false 2457253 7 <p align="center">We do not fear the flame, though it burns us,<br />We do not fear the fire, though it consumes us,<br />And we do not fear its light,<br />Though it reveals the darkness of our souls,<br />For therein lies our power.<br /> -- Blood Oath of the Iron Elves<P>First in a stunning debut series,<I> A Darkness Forged in Fire</i> introduces an unforgiving world of musket and cannon...bow and arrow...magic, diplomacy, and oaths -- each wielding terrible power in an Empire teetering on the brink of war.<P>In this world, Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is looked upon as anything but ordinary. He's murdered a Viceroy, been court-martialed, seen his beloved regiment disbanded, and finally been banished in disgrace to the one place he despises the most -- the forest.<P>Now, all he wants is to be left alone with his misery...but for Konowa, nothing is ever that simple. The mysterious and alluring Visyna Tekoy, the highborn daughter of an elfkynan governor, seeks him out in the dangerous wild with a royal decree that he resume his commission as an officer in Her Majesty's Imperial Army, effective immediately.<P>For in the east, a falling Red Star heralds the return of a magic long vanished from the earth. Rebellion grows within the Empire as a frantic race to reach the Star unfolds. It is a chance for Konowa to redeem himself -- even if the entire affair appears doomed to be a suicide mission...<P>and that the soldiers recruited for the task are not at all what he expects. And worse, his key adversary in the perilous race for the Star is the dreaded Shadow Monarch -- a legendary elf-witch whose machinations for absolute domination spread deeper than Konowa could ever imagine.... 2464448 book 8 7 2008 Iron Elves: A Darkness Forged in Fire total:125|5:19|4:41|3:44|2:16|1:5| 125 428 238 42 3 1 false true Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 19:42:18 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 20:45:26 -0700 2008
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1. Some fantasy authors do a great job introducing the readers to a different world filled with magic and mythical beings. ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 21:57:54 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 22:07:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 22 03:56:18 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 04:20:46 -0700 2009
I was standing in line at the library with a tall stack of books in my hand when I saw this eye catching blue colored b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:45:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:55:57 -0700 2009
Evans, in the true to form Lord of the Rings inheritence, has his pointy eared elves who love trees and speak without using contracti...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 15:10:09 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:19:07 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 19:05:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 22:14:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:59:36 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 14:46:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 16:41:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 15:21:34 -0700 2009 A Darkness Forged in Fire is a mish-mash of images evocative of the American Civil War, Legolas, and Aragorn. About the only thing either of those have in common with Konowa Swift Dragon--implied cover art figure and protagonist--is the Elvishness and choi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 22:18:53 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 00:32:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 11:08:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:51:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 04:11:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 06:49:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 07:17:47 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:33:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 20:41:25 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 20:42:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:03:33 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 14:38:17 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 09 12:58:48 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 20:56:11 -0800 2009
And there's my love of people doing interesting things with high fantasy tropes. This is essentially a book about a typical high/epic-fantasy type world... it's got humans and elves an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 11:56:49 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 06:02:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:44:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:49:09 -0700 2009
There are a lot of characters that come and go but I liked the ones that were the "main" ones. The whole elve...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 18:30:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 18:30:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 19:59:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 21:16:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6514711