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Title: Avenger Series: Blades of the Moonsea, Forgotten Realms Author: Richard Baker Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars Genre: SFF Pages: 369 Synopsis: The Hullmasters are under attack, even while in exile. Gerun decides that NOW is the time to take Hullburg back from the usurpers. But it isn't just a rogue Elven magician with a vendetta against Gerun that the Hulmasters must contend with, the Black Magician Knights are involved as well. My Thoughts: This was a good solid ending to this trilogy. There wasn't as much high seas adventures, but the magical golems and the fight in the shadow realm more than made up for that. The "romance" was satisfactorily wrapped up as well, but to be honest, it felt very tacked on, ever since the first book in fact. This was not a fantastic fantasy series, but it was solid and enjoyable. Baker is a good author and I wish more Forgotten Realms series/books were written as well as this one. " ( )

This was a decent, if somewhat predictable ending to the trilogy. This is based on the 'new' 4th edition world of The Forgotten Realms, and the characters and mechanics are based on the Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition game system. That isn't tremendously obvious unless you are a big fan of the game, though it does dictate some of the action. Geran and his family were forced out of town and out of power at the end of the previous book, and he has to defeat his enemies and return the family to their rightful place, while restoring his home town to normalcy. The focus is mostly on Geran and his adventures, everything else is a subplot. I enjoyed this, it was a fun book to read, and the characters are worth rooting for. ( )