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Seer wasn't bad, although her chickening out at the last minute didn't quite make sense; the horror of the Dark Lord's fastness needed to be emphasized more, in order for her withdrawal to be believable. In fact, the whole endgame of the book seemed a bit rushed. It was also unusually dark and cynical. Which I suppose is true of this review.

I'm sorry about that; I really DID like the book. It's just that my standards for an LWE book are a bit higher than for books by most other modern writers.

He's one of my three favorite modern genre writers. Update : I just re-read the book, and I have to say, sadly, that it really doesn't wear well. Lawrence Watt-Evans' best quality has always been the intelligence and common sense of his protagonists, and the treachery of a certain character is just so incredibly obvious that I simply can't swallow it; it was bad enough the first time I read it, and it just gets worse every time I read it.

And that's not because I now know the "surprise". That was painfully obvious the first time. It's just that the protagonists keep ignoring the obvious, and that's irritating. Nor does LWE do anything to make their stupidity understandable; if magic is clouding their minds although it shouldn't be, according to the internal logic of the book itself , that should have been foreshadowed at the very least.

But it isn't. Lawrence Watt-Evans is, as I've said, one of my favorite modern writers. He still is. And maybe that's why my initial take on this review was to go easy on him; I want him to have a lot of success and write a lot more books.

Fortunately he's been doing more Ethshar, and I'll continue to read it eagerly. It's as good as ever. But I really hope not to see more books like The Wizard Lord. A writer should never abandon his strongest suit, particularly when it is so special and rare as Watt-Evans'. His publishers may be pushing him to write "dumb" or not, I don't know , but the revival of his Ethshar series shows that there IS a market for books about intelligent, practical people who are able to use that intelligence effectively and have it work.

In a fractional rating system, my current rating of the book would now be 2. Nov 05, Harrison Delahunty rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy. Despite a very slow start, The Wizard Lord ends its moderate length of about pages as a very solid, and even above-average fantasy novel.

The Wizard Lord follows Breaker, an extremely ordinary young man from an ordinary village called Mad Oak. The Chosen, as it is explained, are eight men and women who each fulfill a pivotal role in this l Despite a very slow start, The Wizard Lord ends its moderate length of about pages as a very solid, and even above-average fantasy novel. The Chosen, as it is explained, are eight men and women who each fulfill a pivotal role in this land's system of checks and balances.

These Chosen's jobs are to take down any evil Wizard Lord, who is the sorcerer who rules over all other wizards in Barokan. After months of practise, Breaker is able to best the Old Swordsman in a duel and take the title of Chosen Swordsman.

Though Breaker believes that a Wizard Lord will not go bad during his entire lifetime, he finds his new duty put into action far earlier than he would ever have expected.

When he leaves Mad Oak to travel and learn more of Barokan, he meets the Chosen Seer and Scholar, who inform him that they believe the current Wizard Lord is not what he seems. It is this point in the novel that The Wizard Lord really picks up, and it only improves from there. It's a delight to meet each member of the Chosen, and when they finally reach their goal it feels earned, and we get to see Breaker learn some hard lessons.

I now look forward to reading the second novel, The Ninth Talisman. A lightweight, but satisfying book. It is nowhere near as well rounded or thought out as the Etshar novels, but it is a complete world, and the governance system is an exaggerated version of the checks and balances written into the US Constitution. The dialogue can be repetitious and the final showdown was chaotic and fell oddly flat partly by design I understand, but even so Aug 16, Wrathleader rated it really liked it.

Enjoyable fantasy read. Interesting world where natural spirits and magic intersect. This first tale read mainly as a coming of age story and was somewhat predictable. But it had some fun twists and I enjoyed it as a whole.

Looking forward to reading the next one. May 11, Reuben rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy. Another slow moving but good fantasy read from LWE. Dec 31, Elizabeth rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy , magic. Some parts were slow, interested enough to continue. Nov 13, Becky rated it really liked it Recommends it for: fantasy fans, sword and sorcery buffs,. Shelves: fantasy , wizards-n-witches , adult , high-fantasy , he-s-got-a-sword , reviewed , library-book , inventive-world-and-lore , magic-prophecy.

This is probably one of my favorite books in terms of deconstructing the fantasy trope of prophecies and chosen ones and those RPG-esque teams of adventurers with very specialized roles. Here , this magical world is so strangled by the red tape put in place by the wizards and their magically picked Wizard Lords that the heroes are basically "chosen" by committee and have magical ler that give them their specialized abilities, and we watch the journey of a newly appointed Chosen as he learns just This is probably one of my favorite books in terms of deconstructing the fantasy trope of prophecies and chosen ones and those RPG-esque teams of adventurers with very specialized roles.

Here , this magical world is so strangled by the red tape put in place by the wizards and their magically picked Wizard Lords that the heroes are basically "chosen" by committee and have magical ler that give them their specialized abilities, and we watch the journey of a newly appointed Chosen as he learns just what it means to be a Chosen One and just how much it really kind of sucks. Prophecies and their rhyming couplets, man. They're tricky sometimes.

We follow Breaker, who is just your average kid in this average town of Mad Oak, a town where it's all harvests and drinking beer and tending to the crops until you grow old and die, until he takes the mantle of The Swordsman from the retiring Chosen who had traveled throughout the land in order to give up his role.

Breaker is one of those heroes who really wants to be somebody and he gladly learns the ropes on taking the role, but we soon learn that he became The Swordsman just in time because there are hints that the current Wizard Lord has gone mad and needs elimination. Now it's up to Breaker to travel the lands of Barokan and gather up the remaining Chosen to do his and their sacred prophetic job of taking down the Wizard Lord.

But, as Breaker soon learns, there's more to this business than just a Wizard Lord gone bad. As you can probably tell, on the surface this is your typical cheesy fantasy novel with swords, wizards, and prophecies. It does do a good job at explaining these things. I had first read this book in high school but could still remember the style of magic vividly before picking up this book once more.

And, as we meet up with the other Chosen, we find out both the perks and the downsides of their abilities and what they need to do in order to keep the ler giving them their magic happy. Speaking of the Chosen, I absolutely loved all of the other Chosen and how some of them were enjoying their role and some were driven mad by their powers. Each Chosen ler reacts differently and requires different exercises to keep them satisfied. My favorite was The Thief, a beleaguered housewife who wants nothing to do with being a Chosen, has lived with a life of being judged for what she is, and practically slams the door on the heroes' faces when they show up at her door.

It's the little touches like that that make this world more believable. The ler themselves are very fleshed-out too, and you learn that each town in Barokan had its own society built around keeping this magical force happy. Some towns needed human sacrifices, some towns had mad ler bound in carnivorous trees, and it made for a very rich world.

However, one would say this book does too good of a job at making sure you know what's going on. Notice how I've been complimenting the world-building and NOT the plot or the writing? Reading this is akin to listening to a friend go on and on about the technology in Star Trek because describing all of the ins and outs of this magic takes a good chunk out of the book.

On top of that, one of the main plot points is that the Wizard Lord commands the very power of the elements and makes things very nice and pleasant in regards to the flora, the fauna, and the weather rain only falls at night, bears can be controlled to carry off rapists and murderers, etc. This is mostly a road trip book. And boy, do they make sure you know the rules of the Chosen and the Wizard Lord throughout this journey. You will hear the rules over and over and over again.

However, I personally felt that every time I was starting to get bored with the characters re-iterating that, once again , The Wizard Lord had all sorts of magical powers that can destroy them but he will be weakened if one or more of the Chosen die, there was something new that popped up in the world that brought me back into liking it.

The resolution at the end, while predictable, was satisfying. It's a very slow book and I feel a lot of the dialogue could've been trimmed without anything being lost, but I enjoyed the ride that it took me.

I came into this book expecting pure fantasy cheese and I got pure fantasy cheese. Sep 20, Kay rated it it was ok Recommends it for: I wouldn't. Shelves: crap , reviewed , fantasy , high-fantasy. I got The Wizard Lord as a gift after buying the third book in the series, The Summer Palace , at a small, used book store. It seemed interesting, so I bought it, knowing it was the third installment because things just don't stick around in used book stores, you know?

I had pretty high expectations for the first book since it appeared to be hinging on a very big premise and an epic adventure.

Alas, after turning the final page It saddened me how little the story offere I got The Wizard Lord as a gift after buying the third book in the series, The Summer Palace , at a small, used book store. It saddened me how little the story offered in the larger scheme of things, and I think it's partly because Watt-Evans had a lot of interesting ideas littered throughout the book that were left unexplored.

I liked the idea of a magocracy ruling over the land, kept in balance by a single Wizard Lord who goes rogue at the last minute. I liked the idea of the spirits or whatever they were called; it's been a while since I read it reigning over the natural world and people having to appease them in order to settle in an area. I liked the idea of a league of heroes called the Chosen who were specially picked to stop and destroy a rogue Wizard Lord if they had to. I liked the characters and the situations they were thrown into.

I liked all of these things about the book, and yet there just wasn't enough of it. I wanted to see more of the characters, and most importantly, I wanted to see an epic battle at the end.

I didn't get any of this. Unfortunately, the way this was written, I just never became truly immersed in the world. Weeks and weeks of travel and strange encounters were skipped over, and I never got to see what all went on during that time.

What little of the world I did get to see felt glossed over, as if it were thrown in there at the last minute as an after-thought. It felt rushed and incomplete as it was. I really wanted to love The Wizard Lord. Even now, I still love the concepts that were presented throughout the book. However, glimpses of good ideas aren't enough for me to commit myself to a series, especially when so little is offered in return.

In the end, I wound up donating both books of the series back to the exact same store where I bought the third book. In my personal opinion, The Wizard Lord was just not good enough to warrant me or anyone else spending money on the second installment, let alone reading the third. If you're truly curious about the series, I would probably recommend getting it from a library or borrowing it.

Do not spend money on it. It's not worth it. Jun 17, Whitney rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adult , surprisingly-good , epic-fantasy , magic. Again, it was mistakenly shelved in the adult section, but it is actually a young adult book.

With that said, I thought it was great. The funny part is, I can't exactly describe why. Something made it hard for me to put down. The idea is that these eight exceptional people keep Watt-Evans' "The Wizard Lord" is a book I happen to pick up at random at my local library. The idea is that these eight exceptional people keep the Wizard Lord - the most powerful being in their world - in check.

Each of their talismans is bound to his which gives him his strength. His job is regulate the weather and keep the lesser wizards on the Council of Immortals in check. The Chosen's job is to make sure that the Wizard Lord uses his powers for good purpose. Should he do anything evil or neglectful and become a Dark Lord , it becomes their job to remove him. The Council of Immortals keeps The Chosen in check and make sure that they are fulfilling their duties in an appropriate way. It is also their job to appoint a new Wizard Lord when the old one dies or chooses to retire.

Therefore completing the triangle of power as I call it. Anyway, the main character Erron who goes by the name Breaker or sometimes Sword later on in the story is an ordinary young man living in a small barley farming village called Mad Oak. There is nothing that makes him exceptional; he was not born with any special talents or priviledges in comparison to anyone else. I think that is part of the reason he is such a likeable character.

The whole premise of the story is that he chooses to be special and exceptional. I think that is one of the most important messages in the story. It's your actions that make you extraorrdinary, not because of how you were born. In any case, the book is straight forward. The plot line is predictable, but the characters each have their little oddities that makes them unique and unexpected. I really enjoyed the world of the "ler" Watt-Evans created, though I wonder where he got the word "ler" from.

Regardless, I look forwared to continuing on with the rest of the series. Dec 18, Alexis rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy , meh , reads. Why is it that whenever I buy a series all at once, it always disappoints me? The cardinal sin of The Wizard Lord, all other gripes aside, was that it was boring. There was no urgency to the Chosen's quest; they wandered leisurely about a vague, ill-defined world until they rather listlessly decided that perhaps they should attempt to save the world, you know, now that it was convenient for them.

Further, the villainous Wizard Lord was disappointingly one-note in his madness, and his attempts to Why is it that whenever I buy a series all at once, it always disappoints me? Further, the villainous Wizard Lord was disappointingly one-note in his madness, and his attempts to thwart our heroes were hilariously ineffectual. Apparently, the most that the greatest wizard in all the land can do to the Chosen is send a few storms and possess a few animals.

Also, the entire premise behind the Beauty is one of the most ill-conceived, terrible things I've ever had the displeasure of reading. That is all. Nov 10, Robert Rapplean rated it it was ok.

This book is probably the most realistic example of how people would behave in a magical realm. Unfortunately, that makes for very unrewarding escapist reading. Although it is overall a well written and interesting piece, it is also studiously uninspiring. This world is full of characters who are completely absorbed by self-interest.

The main character trudges along doing the thankless job of being a hero with a band of "Chosen" who accepted a ceremonial job because it supposedly provided some f This book is probably the most realistic example of how people would behave in a magical realm.

The main character trudges along doing the thankless job of being a hero with a band of "Chosen" who accepted a ceremonial job because it supposedly provided some form of status or skill. They're all caught by surprise when they are actually called upon to do what the job requires, and most of the story involves them dealing with their reluctance to do what they agreed to do when they received their abilities.

The world itself is blissfully free of conflict because the Wizard Lord prevents things like war, punishes any thieves that run, and even prevents harsh weather. In the story, this seems to have resulted in a people that have no concept of helping each other out. I would like to say that, in general, I like Lawrence Watt-Evens's fiction, but this one seems to be a bad apple. Aug 29, K. Axel rated it really liked it Recommends it for: fans of watt-evans, robin hobb and bruce fergusson.

Shelves: partial-review , fantasy. First of This book is about a young man named Breaker, who finds himself training to become one of the Chosen, the Swordsman, in fact. He wants to take on this important role, but finds it a difficult task, that he is constantly doubting. The Chosen, by the way, are those who keep the realm of Barokan safe from mad wizards gone rogue. Their's is a very important task, and the Council of Immortals give them magcal powers to fulfill it, making them the absolute best in their field of expertise.

This is an excellent book. Very original, and although, the plot seem to be a classic one Lawrence Watt-evans is amazing at creating imaginative characters that You are right there beside them, feeling their every thought.

This book comes highly recommended! A wonderful idea, I really liked the setup to this story, the plot was too thin though. The setup is nice, the world is described well, though not in much detail, but the plot is too simplistic and transparent. The story flows well but the end is highly obvious, maybe a little too much foreshadowing is used here.

I like the story, a quick, simple read A wonderful idea, I really liked the setup to this story, the plot was too thin though. I like the story, a quick, simple read that I enjoyed. Not a classic by any means but still enjoyable. Jul 09, Riteandritual rated it liked it. Got this from the dollar store - and was very pleasantly surprised. Not only that, but I picked it mostly for the cover.

Struck me as an interesting world with an unusual theme read the book-liner, I was like "huh? Although it was kinda slowish starting, it keeps you hooked enough to keep turning pages till the end.

Disappointed that it isn't a 9 book series, like you'd figure from the intro, I still want to read Got this from the dollar store - and was very pleasantly surprised.

Disappointed that it isn't a 9 book series, like you'd figure from the intro, I still want to read the rest 3 and the authors other work, like the Misenchanted Sword has a cool name and cover. Hardly, but it is a good read for fellow fantasy lovers. The plot is well thought out, and the characters are engaging. The story itself moves at a somewhat drawn out pace. I felt the author could have shaved off about twenty pages of writing. Although, perhaps with better use of language the book did lack a certain creativity in its sentence structures the book would not have seemed overly long.

I wouldn't place it in my "to read again" list, but for anyone looking for pulp fiction, this will do. Sep 10, Robert rated it did not like it. Honestly, I have never before stated a thing like that, but it is true. I could spout venom about this books for quite a while, but I have better things to do So that's all I have to say Feb 09, Jeffrey rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy , fiction , sports.

OK, so as this is a Lawrence Watt-Evans book I had fairly high expectations, cause I have loved all of his other books, but I gotta tell you, this one fell way below his level of writing.

It was very choppy, and the characters didn't act like I would have expected them to, but not in a natural way either. It just didn't make sense some of the stuff they said and did. Overall, disappointed. Not sure if I will read the rest in the series or not. I really disliked this book. It started off with a strong premise, but failed to deliver on any of it. The characters were extremely thin, the dialog was awful, and many of the plot points were parroted from many other much better fantasy series, from the Hobbit to the Wheel of Time, to the Shannara books.

There were several times I just wanted to put the book down and never open its cover again, but I willed myself to finish it. Hopefully other entries in this series are better. Jun 04, Craig rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy. The plotting isn't great and the characters are fairly wooden, but I found the world-building made this one worth 3 stars. Although the spirits resembling Shinto kami are not the focus of the book, they are pervasive and integral to the working of this world.

Wish the author would have done more with the premise - maybe he will in later volumes. May 11, Brandon rated it really liked it. Decient book, I like the idea the author put forth here.

Threre are eight chosen heros to be summoned when the ruler of the land goes bad, who happens to be an all powerful wizard. A little slow in some parts but all ans all a food book. I've purchased the next book Of the series and normally don't unless I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Lawrence Watt-Evans never disappoints. This is a great story with wild creativity and lots of fun. There is a real-life quality to his characters that brings the reader into the story in a personal and refreshing way.

What would it be like to be a sword-wielding, magically-enhanced, superhero, guardian? It is a lot of fun to see it from the inside. Dec 01, Kevin Tucker rated it liked it Recommends it for: fantasy lovers.

Time stamps below! Spoiler Free review: lfcmalta. Simply put, this book was the best of all the series up to this point. It's gotten some flack simply because people don't really have any taste. Robert Jordan only proves his worth with this book. This is it! Lord of Chaos is finally out in Unabridged format!

Ever since this book was published the battle at the wells has ranked near the top. This book and the two before it are Jordan at his best, his most innovative and balanced. The first edition of the novel was published in October 15th , and was written by Robert Jordan.