The Road Home

Guardians of the Flame #7

by Joel Rosenberg, Donato Giancola (Illustrator)

Hoping to intercept his bitter best friend's crusade to kill off all the slave masters in the land and keep the legend of the Warrior alive, baron Jason Cullinane is unaware that his search will force him into a dangerous pact. Reprint.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dragons

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Note: This is a different person than the political/thriller author, Joel C. Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg was the author of the bestselling Guardians of the Flame books as well as the D'Shai and Keepers of the Hidden Ways series. He made his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The same problems as the last book and more as this ends the major arc with the original characters, I expected some answers about why Deighton sent them, what the sword was for, why the Hand would only help them the first time, and many more that are never addressed. I'm not sure if this are addressed in the final 3 books but I doubt I'll ever have the desire to bother reading them. I thought it was a poor arc ending.

[Pete · Rating 3 out of 5]

A direct sequel to The Road to Ehvenor, but rather than pursue the creatures that have escaped from Faerie, the characters go on a rather mundane and tedious adventure to locate a rogue companion who is murdering slavers. Nothing new here, and I am not sure I will continue this series.

[Acidrazzor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave this 5 stars but it probably only deserves 4. It is a softball pitch that didn't do much for the story arc. It makes me wonder if he made a mistake killing Carl and was just filling pages trying to think up a new line or direction for him to take the story in. It's not a bad story but it's more of a soft filler piece that doesn't do much. I like the series enough that I'll give the extra strap here but again would have been better in audio format.

[Craig C · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't think I had read this particular book back in high school, either that or it was completely forgettable. This series rapidly loses steam as they go on. I would say it is more of 2.5 star completionist-type read than a must read if you liked the other books.

[Ronnie Cross · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a little shorter than the other ones. But still a lot of fun! I love Walter Slovotzky!

[John Teske · Rating 2 out of 5]

Character development and plots going in undesired and undesirable directions.

So long, and thanks for the good memories.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joel Rosenberg started out this series with a very interesting idea. He has developed it fairly well. When he killed off the main character he has now be able to pull a new main character out from the pages. Walter is a very compelling character.

Personally I do not like, nor do I think the swearing enhances the book. It could have easily been written without the swearing. Yes, I know they are rough characters, but he managed well enough in the first three books to avoid it, and I am guessing the editors and publisher decided it was okay.

I would not feel comfortable suggesting this book to the target audience, while the ploys and goals of the group are noble, I think to degrade the characters by the use of language is a great disservice to the reader. The teens already hear this kind of language often enough, why reinforce it? Why not rise above and prove that people can be noble and not vulgar?

[Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book. its a fast read lest the version i have is. i couldn't find the my version here at goodreads and when i tried to add it manually it wouldn't let me. my version only has 195 pages the other versions that goodreads has, has 320 pages. back to my review, is a fast paced book lots of action and at the end it doesnt ties everything together but opens up new stuff for the next book in the series so if u plan on reading this book make sure u get the next one too cause your going to want to read it also. its a good thing he completed the story while he was alive, lest i hope he did? or hope he did, haven't finished the series yet to know :(

[Brett · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you liked the first six (and if you didn't, why would you be looking at this one?), you'll like this one, though perhaps not as much. People you already know do the things they always do, and things happening off stage almost seem more important than the characters we're following around. It's still a fun romp though.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit of a slower book than the last several as several major story lines were wrapped up in book #6, and the author needed to setup the the plot for the rest of the series (I assume).

The book alternated chapters with first person narrative with Jason and Walter and I found myself skimming the Jason chapters to get to the Walter chapters as I found them infinitely more interesting.

[Fatbaldguy60 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite as good as the first trilogy.

[Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as others. sort of odd in places. still great. Highly recommend whole series

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Road Home (Guardians of the Flame, #7)
by Joel Rosenberg
dynamic look at the conclusion of a series, where the characters look at the legacy of what their adventures have taught them.

[Keil Hunsaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. The interaction between Karls son and the Slaver was very interesting, and overall a fun tale.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of the same in this series. Pretty good.

[Paul Hathcox · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've enjoyed the series so far but I have to agree with some of the other reviews. This book was a bit slow. The book had another adventure for the characters of course but it didn't seem that the overall story was pushed forward very much. A few relationship dynamics changed and that's about all.