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    <body><![CDATA[There are so many high points to this novel that I don’t even know where I should start. The author provides an absolutely amazing story that just keeps getting better as you read it. The determination of the heroes coupled with their increased desperation to find a cure is expertly written and yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2794717">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book (yes, I read them before Magician was split into 2 books) focuses on Prince Arutha's quest to save his beloved. The tale is a powerful one; enough to make you feel the prince's pain, anguish, and hope. You'll grow to love all of the characters that Feist superbly brings to life, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73740844">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Feist's single best book to date, I've felt for years. Evil assassins, who turn out to be allied with the darkest of magic, are out to murder the prince, and get the princess instead; a small team, including precocious former-thief-and-everyones-favorite-character Jimmy the Hand, must make a harrowi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54373911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For me this was the series that got me hooked on reading. I had an English teacher in high school that would let us write 2 book reports per quarter which got you a C over all in the class. So all I did for a year was read in class, write the reports and take the test blind. Got an A ;-)<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6297845">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, but I still need to complain about the over obvious parings in this series of books. It was a little annoying how someone would say, “Hey, she’s pretty,” and then their married by the end of the book…<br/><br/>I mean really.<br/><br/>However, I really liked the short little fairy t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38694162">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I liked this a bit more than the other books in the series.  I thought that the &quot;quest&quot; was one of the better written ones I've read in fantasy since there was more reliance on stealth than brute force.  I'm excited to read the remainder of the series.<br/><br/>There were a few pro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21820378">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not really bad, some nice moments, characters I really liked, but I have a feeling I wouldn't have liked it so much if the characters weren't so damn likeable and if I hadn't seen them &quot;grow up&quot; in the first book.<br/><br/>You'll like this one if you liked the first, but in terms of plot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41125719">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Knowing how much I had enjoyed reading David Eddings Early work my brother recommended these highly to me so I read them with great expectation. Which may explain why I found them to be such a great disappointment. <br/><br/>Just you usually every day high fantasy. The fact that I remember little ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67517321">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Got a quarter of the way through this book and had a nightmare so stopped reading.  It wasn't like it was that graphic or that scary, really. I'm just a wuss.  Really liked the characters by now in the third book, though.  Too bad I won't get to know them better.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Continuation of the Riftwar saga, in which Prince Arutha is targeted for assassination by a mysterious foe and Jimmy the Hand is promoted to leading character status.<br/><br/>Jimmy is by far and away my favourite focal point of the series so far (being a thief with attitude, it was bound to be th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47979578">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished up Silverthorn, book three in the Riftwar Saga.  While Fiest is not the same in style to other authors I have read, but thus far I have enjoyed his writing.  This book is packed with action constantly leaving the reader to wonder, how will our hero's fare this go round.  Definately w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71395472">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Definetely my favorite of the series so far.  It jumps right into action, the plot is getting really interesting and starting to come together nicely.  Some new secondary characters who I like a lot.  A great novel for any fantasy lover.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Always a pleasure to read this series.  And to re-read.  Good characters, some stereotypes though.  Some actual deadly danger to them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Prince Arutha, Jimmy the Hand (squire), and the musician enter enemy territory to find silverthorn and save Arutha's wife.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess  Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of  Krondor.<br/><br/>To save his beloved,  Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called  Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and  forbidding land of the  Spellweavers.<br/><br/>Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever  young thief, he wil confront an ancient evil and do  battle with the dark powers that threaten the  enchanted realm of Midkemia.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Solid story. Loved the hint to zombies, and these scenes were undoubtedly the best and most engaging. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wished he would have focused more on the original characters but the new ones are interesting enough  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Third book in the Riftwar Saga, following the two volumes of Magician. This time the focus is on Prince Arutha and his quest for a rare plant to save the life of a loved one. An oddball in the series, in that the focus is narrower and more personal than the grand, sweeping canvas and epic battles of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67924165">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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