When True Night Falls

from Cecrow

Whereas the first book was unique and intriguing, this "brilliant sequel" (cover blurb) is a repetitious and tiresome travelogue that serves as a prime example of middle book weakness in fantasy trilogies. Damien and Tarrant cross forbidding territory, tracking down a mysterious baddie in his hid...

from leld

I love this series. The power of thought, of suggestion. Fear and what we will do to feel safe, what we will do to survive.

from mattries37315

Following the events in the Rahklands, the three survivors of the previous book head to the mysterious East to find the power behind their defeated opponent only to discover things are more complicated than they could have imagined. When True Night Falls is the middle installment of C.S. Friedman...

from onefinemess

***SPOILER WARNING*** I was expecting it to be somewhat tedious, even though I remember it as being good when I first read it 10-15 years ago. However, I was pleasantly surprised, and it was difficult to put it down each day and pace myself through a week of lunch breaks & train rides. That being...

from Karlstar

While the middle book of some trilogies is sometimes a disappointment, this one is not. It clearly is the middle book, you need to read the 3rd book to finish the story, but this book does read well on its own. We are left a little unsatisfied at the plot and the ending, but not too much so, and ...