Diablo 3: Nawałnica światła

Diablo III #6

by Nate Kenyon

Diablo 3: Nawalnica swiatla

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, Collections, Video Games

376 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2014

About the author

Nate Kenyon's latest novel is the techno-thriller Day One (Thomas Dunne/St. Martins Press). Booklist gave it a starred review, calling it "exciting and inventive." Library Journal called it a "must" and Kenyon's "scariest to date."

Kenyon grew up in a small town in Maine. His first novel, Bloodstone, received raves from places as varied as Library Journal, Fangoria, Publishers Weekly, about.com, Cemetery Dance and The Romance Studio, and praise from authors such as Brian Keene, Tim Lebbon, Douglas Clegg, Mort Castle and Rick Hautala. Bloodstone was a Bram Stoker Award finalist and and P&E Novel of the Year Award winner. It was released in paperback from Leisure Books.

Nate's second novel, The Reach, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called it "superb." The Reach is in development as a major motion picture. His third novel, The Bone Factory, and his science fiction novella, Prime, were released in 2009. The Bone Factory was called "masterful" by Booklist, and Shroud Magazine called Prime "a blistering, fast-paced tale."

Nate's fourth novel SPARROW ROCK was also optioned for film. He has written the novel StarCraft Ghost: Spectres, based on the bestselling videogame by Blizzard and published by Pocket Books, and Diablo: The Order, also based on a Blizzard game and published by Gallery Books.

Nate is one of four authors featured in the Dark Arts Books anthology When the Night Comes Down, March 2010.

Nate's dark fiction stories have appeared in various magazines such as Shroud and The Belletrist Review, and in the horror anthologies Terminal Frights, Northern Haunts, Legends of the Mountain State, and Monstrous, among others. Kenyon has worked at the Brookline Public Library in Brookline, Mass. and the Boston College Law School as their Director of Marketing & Communications. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers.

Reviews

[Thomass G.R. Bürger · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was alright. I guess it was cool to see what happened between Diablo III and Reaper of Souls, especially when it came to the angels. The characters were pretty cool, especially Zayl and Mikulov, but other than that it was a very average read in my opinion.

Maybe more die-hard Diablo fans would enjoy it. I thought I would much more, especially because of my love of Tyrael and the archangels since Diablo II, but thinking back I think i enjoyed the older Diablo novels. I feel like they could have dug deeper into the character building though, especially with the characters aforementioned as well as some of the archangels themselves. The focus was very much so onto the mission itself, which lingered on the building of it for ⅔ of the book and finally having the mission in the last couple of chapters.

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book based on an action RPG really shouldn't be dull. But this book is. Utterly dull. Maybe a half dozen action sequences in 300+ pages, and none of them are particularly exciting. There are four major characters, none of whom is noticeably different in characterization from the others (even though one is a former angel), and another half dozen characters whose names barely matter. Two females who are central characters and don't even feel like they're ever really introduced. Just really not a good book. Not bad, not poorly written, just not interesting.

[Jarosław · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really good plot filler and bridge between Diablo III and Reaper of Souls. Nothing especially thrilling, but it has its moments.

[matthew kulmac · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not the book for you.

This is not the book you are looking for. Despite being a part of the Diablo series of video games. The story attempts to control the actions of archangel s. These are the suspended actions that are the result of the eternal conflict. Tyrial a lost soul, faces the results of his failure to protect his friends, as a result of Cain's domination, and they say as much. How much you know of there existence as a paladin, has more to do with it there actions are understood.
A paladin must have devotion to a deity. Tyrial, as there character is a lost soul; deals with the knowledge that the actions of arch angels save some lives, and not others. This is a difficult situation for the vampire pri-mark, to express, because the actions they witness do not always happen for every life. In the pantheon devotion to a deity, determined divine magic. With the pantheon of cain's world, deities are often missing.This has more to do with Diablo, the Lord of terror. With missing Gods, the actions of arch angels are not even witnessed. Without devotion individuals display the talent of an adventurer, and resort to knight technology, to witness the actions of deities. Normally these actions happen in an order to resolve events in the mortal world, and Tyriel witnessed the actions as a spirit.
When it comes to trying to change things they use ElDruin, a sword used to summon angels, that can fight battles that Tyriel can not. There actions resolve.The situation for the lost soul, though the actions of divinity are still considered beyond there ability to alter.
Characters and adventurers are introduced, but they are quickly turned sside. The pantheon of cain, is simply not enough to do more than half and direct arch angels. Despite knowledge there is not another way to resolve what is witnessed, because this was clearly used by earths pantheon to remain the most powerful force of divinity.

[Michael Shields · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, this was the worst book in the series. While it was fun to have characters from previous books make an appearance and it was interesting to read elaborations on previous characters impact on the Diablo universe, this book just fell short of anything impactful. Finishing this book gave me more relief than it did satisfaction. It felt at some points that the author was trying to reach a word count due to repeating the same thoughts multiple times throughout the story (“Will our mission be over before it even begins?”)
The story itself had trouble keeping my attention. I would find my mind wandering while reading and have to force myself to keep focused but the writing was just so boring.

[Keri Honea · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's rather required reading for Reaper of Souls, and while it was interesting and I'll never look at Act V the same way again, it suffers from bland storytelling.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

More like 3.5

This is Nate Kenyon's second foray into the world of Diablo. Despite being a massive Diablo fan and buying all the extra content upon release Kenyon's last book "The Order" left me so underwhelmed I wasn't sure I wanted to bother with this book. As I'm reviewing this I currently have no memory of what "The Order" even contained, that's how forgettable it was. So, it was with some trepidation that I finally delved into "Storm of Light".

Kenyon, in my opinion, did a much better job writing "Storm of Light", but it still wasn't an amazing read over all. I don't think Kenyon can compete with the likes of Knaak or Odom who wrote previous novels. The interesting part of "Storm of Light" is that Kenyon picks up on the tale of Zayl, a character we first met in "The Kingdom of Shadow" written by Knaak. The necromancer character seemed to be so popular that he got a follow-up novel as well. The follow-up, also by Knaak, was an excellent read! So, it was kind of surprising seeing Kenyon take up the mantle of this character that was first created by another author.

"Storm of Light" is the bridge between Diablo III and the expansion Reaper of Souls, so if you've payed Diablo III you're ready to pick up this book. However, there was a five issue comic book series called "Storm of Justice" that is the back story for two of the characters in this book, Shanar and Jacob. In my review of "Storm of Justice" I mentioned Shanar being a great character, while Jacob was lack luster and pretty boring. While Kenyon tried to make the whole thing work and write Jacob as the "rising hero" type, he was still just a boring character. They try to make him be the doubting hero that will rise to the occasion, but he's just so one dimensional it's hard to read about him. That being said, I think "Storm of Light" focuses more on Tyrael and the other heroes gathered together, but if you want to get some background to all the allusions of Shanar and Jacob's past read the comic series "Sword of Justice".

"Storm of Light" is the story where Tyrael resurrects the Horadrim with all new members and gathers them together to perform a heist in the high heavens. The Black Soul Stone from Diablo III isn't destroyed, but something wrong is happening in the high heavens and Tyrael wants to do something about it. So, he gathers up a new team of Horadrim in the hopes they'll tap into their Nephalem powers when they have to. The overall story is extremely good and Kenyon did a far better job in crafting this than I remember "The Order" ever being.

All that being said... I felt like the story was a bit of a chore to read at times. Kenyon doesn't really do a great job of capturing that sort of action packed feel Diablo gets when you're playing it. This is something Knaak excelled at in the Sin War series. Another reviewer made the comment that "Storm of Light" felt flat, and I have to agree. I think if Kenyon was writing a history book, just about the Diablo universe it would have worked much better. But in terms of fast paced action, he doesn't do a good job with edge of your seat excitement. I think he got too into the lore of the universe and it felt more like a history book author.

So, if you were disappointed in "The Order", I can say that "Storm of Light" was better, but it wasn't exactly leagues better. I still enjoyed it, and if you're a big Diablo fan I think you will find merit in this book as well. I always enjoy travelling into the Diablo universe, but reading this makes me miss the books by Richard A. Knaak and Mel Odom.

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a good novel, one you'll specially appreciate if you're a fan of the saga; otherwise it might not be the best of the choices, for while the plot is compelling enough to entice you for a ride, it's nothing out of this world.
What I enjoyed the most was without a doubt Tyrael's own journey, and his unique perspective about his life now as a mortal. I've been always fascinated by High Heavens's and other angel lore in Diablo, and I'd dare say this book left me thirsting for more even!

[Marc Hedglin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Middle of the road fantasy. Not really thrilling at any point but didnt bore me to the point of giving the book up.

[Alexander Lavender · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is a subsequent story following 'the order' which I find interesting and intrigue when I was going through it. Hope to find a continuation of the story

[Caio · Rating 4 out of 5]

O livro é uma história única, entre os diablos 3 e 4.
Tem alguns pontos da história mal costurados, mas é uma leitura divertida e agradável.

[MHY]

En français "Diablo III, tempête de lumière"

[Victor Drax · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uno piensa que, por regla general, la ficción basada en otros medios, como televisión o videojuegos, es inferior a la ficción que ya tiene literatura como "medio base". Por regla general... así es. Hay libros, como la saga Dragonlance, la obra de R.A. Salvatore, o las novelas de Resident Evil, de S.D. Perry, que escapan a ese arquetipo. Pero estas novelas suelen ser hechas por comisión: se asigna a un escritor y se le da el tema. El libro sale, siempre con la idea de promocionar al producto base (quizá por eso, los libros referenciados previamente fueron buenos, porque no estaban ahí para promocionar nada).

Storm of Light está ahí para promocionar a Diablo 3 y ocurre antes de la más reciente expansión, Reaper of Souls.

No es malo, está bien escrito y te mantiene enganchado lo suficiente como para preguntarte "Qué pasa después?" y, hey, eso es suficiente. Le conseguí dos defectos: 1) Nunca temí realmente por los personajes, nunca dije "Oh, dios, van a morir". En ese sentido, no había suspenso; 2) Diablo es una serie de juegos de fantasía oscura, un libro donde los héroes suelen pagar las victorias con la vida. Este es un libro de fantasía, plain and simple. Muy en la línea, en cuanto a tono, de Diablo 3.

No es malo, como dije, yo lo vacilé todo y si eres fan de Diablo, léelo para que sepas más detalles sobre ese mundo y en particular sobre lo que ocurrió entre Diablo 3 y Reaper of Souls. Antes de leerlo, debes aceptarlo como lo que es: No es Game of Thrones, no es terriblemente elaborado. Es un libro para jóvenes, el mismo target que juega al juego. Si entras con esa mentalidad, lo vas a disfrutar.

It's good for what it is, man.

[Michael Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel chronicles the events between the end of Diablo III and the beginning of the expansion, Reaper or Souls. Diablo III ends with the Prime Evils defeated and trapped inside the Black Soulstone. The Angels take the Soulstone to the High Heavens where they can watch over it and ensure the Evils never escape.
Tyrael, the former archangel of justice realizes that Soulstone has slowly started to corrupt the heavens and the angels there. Unfortunately the angels will not listen to Tyrael so he gathers a band of adventurers to steal the stone.
The book is a good read, especially for those eagerly awaiting the continuation of the Diablo story in Reaper of Souls. I'm very interested to see how the events of this book are reflected in the game.

[Melissa Sloop · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Good introduction to Reaper of Souls

The story is great. A very nice introduction to RoS, my only complaint about this book is that some of the letters on the right margin fade out. It does not detract from the story just a peeve of my own. The story itself is great for people who want to go more into the lore of the Diablo univer se. The problem with the formatting is only for the Kindle version only.

[Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not a bad novel, but I can't imagine anyone getting anything from it who hasn't played all the Diablo games (technically 2 and 3; there is very little mention of anything from the original game). It is also is a sequel to the author's previous work "The Order" which is also set in this universe.

This serves as a narrative bridge between the end of Diablo 3 and the Expansion, Reaper of Souls. It sets up the events shown in the trailer that has been online for a few weeks.

[Brian Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a great link between the events of Diablo 3 and its newly released expansion. It brings together many well known characters from past Diablo novels and is a must read for true fans of the game and its lore.

[Stefan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book indeed. I'm a fan of Diablo since 1998.

[Carlos Lenis · Rating 3 out of 5]

No fue completamente de mi agrado, es decir, el libro es bueno y la narración entretenida, pero siento que pudo haber sido algo mucho mejor.