Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The Gates of Heaven

By Curt Benjamin

This is the third in the Seven Brothers trilogy.

In this final chapter, Llesho, the prince and former slave, has found his brothers. Even though the brothers are all older than he, they defer to Llesho and he ends up carrying most of the burden of trying to reclaim their lost kingdom and of defeating the demon that is threatening to destroy not only their world but heaven itself. In this story, Llesho continues his journey of discovery and comes into possession of his full powers. With the help of his brothers, dragons, magicians, emperors, princes, and gods, Llesho may have a chance at defeating the terrible demon called up by his old foe Markko.

I enjoyed the first two books in this series more than I did this one. It’s pretty obvious where Llesho is heading in this story and it is not a premise I particularly enjoyed. Plus the novel seemed to be rather contrived in the adventures it sets up for Llesho, more than in the first two stories. Still it was a good read, better than most swords and dragons fantasies

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