The Scrolls of the Ancients
Volume III of the Chronicles of Blood and Stone
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Publisher Description
“Plenty of adventure and magic . . . continues Robert Newcomb’s tradition of mixing adventure with an interesting and well-realized magical world.”—SF Site
Prince Tristan and his twin sister, Shailiha, are the Chosen Ones, prophesied to unite the opposing magics of the dark Vagaries and the benevolent Vigors. But before they can fulfill their destiny, they must search out the mysterious Scrolls of the Ancients which hold the key to unlocking great mystical secrets. They are not the only ones on a dire quest.
Krassus, a devoted servant of the Vagaries, has located one of the Scrolls and through it has attained great and ominous powers. Now he needs but one thing: a man who unknowingly possesses magic in his blood almost as potent as that of the Chosen Ones. Tristan and Shailiha must find that man before Krassus’s dark enchantments turn him into the most dangerous weapon of evil the world has ever known—if it’s not already too late. . . .
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Too much exposition and characters less developed than in earlier installments mar the fast-paced final volume in Newcomb's Chronicles of Blood and Stone fantasy trilogy, set in the strife-torn realm of Eutracia. In the first book, The Fifth Sorceress (2002), Prince Tristan was forced to kill his own parents to save them from torture. In the second, The Gates of Dawn (2003), he had to battle his son, Nicholas, who had died and then been brought back to life devoted to evil. Here, just when Tristan was running out of family to feud with, Newcomb introduces his long-lost half-brother Wulfgar, a decent sort who's turned into an evil master of the Vagaries, who represent the dark side of magic. In the end, Tristan and his sister Shailiha fail to fulfill a major prophecy, a lack of resolution that will encourage many readers to continue reading this series that started out with so much promise.
