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Page Count: 480
Printing Date: October 03, 2003
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After many years of peace in the Lands of Men, there came Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds . . . and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed an entire village and everyone in it. Everyone, that is, except the young boy Arlian. Orphaned and alone, Arlian was captured by looters and sold as a mining slave. He finally escaped, fueled by years of hatred and a personal vow to bring justice to all who had wronged him.
After killing those who enslaved him, Arlian sought out The Dragon Society, whose sworn purpose was to stand against the dragon menace. It was there, among his peers, that Arlian discovered he is humanity's best hope for defeating the dragons . . . permanently.
Now, Arlian seeks his final vengeance: death to all of dragonkind. But as he begins to destroy the evil beasts, wild magic seeps into the Lands of Men, sowing chaos and destruction in its wake. Will Arlian's all-consuming quest for justice consume humanity as well? The answer may lie within his ancient foe's most lethal weapon: Dragon Venom
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This is a great conclusion to the Obsidian Chronicles! Loved the very first book, second book was great, but the third one is adventurous like the very first book and wonderful if you like daring superheros, dangerous situations and magical creatures. It is like a vacation from reality.
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I really liked the fact that LWE gave us a main character who was well and truly obsessed and determined. Things came out well for him in the end, but he truly was willing to do dark things in order to accomplish his ends. I like it a lot because too often authors will let the characters get away with only being obsessed when it lets them be nice guys. It was great to read about a character who was truly willing to go to great lengths to finish his vengeance.
The story dragged at points, but he got it done in three books and it was interesting. Well worth having read!
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I picked up Dragon Weather on a whim at a used book store. I've been hooked on LWE ever since.
LWE isn't just a writer. He's an amazing writer, and Arlian is a wonderfully complex character in a deeply interesting world.
Before I begin my review, I must tell you that there is much more to this book (and the others in this series) than meets the eye, and although the book is well written and easy to read, the issues contained within the book are not exactly a light read. This series is really a series of questions of ethics.
These books aren't just a fiction story about Arlian getting his revenge on the looters that killed his family and friends and sold him into slavery.
They're about whether the ends justify the means. In the very first book, you are told to hate the "evil" man who sold Arlian into slavery, and you are shown all the ripple of horrible circumstances that were all directly or indirectly caused by him. Sweet and Hasty and Kitten and all the other prostitutes--all women sold into slavery by their family and then disfigured. Some of them are eventually killed. All because of this "evil" man.
You are told about the horrible experiments he performs on people, the pack he made with the dragons, and given just a hint of all the people he's slaughtered throughout his lifetime.
But, the real dilema posed in the book isn't "Will Arlian get his revenge?" Nothing nearly so cut and dry.
The real dilema in the book is all in the ACTIONS.
Enziets' destruction of the little sleepy mountain town of Obsidian eventually ended up giving Arlian the tools he needed to defeat his very first (and second, and third....and fourth) dragon. Enziets disgusting experiments provided the begining and basis for Arlians own (ahh...but if you haven't read the third book yet, so you don't know about that).
The third book both anwsers all your questions as well as provoking a million more. It anwsers whether Arlian gets his revenge or not, what happens to him and Lady Rhime, and all his girls from the brothel. What happens to the duke, and tells you more about wild magic and this history of the Lands of Man and beyond. But it makes you question so much more. Do these anwsers come at to great of a price? Does Arlian realize how similar to Enziet he has become?
The very first two books set up Arlian as a character with a "chaotic Good" Alignment--someone who will do whatever they think is just and noble, whether anyone else agrees with it or not. But in this third book, That opinion is dashed to smithereens, and you seem Arlian behaving exactly--infact even more so-as diabolical as Enziet.
As much as you loved him in the very first two, You'll begin to hate him in this book.
So, As you read this series, ask yourself more than just the surface questions--IS it ok for Arlian to build a fortune at the expense of other people--even if they aren't Pure as the Drive Snow? Toribor--Belly--Wasn't neccesarily bad. And you come to learn, neither was Enziet, only single minded. IS it ok for Arlian to Kill Dragon after Dragon, even when he finds out there are more ill side effects than he ever imagined?
Think about it.
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Watt-Evans could have gone the route of Robert Jordan and dragged this story out over several books, dropping small plot advancements every so often. Instead, he runs with it. The world as you've known it in the very first two books becomes much more complex, and many things that previously had to be taken on word are explained. Plot progresses at a rapid pace through most of the book, with surprises coming often, keeping it a page-turner.
This has been one of my favorite fantasy series, alongside Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy and Melanie Rawn's Dragon Star/Prince trilogies.
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The final installment of the Obsidian chronicles does a great job of tying up the storylines from the previous two books. The character development of the main protaginist comes full circle, and the reader is left feeling satisfied with the end result.
One of personal favourite points about this book is the simmering resentment between Arlian and his best friend and steward, Black. Instead of just glossing over the Black character, Watt-Evans gives him real motivations and desires, ofentimes which don't co-incide with those of Arlian. It is a real treat to read the interactions between these two men.
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