To Fall Like Stars

Twilight's Kingdom #3

by Nancy Asire

For centuries, the Krotahnya, followers of the Light, and the Leishoranya, servants of the Darkness, have been locked in a conflict, fighting with the sword and the mind. But the end may not come from the enemy. The High King's brother, Lorhaiden has gone on a quest to find the most dangerous and powerful weapon ever devised--the mind stone.

Genres: Fantasy

368 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Nancy Asire (born 1945) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights.

Reviews

[Stuart Schneider · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very similar to the prior book in the series. Again I emphasize that a more detailed map west of the mountains that encompass the continent would make this more enjoyable, particularly the war portion of the story describing the Great Walls (of which there were 3 adjoining each other) and why they were both defensible and non practical for the valley they were in. More particularly, I was confused as to why the Lei (sic) had to attack and wipe everyone out there. Why not just besiege it and comb the hills killing more defenseless Kroyats (sic). This is not made clear and takes away from the story somewhat (again a better picture of the countryside would have been immensely helpful to the reader here).
More importantly, while this book does create a detente between light and darkness, I cannot help but surmise that Asire did not intend this to be the last story in the series since there is no “final overencompassing resolution” to the main conflict in the series. In fact, King Sse (sic) is barely even touched upon in the book, apart from the fact that he continues to sleep while recovering from the scratch across his face. Well, it ends well enough for me but I will continue to monitor the author if any such sequel comes out.