Into the Forge
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A fell and ancient sorcery has thrust the kingdoms surrounding the mighty Grimwall mountains into battle with forces of great evil. When Tip and Beau, two Warrows from the village of Twoforks, try to save a mortally wounded soldier, they inherit a vital mission. The dying swordsman gives them a simple copper coin and a cryptic message: “Take the coin east to Agron, and warn all.”
But the East holds terrors beyond anything Tip and Beau have ever known. Modru, the black Mage, has begun his violent reign over the Free Folk—and unleashed his army of deadly emissaries on the young Warrows. Now Tip and Beau’s mysterious quest has become a matter of life and death. For their momentous arrival in Agron will signal a war that threatens to destroy worlds far beyond their beloved Mithgar.
“Some of the finest imaginative action.”—Columbus Dispatch
“Evocative and compelling. Storytelling at its best.”—Jennifer Roberson
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Brimming with insubstantial stock fantasy characters, this sequel to last year's Into the Forge does, however, boast lots of plot. Our heroes, the warrows--short people reminiscent of hobbits but without the charm--take to heart the prophecy, "Seek the aid of those not men to quench the fires of war," and spend much of their time with various supernatural creatures. Two-dimensional elves, dwarves, stone giants, magical wolves, warrior maidens and a host of good guys battle the forces of darkness and win only because of the quick thinking of the height-challenged heroes. Warrows Tipperton Thistledown and Beau Darby are on a quest to find the High King and deliver a token to him. Traveling the length of their beloved land, they plod from ambush to battle, striving to save the lives of their friends and stay one step ahead of the dread Modru and his Swarm. Plagues and pitfalls notwithstanding, the brave, half-pint warriors prove their mettle again and again as they are befriended by taller people of every ilk. Even with a war going on, romance blossoms, and, as one would expect, evil is eventually vanquished so that laughter and song can again peal forth across the land. What hath Tolkien wrought?
