I Loved the Broken Key Trilogy very much and would certainly recomend your other readers to try it!! If your a fan of "Officiall Published" D&D Novels you won't be disapointed this trilogy holds its own with the likes of the R.A. Salvatore and Ed Greenwood novels and surpasses almost all of the other lesser novels that wizard of the coast puts out - there certainly more original, fun, and true to pen and paper D&D adventures that I have ever read!! The Broken Key Trilogy truly makes you feel as if your takin part in a classes pen and paper adventure.
If you do not like Game type novels I would still recommend this trilogy as it goes so much beyond those types of books as well. The plot has seriously been thought out and advanced and you see the characters earn their achievments and you see them and their abilities truly grow and increase in a realistic way and not just "given" too them like many quest books do. The characters earn your respect for what they do and go through and not for finding the "magic sword that kills the dragon and saves the day".
While I still have to admit that the Morcyth Saga remains my favorite of your series, the Broken Key very nearly comes close in surpassing it through sheer fun and excitement. I found myself feeling as if I was a part of their journying and just as much a part of the events as the main characters. While I am really excited about the new Morcyth sequel, I am hoping just as much that your other readers will wake up and try these books cause I definatly would like to read more of their adventures!! I think I saw some of the clues in the first trilogy where the second one might go and I have to admit I was very intrigued!!
As to who was my favorite character of the Trilogy.....that is really a very hard question to answer. Usually the Mage characters of books are almost always my favorite - for example I loved James in the Morcyth Saga. In the Broken Key Trilogy I found myself loving to read about Kevik. Your right one of the things I really liked about Kevik is that even though he is only knows a few basic spells, his versatility in using those spells not only keeps him very important to his companions, but shows his intelligence and his future potential as well. So yes I would have to say Kevik was one of my favorite charcters, however.. Unlike most other books where I find myself dreading when the author switches to another character for a while, I actually found myself liking and wanting to read about not only Kevik, but also about Bart, Riyan (their fearless leader), and Chad!! I found their stories, histories and adventures just as much fun and interesting as Kevik's. What I also enjoyed and what you impressed me with was also how important all four of the campanions were to each other. While Barts and Keviks skills were definalty needed at certain times Riyan and Chad also brought skills and qualitys and ideas that also were needed at certain times in the adventures. They all saved each others lived several times each and depended on each other for not only their very safety and survival but for also their friendship.
Please feel free to use any part of this in any reviews or discusion of the Broken Key Trilogy. Sorry about any mispelling or gramatical errors on my part, but I hoped you enjoyed my input. Your avid reader, Kolan Foley
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