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Title	:	Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering: Masquerade Cycle #2)
Author	:	Paul B. Thompson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 311 pages
Published	:	February 1st 2000 by Wizards of the Coast
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Magic

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A deviously dark read full of devastation and action. Forget about the story being in the world of MTG. Take this world and these characters as they are in this book alone.

The heroes are devastated or warped beyond moral recognition by a brilliantly written arch villian, Crovax, a vampire/cyborg who would take a village's elders and children hostage to demand allegiance from the adult population and then secretly kill off the hostages in cruel and unusual ways to drink in thier suffering souls.

The end wraps up nicely with the beginning, full of tears and a bit of twisted dark humor concerning the oily heart. The tragic hero is a nice surprise and twist. He is ultimatley not the hero for world you would expect, nor are we assured that he will be victorios for the ones he chose to save.

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Original Title:	Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering: Masquerade Cycle, #2)
ISBN:	0786915595 (ISBN13: 9780786915590)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Magic: The Gathering: Masquerade Cycle #2, Magic: The Gathering #22

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Honestly, this book turned out to be much better than I was expecting. I picked it out of a free book bin and decided to give it a chance in spite of a few faults which in another circumstance would have turned me off a book of this kind. These particular irks are the fact that it's part of a overly commercial franchise (Magic: the Gathering) and that it's the second tome in a trilogy I hadn't read at the time. I kept the book for almost a year or so before taking the decision to get rid of it,

A gloriously dark read full of devastating action. The story rests well on its own and positively glows with the storyline of my favorite card game. Excellent book. =)

This was probably some of the strongest writing in this series in a while. There were fairly well-developed characters with believable motivations. There was actual peril where I had no idea who might make it through to the end; characters risked and lost things. Not all heroes triumphed, and everyone was changed in some way.It's sad that such basic things are accomplishments, but you can't say any of these things about many ultra-popular series lately (looking at you, Twilight).

This was probably some of the strongest writing in this series in a while. There were fairly well-developed characters with believable motivations. There was actual peril where I had no idea who might make it through to the end; characters risked and lost things. Not all heroes triumphed, and everyone was changed in some way.It's sad that such basic things are accomplishments, but you can't say any of these things about many ultra-popular series lately (looking at you, Twilight).

I've posted a full review of this book on my blog here:http://www.geeky-guide.com/2010/10/bo...

A deviously dark read full of devastation and action. Forget about the story being in the world of MTG. Take this world and these characters as they are in this book alone. The heroes are devastated or warped beyond moral recognition by a brilliantly written arch villian, Crovax, a vampire/cyborg who would take a village's elders and children hostage to demand allegiance from the adult population and then secretly kill off the hostages in cruel and unusual ways to drink in thier suffering souls.

My friends and I have a soft spot for Ertai after reading about him in the Rath and Storm. The way Paul tied this story together for him had me practically in tears before I was done. It all made sense, but argh why did it have to happen?Hopefully the above doesn't seem too spoilery, rather, I would hope it entices anybody reading this to give the book a good read. Crovax is likewise handled quite well in his relation to Greven, Volrath and Ertai. How they all play out with Belbe at the head of