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The Erevis Cale Trilogy (Forgotten Realms)
by
Paul S. Kemp (Goodreads Author)
From the mean streets of Sembia ...
Erevis Cale might just seem like just another loyal butler for just another wealthy family in the merchant realm of Sembia, but he has always been a whole lot more than that. When the world itself is threatened, Erevis Cale takes it personally, and takes the fight all the way to the Plane of Shadow.
This massive trade paperback omnibus edi...more
Erevis Cale might just seem like just another loyal butler for just another wealthy family in the merchant realm of Sembia, but he has always been a whole lot more than that. When the world itself is threatened, Erevis Cale takes it personally, and takes the fight all the way to the Plane of Shadow.
This massive trade paperback omnibus edi...more
Paperback, 768 pages
Published
June 1st 2010
by Wizards of the Coast
(first published 2010)
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I finished the first book out of this three-part omnibus yesterday. It was quite good! The depictions of the different towns and locales was especially good, and Kemp really pulls you into the environment his characters are in.
The short story at the beginning, All the Sinners, Saints, does a tidy job showing off Cale and Riven without getting long winded. It neatly shows Cale's powers as a cleric of Mask, his discomfort at Riven being brought into the fold, as it were, and shows off a bit of th...more
The short story at the beginning, All the Sinners, Saints, does a tidy job showing off Cale and Riven without getting long winded. It neatly shows Cale's powers as a cleric of Mask, his discomfort at Riven being brought into the fold, as it were, and shows off a bit of th...more
I have not read very many Forgotten Realms books other than R.A. Salvatore, which are all pretty awesome. When we wanted to start another series in the same genre (in between Drizzt books) we picked up the first couple of the Forgotten Realm: Sembia series, seeing it as a way to be introduced to a bunch of different authors in the genre. That worked rather well.
Erevis Cale is a character introduced in the first Sembia book, written by Paul S. Kemp. He did something with this character that I fou...more
Erevis Cale is a character introduced in the first Sembia book, written by Paul S. Kemp. He did something with this character that I fou...more
The Erevis Cale Trilogy Omnibus by Paul S. Kemp- This omnibus contains The Erevis Cale Trilogy along with two short stories. The Erevis Cale Trilogy consists of Twilight Falling, Dawn of Night, and Midnight's Mask. The two short stories are “And All the Sinners, Saints”, which was previously seen in Dragon Magazine #297, and “Soulbound”, which is found in the Realms of the Dragons anthology. The stories take place in the Forgotten Realm universe, which is a setting in Dungeons and Dragons. The s...more
I. Love. Erevis Cale. Full stop.
The trilogy managed to keep me engaged from start to finish. Characters I didn't much care for (Jak Fleet) I ended up loving by the end.
Let's face it, it's popcorn reading. It didn't challenge me. It wasn't complicated. The plot twists were a delight and I found myself shouting at the book a couple of times saying 'OH NO YOU DIDN'T' which is why I have ended up loving this book so much. Kemp managed to make me love these characters to the point I really was full...more
The trilogy managed to keep me engaged from start to finish. Characters I didn't much care for (Jak Fleet) I ended up loving by the end.
Let's face it, it's popcorn reading. It didn't challenge me. It wasn't complicated. The plot twists were a delight and I found myself shouting at the book a couple of times saying 'OH NO YOU DIDN'T' which is why I have ended up loving this book so much. Kemp managed to make me love these characters to the point I really was full...more
This book not only contains the amazing Twilight Falling, Dawn of Night, and Midnight’s Mask into one book, it also has two other harder to find short stories called "All the sinners saints" and "soulbound".
I have the single stories that are in this trilogy and had to find the short stories from other sources such as back issued dragon magazine. I definitly had to pick this up to have them all contained in one really nice addition.
They are all really great stories. Kemp has a way of sucking you...more
I have the single stories that are in this trilogy and had to find the short stories from other sources such as back issued dragon magazine. I definitly had to pick this up to have them all contained in one really nice addition.
They are all really great stories. Kemp has a way of sucking you...more
Kemp is without a doubt the best author in the Forgotten Realms, I found him because he wrote the last book in Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen series, and after that, how could I not read this? Twisted and grimy, Kemp paints fantastic characters, scenery, everything. It's probably the darkest thing I've read in the FR, and easily the best written. Most writers in the FR write about it (the FR), their stories being inseparable from the mythos of the realm itself. It's true that Kemp's story w...more
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Paul’s Erevis Cale Trilogy was my first introduction to Forgotten Realms, and to Wizards of the Coast, earlier this year, and it’s turned into a fascination with the entire setting that just refuses to go away. I haven’t read as much within it as I’d like, but the stuff I’ve read has been fairly good so this fascination is definitely here to stay. Plus Paul is an excellent writer in my opinion. This is another from-memory review so if I get anything wrong,...more
Paul’s Erevis Cale Trilogy was my first introduction to Forgotten Realms, and to Wizards of the Coast, earlier this year, and it’s turned into a fascination with the entire setting that just refuses to go away. I haven’t read as much within it as I’d like, but the stuff I’ve read has been fairly good so this fascination is definitely here to stay. Plus Paul is an excellent writer in my opinion. This is another from-memory review so if I get anything wrong,...more
The Erevis Cale Trilogy is an omnibus edition of the series by Paul S Kemp. It consists of the books Twilight Falling, Dawn of Night and Midnight's Mask as well as 2 short stories that lend to the trilogy. The story is set in the D&D world of the Forgotten Realms. The only other readings in the Forgotten Realms that I have done is R.A. Salvatore Dark Elf and Icewind Dale trilogies. Both of these feature Salvatore's seminal Drizzt Do'Urden as their central character.
Erevis Cale's adventures t...more
Erevis Cale's adventures t...more
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I like the fact that the main character is finally more like a normal person and not some supreme moral god who can't do anything offensive. I find Erevis Cale much more relatable than characters like drizzt (except in the newest drizzt novels).
Pretty good, for a fantasy book. Seems like the editor(s) could have worked a bit harder to fix easy mistakes (did he "nock" or "knock" an arrow?), but on the whole it was good enough to finish. The last book was the best of the three.
Worth the reading, but won't read again.
Drasek Riven > Drizz't Do'Urden...
Great story, great characters and villians. Looking forward to the next series.
Cheers,
Al
Cheers,
Al
Excellent. Never read anything by Paul Kemp before, but I surely will be looking for his work again.
Really enjoyed the trilogy.
Really enjoyed the trilogy.
This is a continuation of the characters first introduced in the Sembia series novel, Shadow's Witness, in the FR cosmology. People who wish to read this book would be advised to first check out the previous one if they want to fully grasp what's going on in this one.
Good read, entertaining. Interesting characters and story.
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