Rides a Dread Legion is the latest installment written by Raymond E. Feist. This book is the first in his new series The Demonwar Saga. As with his previous novels, the story is set in Midkemia about ten years after the catalysmic events of Wrath of a Mad God. Pug, ‘the greater magician’, is once again in the midst of the action and turmoil brought upon by the return of a lost elven race, the taredhel, and the mysterious vengeful brother of a Demon Hunter called Amirantha. Pug and the Conclave are not concerned with the return of the lost elven race rather the Demon Horde that pursues them. With help of the conclave, outcasts of the taredhel and old friends Pug struggles to piece together the puzzle as time runs out and the unstoppable horde approaches. And the ever looming prophecy that Pug ‘will be doomed to watch everyone he loves die before him’ begins to become real.
Rides a Dread Legion is the not the first, nor probably the last, book I have read by Raymond E. Feist. Once again he engages the reader with vivid explanations of Midkemia and all that is encompassed within. You get the sense that Feist is absorbed in his work that alot of thought has gone into the creation of his fictional world where Magicians, Dragons and Demons are part of everyday life. As I read I found myself sympathising with the Taredhel and their troubled histroy, but at the same time revulsed by their lack of understanding. Without giving to much away, this first installment of The Demonwar Saga does not end as anticipated and that Pug has taken his first step to fulfilling his prophecy. One thing I did not like was the presence of many grammatical errors. I may not be the most literate person, yet I found the continual errors somewhat distracting. Words mispelt, wrong punctuation and words missed out all together were the majority. All in all, a good read.
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