The Dark Tide

Look, this book is like eating a rhubarb pie made by your friend, where you weren't expecting rhubarb pie (or maybe you did because you read the introduction), and you're surprised and kind of pissed because you thought only your grandmother could make rhubarb pie, and you always brag about how your......more

This is one of my all time favorite Fantasy trilogies. I think of it as a better lord of the rings. I actually read this series before I read Lord of the rings which is probably why I can commit what others will consider lunacy and rate this Higher than Tolkiens work. Yes there are many similarities......more

Some people used to call it plagiarism, me, I call it a loving homage.......more

I loved this series. I really don't get what everyone is being such a whino for. He clearly says how he respects Tolkien and used his framework. Plus, it was written pretty well. Tuck was such a courageous character with a humble outlook, and Galen and Danner, poor 'ol Danner. He didn't go into the......more

I learned you can re-do what another has done, and in style, and make it wholly your own without diminishing or insulting the original in the slightest. I don't enjoy McKiernan's Iron Tower trilogy in the same way as The Lord of the Rings, but it is, in its own way and on its own terms, every bit as......more