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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7842236" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#020 The Coral Kingdom by Douglas Niles (Druidhome Trilogy Book 2) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 25/10/19 to 27/10/19</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]115289[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Book 2- and it's a lot better than the first one, I raced through it- although I was stuck on a train for three hours so that accounted for over half of the novel getting read. Don't get me wrong, it's not a great novel but it stays the course. It helps that there's pretty much one journey style quest that runs throughout, and we're along for the ride. The King (Tristan) has been captured, and is imprisoned beneath the sea in the entitled Coral Kingdom, home to the aquatic nasty bastards the Sahuagin. So, (Princess) Alicia, her three puppy dog lovers/followers- (Earl) Hanrald, (Prince) Brandon & (Teacher/Wizard) Keane in tow- along with the usual crew (Robyn, Pawldo etc.) head out to adventure.</p><p></p><p>Talos the Destroyer has hired in some help from Malar the Beastlord- who unleashes the Ityak-Ortheel (known as the Elf-Eater to his friends) a massive Otyugh-style monster that true to its name- eats Elves (if there was a film it would be played by Ray Winstone), it knocks them down and then hoovers 'em up with its mouth/proboscis (good eating). The fight to ward off this beast takes up fifty plus pages of the text, the thing is damn near unkillable. </p><p></p><p>The Nameless Priest is also back although he's now known as Coss-Axell-Sinioth (CAS), which I presume is an anagram for something (or possibly just the author reminding the reader of his previous incarnations). CAS now takes the form of a giant squid, which is possibly a promotion. There's also a Sahuagin King/Baron, and a Scrag of similar rank, and obviously a horde of other underling nasties. In the background King Tristan's moody daughter Deidre watches the action through her scrying mirror, the reader is often left wondering which side of the fight she's going to jump in on- although when CAS starts showing up more you know Deidre's going to nail him at some point.</p><p></p><p>And on it goes- as I said at the start it fair rips along, and we get to go and see Evermeet, the mortal kingdom of the Elves, which is great- exactly as you expected it to be, but great nevertheless. That's it really- King Tristan escapes the clutches of the Sahuagin/Scrags, and the forces of good win the day. There's a nice bit when the Elves magic up the longboat so that it now functions as a submarine (for a bit), a great undersea battle, and eventually a nasty incident with Deidre and the magical scrying mirror- but that's for next time.</p><p></p><p>Read!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7842236, member: 16069"] [B]#020 The Coral Kingdom by Douglas Niles (Druidhome Trilogy Book 2) Read 25/10/19 to 27/10/19[/B] [ATTACH]115289[/ATTACH] Book 2- and it's a lot better than the first one, I raced through it- although I was stuck on a train for three hours so that accounted for over half of the novel getting read. Don't get me wrong, it's not a great novel but it stays the course. It helps that there's pretty much one journey style quest that runs throughout, and we're along for the ride. The King (Tristan) has been captured, and is imprisoned beneath the sea in the entitled Coral Kingdom, home to the aquatic nasty bastards the Sahuagin. So, (Princess) Alicia, her three puppy dog lovers/followers- (Earl) Hanrald, (Prince) Brandon & (Teacher/Wizard) Keane in tow- along with the usual crew (Robyn, Pawldo etc.) head out to adventure. Talos the Destroyer has hired in some help from Malar the Beastlord- who unleashes the Ityak-Ortheel (known as the Elf-Eater to his friends) a massive Otyugh-style monster that true to its name- eats Elves (if there was a film it would be played by Ray Winstone), it knocks them down and then hoovers 'em up with its mouth/proboscis (good eating). The fight to ward off this beast takes up fifty plus pages of the text, the thing is damn near unkillable. The Nameless Priest is also back although he's now known as Coss-Axell-Sinioth (CAS), which I presume is an anagram for something (or possibly just the author reminding the reader of his previous incarnations). CAS now takes the form of a giant squid, which is possibly a promotion. There's also a Sahuagin King/Baron, and a Scrag of similar rank, and obviously a horde of other underling nasties. In the background King Tristan's moody daughter Deidre watches the action through her scrying mirror, the reader is often left wondering which side of the fight she's going to jump in on- although when CAS starts showing up more you know Deidre's going to nail him at some point. And on it goes- as I said at the start it fair rips along, and we get to go and see Evermeet, the mortal kingdom of the Elves, which is great- exactly as you expected it to be, but great nevertheless. That's it really- King Tristan escapes the clutches of the Sahuagin/Scrags, and the forces of good win the day. There's a nice bit when the Elves magic up the longboat so that it now functions as a submarine (for a bit), a great undersea battle, and eventually a nasty incident with Deidre and the magical scrying mirror- but that's for next time. Read! [/QUOTE]
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