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“Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury” - Edwin Hubble

Book Details

Title: Talon of the Silver Hawk
Tag-line: Book One of the Conclave of Shadows
Genre/Category: Fantasy
Type: Paperback
Authour: Raymond E. Feist
Publisher: Voyager
ISBN: 0-00-716185-9

Reading Details

Started Reading: 10th December 2008
Finished Reading: 18th December 2008

Comments

I couldn't resist the lure of a good fantasy story that I could get stuck into. It was so nice to want to read a book all the time, during breakfast and lunchbreaks, as well as my usual bedtime. I zipped through it and loved every minute.

I still have not finished the POL POT book, and may not, it is very long and detailed and the type-face is too small to make it an enjoyable read.

I choose Talon because I really enjoyed Raymond E. Feist's style and stories in the Legends II anthology, this book in particular because it was the only "first book in a series" on the shelves in my local library. The book is a complete tale in itself, nicely book-ended by a revenge story. We see great character growth in the main character, who I can't really say is the protagonist as it's the masters of the Conclave of Shadows (the good guys) who really drive Talon (the main character) forward. Saying that, he is highly motivated to pursue The Conclave's enemies for his own reasons. Talon does learn self-control, but is completely without mercy.

I'll definitely be looking for more in the series.