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When Darkness Falls

By: Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
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A great working of Wild Magic and High Magic strikes at the heart of the Demon Queen's plots, but the human city, the Golden City of the Bells, falls farther under her sway with each day that passes. And without the City's High Magicians, the Wild Magicians, the Elven Army, and all their allies will surely fall before the onslaught of the Demon Queen's malignant warriors. But not all hope is lost. The Light's young mages, tempered by war, grow ever more powerful. High Mage Cilarnen learns an ancient secret that can make him, for a brief, white-hot time, the greatest mage in the world---unless it kills him. Jermayan, the first Elf-Mage in centuries, has linked with the dragon Ancaladar and rediscovered the swift-as-thought powers of Elven magic, which can reshape mountains and summon lightning from clear skies. Knight-Mage Kellen has molded his troops and the Unicorn Knights into a deadly fighting force. Soon the Elven King and his Commanders put Kellen's magical gifts to their greatest test, in the final battle between the Elves, the humans, and the Demons.

©2006 Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory (P)2010 Tantor
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Good Enough!

When I first began listening to this series I wasn't sure I liked it .... It's a good story line that is well thought out and overall I was entertained ... but it's not a story that will task or engage the reader / listener much. Doesn't compete with other top notch series.

I ended up purchasing / listening to all 3 books in the series, however I don't believe I'll ever call this one of my favorites.

1- Overall few surprises or ah ha! moments ... somewhat predictable
2- Character development seems rushed pretty much across the board
3- Narration took some getting used do ... I couldn't decide if it is the way the book is written or the narrators style but I often felt as if I was sitting in a 2nd grade class

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Excellent series.

The entire series was well done.
I recommend this series to anyone who loves fantasy book story lines.

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Read Time and Tme Again!

I have read and re-ad the Obsidian trilogy numerous tinsel waiting for the next book to come out. I loved them all

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endings

I seem to want more. very seldom does the ending really fill all the boxes, but this one does.

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Great ending to a great series!

This wrapped everything up nicely. Although parts of the series were slow, the overall story was well worth listening too. This book was rather enjoyable especially the parts with major plot twists. (I wont spoil anything)

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Fantastic Read

Which character – as performed by Susan Ericksen – was your favorite?

I liked the variation in the characters, it was easy to tell when someone else was talking, though it seems that a lot of the male voices ended up being similar.

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Excellent ending to the trilogy!

Wonderful book that brings together different magics and races to fight an evil enemy. Lots of intrigue.

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awesome!

the narrator did a amazing job at catching the emotions of the series! well done!

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great story

I spent many hours listening to the story, and grown very attached to all the characters . I've enjoyed listening to all of it.

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love love love!

great story! love the addition of dragons, but the story isn't overpowered, or taken over, by them. Strong side characters and very realistic personalities.
The narrator has a few words that are pronounced oddly. It could just be a regional difference though.

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