Fantasy Books

 

Title: Into the Fire Book II of the Hel's Crucible Duology

Author: Dennis L. McKiernan

Summary: As the Foul Folk spread their evil across the kingdoms of Mithgar, two Warrows, bound by a pledge to a dying swordsman, continue their venture into the very jaws of the conflict ravaging the world. Yet Tip and Beau do not travel alone.

Beset on all sides by creatures of legend, by Elves, Dwarves, mages, a pack of Silver Wolves and their mysterious leader, warrior maidens, and Hidden Ones, Tip and Beau struggle to keep their world from falling into darkness as the vast armies of Modru lead them into the very crucible of HEL...

Review: What's the sequel to Into the Forge have that might stem some sort of interest? A mysterious copper coin that is not really important at all with the story but it acts as an escape goat, two Warrows who unnecessarily cry at any moment there's a death, pointless dialogues, stretching of the point of the story, unexcused emotional scenes that are not worthwhile, and incomprehensible ending are all negative aspects of this book. Yes, it has all these negatives from the other book. It's like Dennis McKiernan tries to spark excitement at the expense of his characters whose characteristics could have been better exploit. He uses them without any regard whatsoever. What I mean is that he uses all these different races of characters and putting them all together in a struggle that seems ridiculous in a story that is not interesting. The characters that are suppose to be mysterious aren't mysterious at all. There are no suspense, intellectual dialogues, or realistic characters. The only thing I thought that was somewhat interesting were the Silver Wolves. But other than that, the characters are not believable at all and everything that they do resembles that of a Saturday cartoon. There was no realism in this book, just lots of annoyance. It was a really, truly disappointing novel in my opinion.

Rating: 5 out of 10