eternal night so that vampires can rule the world without sight of sun. Breathless adventure and supernatural conflict await, for if Thalassa and the worshippers of the God of Light are ever to defeat Lord Faran Gaton, High Priest of the God of Darkness, she must first journey to the fortified town of Iskiard to retrieve the Rod of Shadows. And that seems like an impossible task. Again Oliver Johnson has taken the familiar ingredients of High Fantasy and made them his own. He tells his tale with direct, crisp prose and makes vampires, dragons, magic and the traditional Dark Lord fresh and exciting. There is no doubt that he can write a compelling adventure, yet his characters have sufficient depth to bring them alive and keep the interest to the end. There is a streak of melancholy and darkness running through this trilogy which may appeal to fans of David Gemmell's Midnight Falcon, while for page-turning action and suspense, Oliver Johnson's epic has many of the qualities which make David Eddings' Belgariad series so popular. --Gary S DalkinRead More