Customer Reviews
disappointing - By: LiQuiD, 25 Oct 2008 
as a long time feist fan i bought this to see what happens to the characters next. if you are not a fan id advise you ignore this. it is a shadow to feists previous works (like magician).
the number of inconsistencies is a bit annoying. memorable parts from earlier series are contradicted often.
then there are the terrible typos & errors throughout the book.
i actually returned my copy to the shop i bought it from & got a full refund. i found it funny howin the email i received from this retailer there was a typing error at a key point. reminded me of the book.
feist can do better than this last effort. he has proven so. so why does he put out poor quality books like this. . .
Best for a long time! - By: Vorkosigan5, 12 Oct 2008 
The last few Feist books, whilst all very good, have had the feel of "smaller" novels without the grandeur of scope that the Magician or Serpentwar series had.
This is back to the things that brought us to Midkemia & Kelewanin the first place. Vast empires, lots of magic & feeling of scale - the feeling of the Riftwar. Huge of scope - this is a rollicking ride with a stupendous ending.
There could be at least two full booksin this one & I look forward to the 20th anniversary "directors cut"
Read it, & then like me - read it again.
Enjoy!
An exercise in cynical publishing - By: Robert Neuschul, 24 Sep 2008 
This volume has never been proof-read by anything or anyone with a level
of consciousness above that of an amoeba; at best it was processed through an automated grammar & spell checker; it's full of typographic errors, it's full of incorrectly utilised words, it has missing words, it has repeated words, it has .... the list goes on.
Worst of all these errors are persistent & frequent. It's a rare page that doesn't have one error or another, many have several.
One expects & allows for the odd mistake or typo, but this is at the
level which - if one isin the least bit sensible of language -
utterly destroys the enjoyment & readability of the work.
Frankly, I'm exceptionally disappointedin Harper Collins, & I'd expect Mr Feist to be equally disappointed & angry. One wonders if the US editions of the work sufferin the same manner.
Don't buy this unless you're extremely patient & even-tempered.
Oversized Book - By: Mr. Philip J. Murray, 18 Sep 2008 
Be warned: this book is oversize & will not fit many book cases (23cm x 15cm where other booksin this series are about 18cm x 11cm). I am returning this one & will await a normal sized copy being released (I hope).
A compelling finale - By: Thomas Weaver, 15 Sep 2008 I have to say, I put off reading both the Conclave of Shadows & the Darkwar saga due to relatively poor reviews, having read & loved Magician over 10 years ago & the Serpent War about three years ago.
Although I would concur that the series isn't as heavyweight as the previous ones, for those that love Feist's work, Wrath of a Mad God presented a compelling finale to what is essentially a six book series marketed as two x three books, & once again revealed a series of twists & turns that surprised & shocked, making me want to go back again to read Magician again & certainly making me ready to read his next books.
The Conclave was interesting but really a set up trilogy, Flight of the Nighthawks likewise, but I found both Into a Dark Realm & Wrath of a Mad God un-put-down-able & WOAMGin particular had one of the best climaxes of the whole Riftwar Saga series.
Others may not agree, but I'd say make up your own mind & if you're a fan, I'd go for it with no questions asked.
If you're never tried Feist before, of course, start at the beginning - Magician is still one of the best books writtenin fantasy, all the other books afterwards just extend the pleasure.
