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The Darksword #4
Legacy of the Darksword
Twenty years ago, the magical land of Thimhallan was destroyed with the forging of the Darksword, leaving a small group of survivors exiled on Earth. Only Joram, who created the Darksword, remained behind in the shattered land. But another catastrophe beckons, as an alien race plans to annihilate the remaining colonists. But Joram has forged another Darksword, and Earth's leaders see it as their only salvation. And it is up to Saryon, an old friend of Joram's, to put the sword in safe hands and possibly save the planet.
336 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1997
About the author
Margaret Weis
684 books5,661 followersMargaret Edith Weis is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, licensing several popular television and movie franchises to make RPG series in addition to their own.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance.
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July 28, 2023
I was enjoying the book and story well enough until we got to around the halfway point at which time the setting/reality of the story changed and my enjoyment and interest dropped. The ending was decent but slightly anti-climatic and unsatisfying.
April 22, 2008
Horrid way to kill the trilogy with this book. I suggest stopping after the third book and leaving this one alone...
August 6, 2011
Love that this sequel was written, because it definitely filled in a lot of the gaps from the trilogy. It tied the whole story together more neatly, and put everything in a much bigger perspective, which was really nice. The plot was unpredictable and surprising, and all in all this has been a great 4-book series that I recommend to anyone who likes fantasy (and sci-fi).
March 3, 2020
I’m not exactly sure what I feel about this book. It has some interesting elements of fantasy and science fiction. I felt the story was rushed in the end and it was pretty one dimensional. I liked the idea of aliens and earth and the futuristic air car, but this series would have been way better if it was part of 2 trilogies. I felt the 4th book tried to go in that direction but it was crammed into one book. I mean time travel and alternate timelines? Super cool. I liked that, but it had no depth. Anyways, I’m not surprised either so all in all I still enjoyed the series
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October 6, 2011
a reconection of the story
November 23, 2020
one star, because it had a dragon in it. but if you liked the trilogy, stay away from this book. it will make your head ache or explode.
June 16, 2020
in my opinion this added nothing to the original trilogy
June 5, 2022
What to say about this polarizing novel… for fans of the first series, you may be upset by this fourth installment. It definitely is not the conclusion we wanted or needed. In fact it’s more of a series in it’s own crammed into one small book. Without spoiling anything, it raises more questions than answers and it ends on what I would say is another cliffhanger.
SPOILER ALERT:
I have no real life friends who have read this yet, so I want to discuss what I like and dislike about this book here.
First off, the biggest problem I have is the errors the author makes in the beginning? Most notably, the fact that in book 3 Cardinal Radiosk dies at the end of the book. But in this book he lives to become the Bishop. Another remission is that Mosiah specifically states he becomes a were tiger in the first book when in reality he becomes a werewolf? Less important but even more jarring. Like did they not read their own books? Why would an author misremember his past book. And this isn’t to do with the timeline shifts since these things happened long ago. And I’m not going to go into the idiosyncrasies of the main plot, but the ending seems like just another cliffhanger because they are dropped off on another planet by Merlyn. And that’s it? What’s to stop the aliens from finding them again? Why were the aliens afraid of the darksword when they just used it to run away? Is the Almin God? Because his final plan seems not thought out and lackluster. And humanity is always living at the whim of Simkin? That’s the takeway? I expected better, but all in all this was a good book. I think i would have liked it more as a stand alone. If you haven’t read the trilogy definitely read this. If you have, be warned you may not like what you find.
SPOILER ALERT:
I have no real life friends who have read this yet, so I want to discuss what I like and dislike about this book here.
First off, the biggest problem I have is the errors the author makes in the beginning? Most notably, the fact that in book 3 Cardinal Radiosk dies at the end of the book. But in this book he lives to become the Bishop. Another remission is that Mosiah specifically states he becomes a were tiger in the first book when in reality he becomes a werewolf? Less important but even more jarring. Like did they not read their own books? Why would an author misremember his past book. And this isn’t to do with the timeline shifts since these things happened long ago. And I’m not going to go into the idiosyncrasies of the main plot, but the ending seems like just another cliffhanger because they are dropped off on another planet by Merlyn. And that’s it? What’s to stop the aliens from finding them again? Why were the aliens afraid of the darksword when they just used it to run away? Is the Almin God? Because his final plan seems not thought out and lackluster. And humanity is always living at the whim of Simkin? That’s the takeway? I expected better, but all in all this was a good book. I think i would have liked it more as a stand alone. If you haven’t read the trilogy definitely read this. If you have, be warned you may not like what you find.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 20, 2024
I really liked this series back when I was younger and this is a single book sequel published quite a few years later. It was fun to revisit some old characters (Simkin in particular). And the initial third of the book laid out an interesting mystery. But the back half of the book was a bit disappointing with the group basically just going from place to place without having a clear plan. The final showdown was also underwhelming with the group just showing up to “win” (and a hollow win where they were saved by transporting to a new world but most of Earth and humanity was destroyed). Overall, liked the setting and the characters but the plotting was lacking and there was no real moral to the story.
March 8, 2022
some character from the previous books appears sadly not with the same definition.
Although the original trilogy led many holds, the way those gaps are addressed here is rather lazy and disappointing.
Not a bad light read, however, if you were satisfied with the trilogy, better just leave it like that and skip this one.
Although the original trilogy led many holds, the way those gaps are addressed here is rather lazy and disappointing.
Not a bad light read, however, if you were satisfied with the trilogy, better just leave it like that and skip this one.
March 4, 2017
Het beste deel in deze reeks!
June 26, 2019
Un libro que no necesitaba escribirse, pero que cierra todos aquellos arcos que tal vez para algunos quedaban inconclusos.
December 13, 2019
This book left me without much opinion whatsoever, except for another less-than-satisfying ending.
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May 25, 2020
Wow. So different from the original series, but a great way to end it.
October 27, 2020
Absolutely love Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's writing, it just flows beautifully, very witty and funny, great story and conclusion to The Dark Sword series, highly recommend...😁
September 10, 2021
Ancora un libro relativo al ciclo della spada nera. Personalmente, il finale del libro precedente mi aveva lasciata abbastanza delusa, quindi non vedevo (o riesco a vedere tutt'ora dopo averlo letto) l'utilità di un ulteriore capitolo di una saga di per sè abbastanza banale (anche se l'idea iniziale era indubbiamente buona).
December 29, 2021
Tidies up the series
February 20, 2022
Great ending to this series. I didn't think a fourth
book was needed, but it really was a good read.
book was needed, but it really was a good read.
January 3, 2024
Not as good as the trilogy but still a good story. I suggest you read Darksword Adventures (or at least the narrative portion) before you read Legacy.
September 4, 2024
I knew this epic fantasy was missing something! Aliens!
December 19, 2013
I read this trilogy in
High school at a time when I had little interest in fantasy ( read either classic literature or horror)
I found the trilogy absoloutly enrapturing but was sadly forced to give it back to the friend that loaned it to me.
Years later when I started reading heavily again I started searching for this trilogy again but it was sadly out of print and unobtainable. Recently I was able to find a complete set at a used book store along with a sequel book I never knew about. I have never been so happy re-reading a set of books. The only thing that made this reintroduction to this universe again better was finding while I adored the original trilogy the sequel was even more amazing and I tore through it in no time.
I read through many of the negative reviews on here about this book and its clear that most of the people providing negative reviews don't grasp the complexities and intruges of these books and are purely looking for hack slash and big flash and these books are too deep for them. and if someone hasn't read the entire trilogy they realy cannot even begin to speak to the truth of these books
High school at a time when I had little interest in fantasy ( read either classic literature or horror)
I found the trilogy absoloutly enrapturing but was sadly forced to give it back to the friend that loaned it to me.
Years later when I started reading heavily again I started searching for this trilogy again but it was sadly out of print and unobtainable. Recently I was able to find a complete set at a used book store along with a sequel book I never knew about. I have never been so happy re-reading a set of books. The only thing that made this reintroduction to this universe again better was finding while I adored the original trilogy the sequel was even more amazing and I tore through it in no time.
I read through many of the negative reviews on here about this book and its clear that most of the people providing negative reviews don't grasp the complexities and intruges of these books and are purely looking for hack slash and big flash and these books are too deep for them. and if someone hasn't read the entire trilogy they realy cannot even begin to speak to the truth of these books
February 2, 2017
I remember being crazy about the original series, but have to admit that it was quite awhile ago when I read it and therefore, did not remember everything. I was impressed by the way that they had reminders sprinkled throughout the story so you could get a memory jog.
I will say that I did like this book but really didn't love it to death. I think if I had read it when it was new and my memory was fresh that I would have gotten more out of it.
I will say that I did like this book but really didn't love it to death. I think if I had read it when it was new and my memory was fresh that I would have gotten more out of it.
October 13, 2014
I do not mind mixing magic with scifi, but even for me this theme went little bit over board. In addition to magic world meeting high tech through space travel author introduces in this book time travel and hopping between parallel universes. Although I liked this book it felt little bit too cheesy and kept you looking for what else can be added to mix to make it even more ridiculous.
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July 15, 2017
Sadly this book is just riding on the coat-tails of the excellent Darksword trilogy. When I pick up a swords & sorcery title, that's what I expect to get... not some boring, earthly, political scenario, with a splash of modern, military manoeuvring thrown in.
This book is a mish-mash of genres, which frankly doesn't work and by the time I had reached chapter five, I'd had enough.
This book is a mish-mash of genres, which frankly doesn't work and by the time I had reached chapter five, I'd had enough.
January 9, 2017
Ce dernier volume de "La légende de l'épée noire" (en tout cas le dernier que j'ai lu et dont j'ai connaissance) est particulier : l'histoire se passe en grande partie sur notre Terre. La magie a disparu, sauf dans l'Autre Monde où Joram s'est exilé. Ce roman n'est pas le meilleur de la série, mais c'est une épilogue globalement réussi à un cycle plutôt sympathique dans l'ensemble.
January 15, 2007
Easy and enjoyable. You begin, you finish, then you're like, where did the time go?
July 12, 2007
Bah. Not remotely worth it.
August 30, 2010
Not quite as engrossing as the original trilogy, but a nice relapse back into a great overall story.
February 25, 2013
More Margaret Weis that I could not get enough of as a teenager. The Darksword trilogy was great filler in between the many Dragonlance novels. These are the perfect young adult fantasy reads.
October 16, 2015
No tengo idea de porque la leí. Me gusto la evolución de algunos personajes, pero como siempre el final fue espantoso.. deus ex machina.. en casi todo lo que leo de ellos..
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