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Explore the unexplored - enter The Wilds of the Forgotten Realms(R)!
One hundred years ago, the Akanamere was ravaged by the Spellplague, drying the lake and leaving behind a nightmarish landscape of frozen waves, distorted creatures, and a strange being whose song drives listeners to carry out what they believe are the singer's orders. When a genasi girl is kidnapped by these fanatics, her troubled sister must brave the wilds of the Mere-That-Was to save them both from an gruesome fate.
- Sales Rank: #682289 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Wizards of the Coast
- Model: 24028
- Published on: 2009-05-05
- Released on: 2009-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.88" h x .83" w x 4.20" l, .35 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 320 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Good realms novel
By Robert "Dimndbangr" Hicks
The Restless Shore is the second book in the series of stand alone novels called The Wilds. The first book is The Fanged Crown by Jenna Helland and the next ones are The Edge of Chaos by Jak Koke due out in August and Wrath of the Blue Lady by Mel Odom with a release date of December. The Restless Shore is the third realms novel by James P. Davis. The first was Bloodwalk from The Wizards series and the second being The Shield of Weeping Ghosts from The Citadels.
The Main plot of The Restless Shore begins with the main protagonist's sister is kidnapped by a group called The Choir. Ghaelya then begins the search for her sister to rescue her. Later she is introduced to Uthalion and his partner Vaasurri by a half-elf, Brindani, who knows Uthalion in a previous and continued subplot. Other subplots involve Uthalion's past, the mystery surrounding The Choir, and a few others. There are mentions of the Aboleths. I have not read the first book in the Abolethic Sovereignty trilogy and am not sure if those sections detailing the Aboleths were from that book, so I was not familiar with them and had to look them up.
The delivery of TRS is much better than Mr. Davis' previous novels. I was captivated more by this one and was more interested to see how things played out. However, after 3/4 of the way through, I started losing interest. Everything was becoming repetitive. Travel to city ruins, get into trouble, defeat the monsters, and repeat. By the end there just didn't seem to be much closure with some of the subplots. It was as if a couple subplots were chosen to keep the conflict of certain characters just for the sake of development which there was little of that.
The characters were interesting, some more than others. I wish thee was more written about the killoren Vaasurri. I would have liked more of his background as to how he became so wise to the ways of the world with some of the things that were happening to other characters. I did like some of the weakness and faults that Mr. Davis added to a couple of his characters. As for development, aside from Brindani, the others are pretty much the same in the end.
The monsters in this book are a lot different from anything that I have read in other realms novels. Mr. Davis was able to keep a haunting horror type theme throughout this one with Lovecraftian type monsters. I really enjoyed that element of the book. The dream sequences were a bit confusing at times and I believe that Mr. Davis wrote them that way to add on an element of Lovecraft type chaos, thus making translations of the dream more difficult upon awakening.
Some criticisms:
1. Like I said earlier. Some of the subplots just seemed to be there for conflicts sake but with not real resolution. I would have liked to have a more clear cut resolution to some of the subplots.
2. Aside from a couple of characters, there was no real character development.
3. I understand the chaotic nature of dreams, especially in horror fiction, but a couple of times, they were just too chaotic and I had to re-read sections as I became lost and that took away from the flow of the book.
Some positives:
1. The flow and pacing was a lot better even with the few spots were the story bogged down a bit. There is definite improvement with Mr. Davis' writing.
2. This was not a typical realms novel to me. I liked the element of horror fiction that this one displays without having to add in vampires and such. As a fan of H. P. Lovecraft, I enjoyed the Lovecraftian horror theme.
3. The finale was superbly done. It was not an ending that I was expecting and was pleasantly surprised with the way Mr. Davis ended it.
Overall, I did enjoy TRS. I wish that I could give is 3.5 stars as it was a little above average, but still I felt that it fell short of a 4 star rating. If someone were looking to get started with reading realms books, I would recommend others to get started on. I would recommend it to those who enjoy horror fantasy. Also, hardcore realms fans will not miss it to add to their collection. With the improvement of Mr. Davis' writing, I will say that I do look forward to reading his next realms novel set in Waterdeep called Circle of Skulls with a tentative release date in June 2010.
-Dimndbangr
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
The King of Spooky Returns!
By Stefan
The Restless Shore is the second in The Wilds series, an open ended series detailing adventures in some of Faerun's untamed lands ravaged by the Spell Plague. If you check out Mr. Davis's previous work, Bloodwalk, and The Shield of Weeping Ghosts you will see why I call him the King of Spooky. His stories have a deliciously eerie feel to them that keep you glancing over your shoulder and looking under the bed before you go to sleep.
The central plot of the book is a small group journeying to Tohrepur, a city in the Splellplague changed Akanul, in search of a kidnapped girl, all the while being pursued by the relentless Choir. Two of the characters suffer from past experiences in this region that still torment them. This keeps the reader plowing through to find out what happened to them and how they will end up. There are nightmareish creatures, deadly battles, and characters that you are not sure can be trusted. All of this combined with a nightmare landscape that seems bent on destroying them.
One of the best things about this book was the pervasive feeling of dread the characters experienced. They are hounded by horrible creatures, their past, and the very landscape itself can prove fatal. It adds a certain gravity to the story that made it hard to put down.
Hats off to Mr. Davis for another excellent addition to the Forgotten Realms. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good nightmare.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
The Restless Shore by James P. Davis
By Travis Eisenbrandt
The Restless Shore by James P. Davis- This is the second book in The Wilds series of stand-alone novels set in the Forgotten Realms universe. The first novel is The Fanged Crown by Jenna Helland, the third novel is Edge of Chaos by Jak Koke, and Wrath of the Blue Lady by Mel Odom is the last. James P. Davis has written a few other novels, all set within the Forgotten Realms. They are Bloodwalk, The Shield of Weeping Ghosts, Circle of Skulls (Due out in May 2009), and has written a short story entitled "Possessions" which is found in Realms of The Dragons II anthology.
The story follows a woman on the hunt to find her kidnapped twin sister. A group of creatures called The Choir came and kidnapped the sister. Ghaelya, a genasi (which is a cross between a human and an elemental genie), is the woman in search of her sister. She comes across a half-elf named Brindani, who tells her that he knows someone that could help her find and save her sister. This man is named Uthalion, a former captain of a military force called The Keepers of the Cerulean Sign, who knows the surrounding lands well. Along with Uthalion, a killoren (which I have yet to know what they are) named Vaasurri comes along and helps the hunt. The group has to cross dangerous plagueland (caused by the "blue-fire" of the Spell Plague, which corrupted land and creatures with it's touch), deal with personal problems, and are constantly hounded by wolf-like creatures called Dreamers and their masters, The Choir. Will Ghaelya find and save her sister?
Negatives:
1) Pacing. It's terribly slow. So slow that at times I just felt bored when reading. It seemed that nothing really helped in "picking up" the pace. The fight scenes seemed to last too long, the descriptions felt like they lasted forever, and the dialogue just felt slow and clunky. For what the story is supposed to be about hurrying to find someone, you would expect it to be fast and exciting.
2) Dialogue. The conversation between characters really felt forced. It didn't help that everything seemed to be overly serious and important. I never really felt any sort of connection between the characters, except for the ones that had to be explained. They just felt like a bunch of random people coming together to do something. Not to mention that the dialogue at times didn't seem to fit the actions that were going on.
3) Past/ Present/ Dream-lines Blurred. Only in the beginning you know when one thing happened and there was an acknowledgment of the past and present. However, the rest of the story is an confusing mess. The man characters of Ghaelya, Uthalion, and Brindani always seem to dream at some random points and it really blurred the line between reality and dreams. I know what you are thinking, maybe it's meant to be that way, and I wholeheartedly agree. However, this was just done poorly. There never was a solid transition between these "scenes." They just appeared. For example, the group was walking and suddenly Ghaelya is dreaming. I should mention that it isn't day-dreaming. It really just confused me as why suddenly Ghaelya is hearing her sister's voice and seeing these red flowers when they are in some abandoned farmstead. It was just sloppy.
Positives:
1) Ghaelya and Brindani. These were the only really interesting characters. Ghaelya with her utter determination to find and rescue her obviously dead sister. She never really takes no for an answer. Her determination and gritty attitude really set her part from Uthalion's bland, generic-ness and Vaasurri's ability to just be there. However, toward the end, she becomes weaker, for lack of a better term. But, I can attribute this to the felt that she starts believing her sister is gone.Then you have Brindani. At first glance you see a generic boring soldier who doesn't seem to be any more interesting as Uthalion. However it's slowly revealed that there is a deep, disturbing nature to him. I can't give what makes him interesting away without ruining it. Needless to say, Brindani becomes more and more interesting as the story progresses.
2) Dreams. Now I know a negative I mentioned is the line between reality and dreams are really blurred. But that doesn't take away the utter awesomeness of them. They really do have the dream-like feel to them. They are just so well down and creepy at times that you just can't help to be a little frightened or freaked out. The best one is one that Ghaelya has when she is in the abandoned farmstead. Utterly brillant and creepy. However, later one they get buried in confusion and just a lack of imagination. But just the one dream sequence is worth a positive.
3) Descriptions. Yet again, I know I mentioned that the descriptions felt to long and drug down the pacing and flow, however, because of the long winded descriptions, they are very vivid. The Choir for example are just described to make them utterly creepy and alien. The surrounding area, the wilds, and other creatures are the same way. So alien yet written in a way to almost picture the foreignness of these things. I say almost because somethings, mostly the Dreamer's, don't have a good description. But on the whole, James P. Davis does do a great job at describing things.
Side Notes:
1) Genasi/ Killoren. I've read a few stories that involved genasi, and I thought that they could only be one elemental type. Yet Ghaelya's birth element (I guess I'll call it that) is fire, yet later she became a water genasi. I didn't think that made much sense, seeing as it's basically a total change of oneself, almost like an elf turning into a half-elf. Yet research has proved that genasi can master two elements. It just confused me. Then you have the killoren. What exactly are they? There wasn't any real background given and I'm unable to find anything about them.
2) Horror Fantasy? After reading this, it occurred to me that this is a really dark story. It's feels like it's bordering on horror.
3) Cover Art. It's interesting, to say the least. The floating mountains sure catch the eye but other than that it's a little to dark and bland.
Overall: 3/5
Final Thoughts:
This story barely makes a 3 out of 5. The pacing is just to slow and it left me with the feeling of not wanting to read it. Like I mentioned, for a "chase" story, it's too slow when it should be fast paced. The dialogue is overly serious, which would be okay if it flowed well, it didn't. The characters, for the most part, are bland and plain. With the exception of Ghaelya and Brindani, the characters are run of the mill. Even those two slowly become more and more plain as we reach the ending. However, most of the early dream sequences are just amazingly disturbing. While the descriptions may case the story to drag on, they really do help in painting a wonderful picture.
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