Pathfinder Tales: Pathfinder Tales: Plague of Shadows (Paperback)

from patrickgarson

Jones has a real talent for fantasy novels that both conform and undermine cliche at the same time. A Plague of Shadows continues this trend, being on a the one hand a very typical D&D "campaign" novel, and on the other undermining that discourse. It makes for a nice read as the overall shape is ...

from pmcnamee67

Good adventuring with a nice angle, as someone else noted, "what happens when elves get too old for this s*&^?" A blend of D&D adventuring with tones of Jirel of Jory and the western, Unforgiven. The payoffs here are setup through characters, hard truths and exposed lies. I look forward to Jones ...

from VincentDarlage

The writing was excellent, and the plot twists actually surprised me. The only faults I found with the novel had nothing to do with the writing, but are faults with the genre - largely, I don't like healing magic. I think it takes away from the peril. Imagine if John McClain had access to healing...