Ian Nicholas Tarry asked David Dalglish:

Er. Whatever happened to Legacy of a Watcher? Why has it never appeared and why the Epilogue if you're not going to be letting us join Erin Felhorn in her adventures?

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Kevin Him dying was acceptable. It just didn't do him justice how he died. My only consolation was that if you had given him powers then he would have been ...more
May 10, 2022 03:32AM · flag

Readsbooks2387686 hi, first of all, really like your books, treat this as a rant if you like but with all due respect, Haern isn't just any character, he is the main ch hi, first of all, really like your books, treat this as a rant if you like but with all due respect, Haern isn't just any character, he is the main character of an entire book series and it is his legacy that is closing out Dezrel's universe with Half-orcs book 9. Now i first got introduced to Dezrel thorough the Shadowdance series so i might be a bit biased and i do understand that you wrote the first five half-orcs books before the shadowdance books but (to me at least) from the way i read them with the shadowdance books first, it almost felt like the Half-orc characters, for lack of a better word "Stole" Haern's deserved ending. What i mean is that after everything we see Haern go through in the Shadowdance series, he deserves a happy ending, yet, according to the timeline, barely a year later, In comes the Half-orc characters and the 2nd gods war occurs and Delysia dies so Haern and Delysia don't end up together and Valdeeran is destroyed so his objective of keeping his home safe, what to me was one of his core tenants and goals is over, and then he dies in a rather anti-climatic way and i'm struggling to remember Dieredon and can't even remember if he is still alive and part of the main crew of book 8, which is a bit of a problem. Meanwhile Harruq gets to marry Aurelia, he gets to know his children, he saves the world and Hearn only gets passing mentions in the next four books. Once again, this is me ranting so I'm not expecting anything to come of this but It just feels wrong to not have Haern there to pass down the Legacy to Erin and instead have the Half-orc characters (or some other means) do it as with the exception of Tarkin, I don't think there are characters that really knew Haern, They knew the watcher but they weren't around during the Shadowdance series and that is where the Watcher is forged and it would be that more so then the Enigmatic Assassin that we met in Half-orcs that would be the legacy that needs to be passed on.

Anyway, once again, love your books and keep writing great stories ...more
Jul 07, 2022 10:48AM · flag