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Falconfar Saga #3
Falconfar
Writer Rod Everlar is still lost in the magical world he once thought he’d created - but the forces of dark magic he found there have now set their sights on a new world to conquer - Earth! This is the third and final book in the bestselling 'Falconfar' trilogy.
FALCONFAR is the third thrilling adventure in the Falconfar saga. Fantasy writer Rod Everlar is now hopelessly lost in the magical world he once thought he’d created, as he searches for his only friend, the guide who brought him the maimed warrior-woman Taeauna. She has been captured by the evil wizard Malraun, who has taken her to his bed—while Malraun’s armies conquer Falconfar, castle by castle and hold by hold. Malraun has his rivals, other evil wizards who seek to defeat him and rule all Falconfar. Rod Everlar, the fell “Dark Lord” of legend, supposedly able to hurl world-shattering spells, is feared and hated by everyone... but can’t cast a single spell. Beset by the wizards, their armies, and the dragonlike monsters they command, Rod finds his luck running out as his ruthless foes discover a new world to our Earth.
FALCONFAR is the third thrilling adventure in the Falconfar saga. Fantasy writer Rod Everlar is now hopelessly lost in the magical world he once thought he’d created, as he searches for his only friend, the guide who brought him the maimed warrior-woman Taeauna. She has been captured by the evil wizard Malraun, who has taken her to his bed—while Malraun’s armies conquer Falconfar, castle by castle and hold by hold. Malraun has his rivals, other evil wizards who seek to defeat him and rule all Falconfar. Rod Everlar, the fell “Dark Lord” of legend, supposedly able to hurl world-shattering spells, is feared and hated by everyone... but can’t cast a single spell. Beset by the wizards, their armies, and the dragonlike monsters they command, Rod finds his luck running out as his ruthless foes discover a new world to our Earth.
- GenresFantasy
464 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Ed Greenwood
364 books880 followersEd Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.
Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.
In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.
Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.
Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.
In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.
Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.
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March 29, 2014
This book should have it all. Book author travels to the realm of his imagination, has the ability to become the most powerful wizard in the world, beautiful fallen angel warrior at his side.
Unfortunately it falls short on every point. This book is part of a trilogy and as such you expect the hero to take a little bit of time to acclimate to the new world and then shine, but Rod never does. He rarely even bumbles into the correct answer. His fallen angel becomes a bondage sex slave for at least an entire book and the most interesting characters in the whole series is a fat warrior and his bone thin girl friend.
There are so many other series that do this theme properly that you really should steer clear of this one.
Unfortunately it falls short on every point. This book is part of a trilogy and as such you expect the hero to take a little bit of time to acclimate to the new world and then shine, but Rod never does. He rarely even bumbles into the correct answer. His fallen angel becomes a bondage sex slave for at least an entire book and the most interesting characters in the whole series is a fat warrior and his bone thin girl friend.
There are so many other series that do this theme properly that you really should steer clear of this one.
October 10, 2019
As someone who binged this series pretty hard, I was very into it until this book. I really enjoyed the premise and the promise, enough to ignore some of the flaws in the earlier books. This one, though, felt like the author just wanted to finish the series and move on, it read as a rushed conclusion that didn't pay off any of the buildup. A poor conclusion can seriously affect how previous works are viewed, and this seriously made me rethink how I viewed the earlier books and whether I would support this author's works in the future if this is how he ends a series.
August 4, 2020
So..they finally wrap it up in this the final book in the series. Shortest of the books.( and that is a good thing as this one just needed to end)
As noted in my review of the second book, this can be read coherently only if you treat it like a 'pick your own adventure' book and skim over anything that doesn't directly involve the character you are following.
Tey comes off as a poorly written nerd lust fantasy woman.
The supposedly central character, Rod, seems like a whiner and an even more incompetent version of Thomas Covenant.
The only characters who seem to have any spark at all are the Barbarian Thieves, Gar and Isk..maybe if he had had an editor cut out all of Rod and Tey and about 2/3 of the royals..they could have had one decent book revolving around them.
The EvilTM Wizards seem to be Mr Greenwood's attempt at Mr Goodkind's writing...not a fan of Goodkind so not a fan of this imitation. Luckily Mr Greenwood kills them all neatly off in three books.
The Royals seem to be an imitation of Game of Thrones..again a poor attempt but at least it only takes him three books to kill them all off.
Overall an adequate finish to a series that really should have been one standalone book with a good rewrite and an editor.
There is a scene where the author's house burns with all the thankfully fictional SEVEN Falconfar books in it.. and you could of written me in throwing gasoline on the fire and roasting marshmallows.Just thankful he managed to not make life imitate art and he only made this a 3 book series.
I notice one of the other reviewers put this in the category of " other Falconfar Fans".. THERE IS A FAN CLUB FOR THIS???
As noted in my review of the second book, this can be read coherently only if you treat it like a 'pick your own adventure' book and skim over anything that doesn't directly involve the character you are following.
Tey comes off as a poorly written nerd lust fantasy woman.
The supposedly central character, Rod, seems like a whiner and an even more incompetent version of Thomas Covenant.
The only characters who seem to have any spark at all are the Barbarian Thieves, Gar and Isk..maybe if he had had an editor cut out all of Rod and Tey and about 2/3 of the royals..they could have had one decent book revolving around them.
The EvilTM Wizards seem to be Mr Greenwood's attempt at Mr Goodkind's writing...not a fan of Goodkind so not a fan of this imitation. Luckily Mr Greenwood kills them all neatly off in three books.
The Royals seem to be an imitation of Game of Thrones..again a poor attempt but at least it only takes him three books to kill them all off.
Overall an adequate finish to a series that really should have been one standalone book with a good rewrite and an editor.
There is a scene where the author's house burns with all the thankfully fictional SEVEN Falconfar books in it.. and you could of written me in throwing gasoline on the fire and roasting marshmallows.Just thankful he managed to not make life imitate art and he only made this a 3 book series.
I notice one of the other reviewers put this in the category of " other Falconfar Fans".. THERE IS A FAN CLUB FOR THIS???
June 23, 2020
this book, even after reading two bad books in the serie, was a disapointment.
at the end of the book, the hero goes from a doormat of a character to something else? he's never taking initiative and always follow his companion, and in the matter of a few pages he's balls deep into her, and they are talking about their future....
the whole book feel rushed, you get thrown from adventure to adventure and nothing gets a ending, you dont know what's going to happen afterwards, everything changed and nothing get explained.
book to avoid.
at the end of the book, the hero goes from a doormat of a character to something else? he's never taking initiative and always follow his companion, and in the matter of a few pages he's balls deep into her, and they are talking about their future....
the whole book feel rushed, you get thrown from adventure to adventure and nothing gets a ending, you dont know what's going to happen afterwards, everything changed and nothing get explained.
book to avoid.
August 7, 2018
I've seen a lot of mixed reviews for the book, but I really enjoyed it, the whole series was great. plenty of action and suspense all the way up till the end. the only part I did not like is how the main character is always second guessing himself, gets old after a while. I will definitely be looking into some more books by Ed greenwood.
August 27, 2024
The story was good. It seemed like a lot of the same as the other 2 books. The ending was super anticlimactic. There was a lot of places this series could have gone but didn’t. If you enjoy wizards and fantasy with a bit of a twist it’s probably worth checking out. Otherwise I’m not sure it was worth the time invested to read the whole series.
August 2, 2019
Horrible, misogynistic tripe: the finale. A complete waste of time. The narrator does a decent job but the novel is so bad with no redeeming qualities not even his performance can save it.
August 13, 2022
A finish to a series that is worth the read. I would give this a 3.5/3.75 if possible due to the ending "twist" of this book. Had potential to be much better in my opinion but still worth reading!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 19, 2013
I cannot stress enough to you that you should NOT read this book. Seriously, I've read all types - from "trash fi" (silly science fiction books) to fantasy books of all kinds, but I've never encountered a worse series of books than this Falconfar Saga trilogy.
I checked all three books out of the library and I would've stopped with the first one, but I thought to myself, "Surely Ed Greenwood wouldn't write this kind of trash. It simply must get better." I was wrong.
Imagine an ambling plot while checking off every sin imaginable - murder (okay, par for fantasy novels), incest, blasphemy, necrophilia, misandry, to name but a few - and you have this trilogy.
Spare yourself. Do NOT read these! It's not even worth the free checkout from the library.
I checked all three books out of the library and I would've stopped with the first one, but I thought to myself, "Surely Ed Greenwood wouldn't write this kind of trash. It simply must get better." I was wrong.
Imagine an ambling plot while checking off every sin imaginable - murder (okay, par for fantasy novels), incest, blasphemy, necrophilia, misandry, to name but a few - and you have this trilogy.
Spare yourself. Do NOT read these! It's not even worth the free checkout from the library.
March 17, 2024
This could have been so good! I really enjoyed the first book (it even helped inspire my senior project), but the series got steadily worse over books 2 & 3. There was no character development at all, even in situations that any sane person would call life-changing (looking at you in particular, Taeauna). And the ending, which felt totally undeserved, was inexplicably rushed and seemed to be half-realized. The only way I can really sum it up is that I like the main characters and the setting... and that's about it.
I might give a fourth book a chance it if wrapped up the myriad loose ends, but that doesn't seem likely.
I might give a fourth book a chance it if wrapped up the myriad loose ends, but that doesn't seem likely.
August 10, 2015
I actually did not finish this book. It's been awhile since I read the last one in the series (which, as I go over my review, I apparently didn't like that much) and I just couldn't get into it. I read the "The Story Thus Far" and it was so complicated with so many characters and plot lines that even after reading the summary I couldn't really remember what happened in the previous books, and based on the first 60 pages or so this book was going to be just as complicated. Definitely a case of too many good books, too little time.
February 18, 2013
Overall this series was good. Second book dragged along quite a bit, and I felt like it was not going anywhere. There are a lot of characters in book 3 to keep track of, and the last 50 pages could have been developed a lot more.
March 16, 2010
It was a good book, entertaining and all that, but I felt the last 1/4th of the book was waaaay rushed. Everything wrapped up too quickly, especially in the last ten pages. Other than that... :)
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