Product Description

The Earth King, Gaborn Val Orden, has roamed to the ends of the known world to preserve his people, but the life-draining powers he has embraced have finally taken their toll. His death leaves his young son Fallion at the mercy of his enemies. But Fallion is no ordinary prince, with no ordinary enemies, but is a reincarnation of an immensely powerful immortal. Known as the torch-bearer, Fallion is fated to engage with an ancient evil across the many ages of his existence. Now, without his father's protection, powerful supernatural forces will seek to prevent him waking to his full powers - and the land of the Runelords will become their battlefield. At stake is not just a single world and Gaborn's hard-won legacy of peace, but the very foundations of creation ...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25892 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Customer Reviews

David Farland does it again..........
I got this book thinking that David Farland couldn't surpass the excellent earlier Runelord books (the thought of the use forcibles makes my toes curl up!!!) but having started reading this book a couple of days ago I have nearly finished it. It is abolutely wonderful, just one of those books you can slide inside the pages and live. Fallion, son of Gaborn, is a really great character and the whole thing moves at a tremendous pace and is exciting and interesting at every turn. PLEASE CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE MR FARLAND?????

Another allnighter
I consider the Runelord books, all of them, original and exciting. Strong story line, excelent charactarization and always leaving me wanting more. This one fits in perfectly with all the rest. Good, well written entertainment

Nowhere near the standard of before
This book seemed hurried to get nowhere. Although the inner turmoil of Fallion is in some ways a novel idea... the book is slow, the bad guys are far more obvious (from being anything or anyone to big bad monsters) and thus less interesting. The overall story although probably leading to somewhere (in later books) was weak. X years go missing towards the end. a massive battle happens that was devoid of all drama and tension.

I was looking for some of the skill that made me really fall in love with the Runelord books.

The end of this book could have started a whole new story.. instead of this "filler" time wasting book.

2 stars... pointless.