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katikatNach dem Zerfall des magischen Verbunds bringt die geheimnisvolle Flüssigkeit namens Maliande das uralte Machtgefüge von Rokals Lande durcheinander: Plötzlich erforschen Menschen die Magie, und die verschollen geglaubten Drachen ziehen am Himmel wieder ihre Kreise. Inmitten dieser Wirren verschlägt es den jungen Nahim in ein namenloses Tal, wo er sich in die Heilerin Lehen verliebt. Doch weder Lehen noch Nahim ahnen, wie eng ihr Schicksal mit dem Geheimnis des Maliandes verbunden ist, und dass sie längst in tödlicher Gefahr schweben. Denn Horden von Orks, einst die willenlosen Sklaven des Verbunds, sind auf der Suche nach einer neuen Heimat. Und hinter ihnen schließt der Winter die letzte Pforte des Tals ...
Review: Some time ago, I came up with a strategy: To be fair, I will give every book exactly 100 pages to get me interested somehow. In something. If that doesn't happen, I will drop the book - and "Maliande - The Call of the Dragon" is the first victim.
Boring doesn't even begin to cover it. 100 pages and nothing interesting happens. The characters are bland. The story doesn't move forward the tiniest bit. Basically, the whole Part I - which is the 100 pages - takes place in a valley. Three men come in, one's injured. Lehen, the daughter of the farmer who offers them a place to stay, treats the injured man's wounds and falls for one of his companions, Nahim. She helps her sister with a childbirth. The men chase away a band of orcs. The men leave. That's 100 pages of nothing at all! I mean, other reviews say that the book gets really good once Nahim returns home but why should I be obliged to trudge through hundreds of pages to "get to the good part?" No, thank you.
Review: Some time ago, I came up with a strategy: To be fair, I will give every book exactly 100 pages to get me interested somehow. In something. If that doesn't happen, I will drop the book - and "Maliande - The Call of the Dragon" is the first victim.
Boring doesn't even begin to cover it. 100 pages and nothing interesting happens. The characters are bland. The story doesn't move forward the tiniest bit. Basically, the whole Part I - which is the 100 pages - takes place in a valley. Three men come in, one's injured. Lehen, the daughter of the farmer who offers them a place to stay, treats the injured man's wounds and falls for one of his companions, Nahim. She helps her sister with a childbirth. The men chase away a band of orcs. The men leave. That's 100 pages of nothing at all! I mean, other reviews say that the book gets really good once Nahim returns home but why should I be obliged to trudge through hundreds of pages to "get to the good part?" No, thank you.
