"Fantastic epic fantasy"
On Loerem, Gustav the knight feels the danger as he
enters the magic field of a burial mound. There he sees
the dying Dominion Lord surrounded by "guardians". The
bakh-Lord has the Sovereign Stone, a magical stone everyone
wants to possess, but it was lost for a couple of
centuries. Gustav manages to work his way past each
guardian until he reaches the Dominion Lord. Gustav takes
the magical artifact, but leaves behind a non-magical ring
that contains the love he shares with his beloved. Gustav is knocked unconscious in battle and
consequently his segment of the Sovereign Stone has
resurfaced. The news leads to war among the varying
races. Every person in power or wannabees whether they are
magical or royal want to gain possession of the powerful
artifact or at least the part that Gustav found. Alliances
are broken and old hatreds and bias enflame the world with
little hope for peace. GUARDIANS OF THE LOST, volume two of the Sovereign
Stone trilogy, is an exciting epic fantasy adventure. The
story line is fast paced and the charcaters fully developed
since the readers can easily delineate the different
species due to reasonable distinct traits. Fans of role-
playing games will especially relish this novel that
mirrors the game it comes from, but other readers might
object to sidebars that embellish playing rather than
perusing. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman have written an
engaging tale that the role-playing crowd will find most
enlightening. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 7, 2001
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