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Blackstaff (Forgotten Realms: The Wizards)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780786940165
ISBN: 0786940166
Label: Wizards of the Coast
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: July 11, 2006
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Studio: Wizards of the Coast
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Editorial Review:
Khelben Arunsun, Chosen of Mystra, Archmage of Waterdeep, is as close to a demigod as you're likely to meet on the streets of Faerûn's mightiest city. But when the skies rain lightning and a long-forgotten city arises from the earth, he can seem like just another wizard.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - It takes two
times to read it that is. I read this book when it first came out and was completely confused. I just re-read this book and realized how much this novel is a well of information, whether that information was in the book or something I needed to look up. I just loved re-reading it (along with my wife reading it for the first time). I've said it before and I'll say it again. Thank you Steven.
Rating:  - Starts out halfway decent...
I'll try to make this as spoiler-free as possible...
Starts out halfway decent, but soon degenerates into a whirlwind parade of characters, creatures, and confusing storylines. The author starts ideas/plotlines only to just let them drop halfway through the book. For instance..
Early in the novel a minor character meets their end. So one of the ideas the main characters have, is to find a way to save that characters soul/bring them back to life/help them cross over ... Read More
Rating:  - A good read
I think what I liked most about this book was the LACK of the bizaare, unique, characters that have been so prevelant of late in Forgotten realms books. No half golem humans, dragons that spend that the bulk of their time in human form, or exiled goliaths. Good old basic half elf wizard apprentice, her familiar, a human thief and of course a few Chosen of Mystra.
The story flows well at a steady pace. A couple minor editing errors, the worst of which was a paragraph that was printed ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing
The Blackstaff seemed like a hollow character.... only retained his good humor. Had difficulty in staying with the story line. Currently reading the other books in this series and they seem far better.
Rating: - I Got It
Perhaps, because I tend to judge it on its own merits than comparing it to other things I have read. The Moonshaes Trilogy was crap, boring and tedious, IMHO. This, the first of the Wizard series, was not.
I liked Khelben since the first time I read of him in the Avatar trilogy, lo those many years ago. He intrigued me. More than Elminster ever has. As one of Mystra's chosen, I wanted to understand him and see where he stood in the overall gist of the Forgotten Realms. To be honest, ... Read More
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