Shadow of a Dark Queen
Book One of the Serpentwar Saga

Weirdly, this might be my least favorite fantasy by Feist. I'm usually quite happy with them. Interesting characters, great locations, solid adventures, great plots. And generally, the worldbuilding is something quite good. So what happened here? A confluence of factors that may not bother other peop......more

Maybe even 4.5 stars You like fantasy. You have never read Raymond Feist. You are seriously missing out. While you are waiting the next 10 years for George R. R. Martin to finish the Game of Thrones series, you should check this one out. And, this one is already finished (you can read all 30 in the se......more

(This is a review of the whole series. No spoilers other than what can be inferred from the existence of four books and their titles.) The Serpentwar Saga is a series of four books set in Feist's Riftwar Universe. I warn you now: if you haven't read The Riftwar Saga, then I strongly suggest that you......more

Retko ko tako skolski gradi pricu i karaktere kao Rejmond Fajst, valjda je zato i bio u mogucnosti da napise veliki broj knjiga u Riftwar serijalu. Nijedna od tih knjiga nije losa, sta vise neke su vanserijske! Medjutim malo po malo Fajst gubi adute, deluje kao da samo stanca stranice po vec dobro o......more

Shadow of a Dark Queen is the first book in yet another subseries of Raymond E. Feist’s very long Riftwar Cycle. This is one of the two remaining subseries that I had previously read, and it’s the one I remembered least favorably, but I actually enjoyed this book quite a bit this time around. I reme......more