Mass Market Paperback, 796 pages
English language
Published July 1, 1994 by DAW.
The evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King are beginning their final preparations for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries, drawing King Elias ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world.
As the Storm King’s power grows and the boundaries of time begin to blur, the loyal allies of Prince Josua struggle to rally their forces at the Stone of Farewell. There, too, Simon and the surviving members of the League of the Scroll have gathered for a desperate attempt to unravel mysteries from the forgotten past.
For if the League can reclaim these age-old secrets of magic long-buried beneath the dusts of time, they may be able to reveal to Josua and his army the only means of striking down the unslayable foe....
Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy but too sprawling and unfocused for most of the book.
Very well executed creative writing 101, with ideas stolen from all over the place. It would be entertaining if one didn't know absolutely all of the tropes. Unfortunately for Williams, I know them.
Admittedly, my rating is based on my read through the book twenty years ago, and a look at a summary to refresh my memory.
Sadly, I hadn't yet learned to just stop reading books that I wasn't enjoying, and slogged through this and it's companion volume still hoping for at least a good payoff at the end. It wasn't worth it.
