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The Binding Stone (The Dragon Below, Book 1)
By: Don Bassingthwaite Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Wizards of the Coast Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 384 Publication Date: August 02, 2005 Release Date: August 02, 2005
The first book in a series of dark tales and high adventure in the Eberron™ campaign setting. The Binding Stone features the brand new races that were created specifically for the Eberron campaign setting. It's also the first Eberron novel to takes its readers on an exploration of many uncharted territories in the setting.
Not my type Well to tell you the truth I heard great things about this book but I was a bit disapointed. The characters were made well enough, they were there, but, you really did not get to know their inner selves at all. the book had no thoughts, simply actions, whichn rreally left you clueless to exactly what kind of people they were. as for the rest of the book....I couldnt finish it. I got to page 77, and let me say there was a fightscene that had extended almost the entire way there. it was still going when I stopped reading, so I cant tell you exactly how long it was... but wow...it was just to long. I suggest you steer clear of this book, but hey, it might just be your type anyway.
Best Eberron Series ...by far. If you must read one Eberron book or series, read this one. If you intend to read them all, read these last, or you won't enjoy the other series as much, as they pale in comparison.
I want more!
FANTASTIC !! I just finished reading The Binding Stone, the first of Don Bassingthwaithe's books I have read. Wow, it was really good.
This story had you hooked from the very beginning and by the end you just couldn't walk away from it ... everything stopped until I finished the book ! You can't say better than that !
The only thing I was disappointed with was the character Adolan who was so likeable was killed off so early - I was gutted ! However, the other character's were so well defined and different from each other and the plot so exciting one was forced to move on ! Author Bassingthwaite does a great job not letting out too much information, just drip feeding it through so even by the end the characters still have their mysteries. Plus the villians are so convincing.
I am looking forward to reading the next in the series ...
A surprisingly good read I am very reluctant to buy books based on RPG worlds, movies and the like since the books themselves have a sort of mass produced cookie cutter feel, with bland characters who are nothing more than representations of their character class and/or if you know the rules of the game, you spend the whole book trying to figure out what spell is being used, what class skill let's them do that? Not so with this book.
I picked up on a lark as I'd been out of D & D for years, right when Forgetten Realms started, due to lack of interest. Eberron's setting was interesting to me so I gave this book a shot. First, the author's writing style is praiseworthy. The descriptives are good, his vocabulary excellent and sentence style varied. I mention this to show the writer isn't some mass production hack. Second, the book involves three characters whose backgrounds are all Eberron specific, so you get a flavor for how these races and classes work in this universe. Third, the book does an excellent job giving a sense of tension as the heroes are chased relentlessly and are forced to escape rather than win every battle. Fourth, the heroes screw up and don't perform every task with perfection. Fifth, the villain(s) are well written, complex and you actually dislike them rather than being ambivalent about the outcome.
My only quibble is that two of the characters in the party hate each other from an event that happened years before during a war that shaped the current Eberron setting. I think they become allies a tad too easily, in spite of the circumstances, to really seem proper. If you've had a 7 year desire to exact revenge, I think it would be hard to put it aside so easily. I'd have liked a little more conflict between the characters from that standpoint.
Other than that, I think this book is well worth the read.
Wow Just finished The Binding Stone and let me tell you, this is one great book. I like adventure stories like this one and it didn't let me down. The action is great and the characters are ones you want to root for. Great Job!!
If you like this book, might I suggest another I've recently come arcoss. The Unsuspecting Mage by Brian S. Pratt. It's another fantasy adventure sure to please. I highly reccomend it.
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