Wrath of a Mad God

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Wrath of a Mad God
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Wrath of a Mad God first edition cover.
Author Raymond E. Feist
Cover artist Dominic Forbes
Country United States
Language English
Series Darkwar Saga
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher HarperVoyager
Publication date March 3, 2008[1]
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 516 pp (first edition)
ISBN ISBN 0007244290
Preceded by Into a Dark Realm

Wrath of a Mad God is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the third and final book in the Darkwar Saga and was published in 2008. It was preceded by Into a Dark Realm which was published in 2006. It was originally meant to be published on September 3, 2007[1].

Contents

[edit] Plot introduction

On the world of the Dasati, Pug and the other Conclave members must find a way to save their people from the magician, Leso Varen, and the wrath of the mad god he has awoken. Miranda must find a way to save herself from the clutches of the Deathpriests who have her help captive on the world of Kelewan.

[edit] Plot summary

Wrath of a Mad God finishes the Darkwar saga. Pug, Magnus, Nakor and Ralan Bek have reached the Dasati home world, and are now working with the followers of the White (which turns out isn't a singular god of good, but a combination of all the exorcised gods of the Dasati's second plane of reality). Macros learns that the living Gods of Midkemia -- including the Nameless -- made an agreement with the gods of the second plane of reality (if they are not one and the same), and a result was that the soul of Macros was forced into the second plane of reality after his encounter and subsequent death at the hands of Maarg the demon king of the 5th plane of reality. Ralan Bek is not the God Killer, containing not a sliver of Nalar the nameless one, but he carries a sliver of the Dasati god of war. The Dark God turns out to be an obese DreadLord, feeding off the countless souls of the dead in the Dasati realm. The Dread Lord is eventually defeated by the God Killer which is revealed to be the tiny sliver of Nalar sheltered by Leso Varen. Nalar takes action against the Dread Lord in order to prevent it from subverting his role on Midkemia.

Continuing on with the two stories, one book -theme started in the preceding book, Miranda, who remained behind in the first plane of reality, escapes from the Deathpriests of the Dasati. She travels to Kelewan, and there leads the Tsurani in the defense of their, ultimately doomed, home-world.

[edit] Continuity errors

There are three small continuity errors in this book if considered as part of the wider Raymond Feist canon: firstly, the Tsurani Minwanabi family re-appears despite having been obliterated in the "Empire" series, with an inadequate explanation of their continued existence; secondly, Lord Erik (von Darkmoor) is described as regretting that he never "married and had children", where we know from "Rage of a Demon King" that Erik married Kitty before the fall of Krondor, and thirdly Duke Kasper when meeting the elfs claims to have never seen elves, and when Tomas arrives later they do not recognize each other. However in Exile's Return Tomas and Kasper fought alongside each other, in the city of elves.

[edit] Publication history

Since its release Wrath of a Mad God has been published in over five countries and three languages. [2]

Note: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have the same release dates as the UK.

  • 2008, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0007244290, Pub date March 3, 2008, Hardback
  • 2008, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0007244304, Pub date September 1, 2008, Trade paperback
  • 2008, USA, HarperCollins ISBN 0060792981, Pub date March 25, 2008, Hardback
  • 2008, NLD, Luitingh Fantasy, ISBN 9789024556595, Pub date April, 2008, Hardback
  • 2008, HUN, Beholder Kft., Pub date June 2, 2008, Paperback

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Release date. Crydee.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  2. ^ Publication info. Crydee.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.