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Black Halo
Lenk and his companions set sail to bring the relic away from the reach of Ulbecetonth, the Kraken Queen. Haunted by their pasts, plagued by their gods, tormented by their own people and gripped by madness, their greatest foes may be themselves.
Reviewer: Sharon
Review: May 9, 2011
Black Halo by Sam Sykes is book two in the Aeons' Gate series. I read Black Halo first and actually went out and bought the first book, Tome of the Undergates, the next night as I enjoyed it so much. After the events of the previous book, Lenk and his five companions have set sail to bring the accursed relic away from the demonic Kraken Queen. And the tension is rising among the group of adventurers. It is on
Tome of the Undergates
Adventurer.
The name never uttered without scorn, they are long loathed for their knowledge of nothing beyond violence and greed and their utter disregard for human life, least of all their own.
And Lenk, a young man with a sword in his hand and a voice in his head, counts them as his closest company.
Charged with retrieving the Tome of the Undergates, a written key to a world long forgotten by mankind and home to creatures determined to return, Lenk is sent after ancient evangelical demons, psychotic warrior women and abominations lost to myth. Against them, he has but two weapons: a piece of steel and five companions as eager to kill each other as they are to help him.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Sep 1, 2010
Genre(s): Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Fantasy
Tome of the Undergates was an.....interesting read. It had a good pace, a decent storyline, and the characterization was reasonable. I think the book has about even chances for success as not. What do I mean by that?
To start with, what I liked about the book. It provides a reasonable quest storyline - the adventurers are looking for a tome which, if in the wrong hands, could let loose lots of nasty things o
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