The Dark Remains: Bk. 3 (Last Rune S.) - Softcover

Anthony, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684860422 ISBN 13: 9780684860428

Publisher: Earthlight, 2001

Synopsis

Travis Wilder and Grace Beckett have returned to modern Earth to get medical help for the injured Beltan, a knight from the otherworld of Eldh. Meanwhile on Eldh a nameless evil has begun to annihilate the very gods. Somehow Travis and Grace must get back to Eldh and save the otherworld.

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Review

The Dark Remains, the third volume of Mark Anthony's The Last Rune sequence, shares with its predecessors Beyond the Paleand The Keep of Fire, a strong sense of two worlds and the rules by which they operate. Our own world is one where reason holds sway, but is not the only factor. As Travis and Grace struggle to save the wounded knight Beltan, whom they have brought through a portal from his own world, they have to deal not only with hospital bureaucracies, but also with powerful business interests who are as prone to using magically modified hunting beasts as they are crooked evangelists and sophisticated bugging equipment. Much of what is going on in the magical world of Eldh, from the murder of gods to the jockeying of priests and royal advisors for prestige, is best understood through reason as well: the former goddess Melia proves a competent detective. Anthony effectively balances a large cast of flawed well-intentioned characters and some interesting villains, many of whom know no more than the heroes what ultimately is going on; the set pieces of violent and magical action are involving and exciting as well as psychologically and emotionally plausible.--Roz Kaveney

Review

"A well-told fantasy tale."
-- Booklist

"Rousing and exciting. Action packed from the opening chapter to the ultimate climax."
-- Science Fiction Chronicle

Don't miss Books One and Two of The Last Rune:

Beyond the Pale

Named the Best First Fantasy Novel by the Rocky Mountain News

The Keep of Fire

"Offers a diverse cast of characters and a well-realized world in which the expected does not happen. Anthony is unsparing of the details of castle life, enriching the book with a solid sense of place and time."
-- Robin Hobb

"A stunningly rich novel filled with magic, intrigue, great character, horror and humor."
-- Michael Stackpole

Available wherever Bantam Spectra Books are sold

Look for Mark Anthony's next fantasy novel in spring 2002:

Blood of Mystery

Edition details

• Publisher: Earthlight
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684860422
• ISBN 13: 9780684860428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544