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[regretisstoredintheme]

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[staringdownabarrel]

So here's my thoughts on the Chaoswar trilogy.

This is a great ending for this series. I regret not reading this when it first came out because I think I would have enjoyed these three books way more in my late teens than I do today. When I talk about peak Raymond E. Feist writing, this is a pretty good representation of what I mean by that.

In a lot of ways, this was a return to the core Feist formula. There's some magic issue that only Pug and the other high-level magicians can handle, there's a ground war that the nobility in the Kingdom have to deal with, and at some point the Keshians try to take advantage of it. However, there's a reason why this tends to be the formula that goes down well with a lot of the hardcore Feist fans: he happens to work well when he adheres to this one.

I think the Chaoswar trilogy is also the trilogy that works the best as a coherent whole. At least, it is the one that's worked the best since the Empire trilogy. Usually what ends up happening with the Riftwar trilogies is that it'll basically be some variation of the one-and-two format, where two books will be heavily intertwined but then the other will only loosely fit the theme for the trilogy. The Chaoswar trilogy did a lot better at being a single storyline in three books.

This trilogy also does a much better job at balancing the legacy characters with the new additions than the Darkwar and Demonwar series. I'd go as far as to say that this series does this angle better than any Feist book since The King's Buccaneer or Shadow of a Dark Queen.

It was always a given that these books would heavily involve the legacy characters, after all. This was the trilogy that was meant to wrap everything up, so it had to wrap up their arcs as well.

The one thing I was worried about when I first started reading this trilogy was how Miranda and Nakor would be incorporated into it. A month or two ago, I was talking to a guy about these books and his impression was that it was a bit confusing how they were able to come back from the dead. Having now read the books, I get it, and I think it is largely consistent with how death has traditionally worked in these books.

Speaking of consistency issues, it is amazing how consistent this trilogy is with everything that came before. That was something I was specifically concerned with as well, especially since there were a couple of points in the Darkwar trilogy that didn't gel perfectly with what the canon was before then. I know this has traditionally been a contentious point of that trilogy, though.

Overall, I am just really pleased with how this trilogy played out. More to the point, I'm pleased I'm finally done with these books so I can go read something else.

[elisartstuff]

Uhh eyestrain and mysophobia warning under the cut

"Welcome to the mind fuck!" /lyr

This was fun!!! I should do with with some other gooberts,,, maybe tree,,, idk,,, :3

Btw heres the regular version for comparison

I love her sm I'm so normal about her istg /lying

[mrkapao]

“There are two kinds of strength. Power and the ability to wield it is obvious, but resilience, the ability to resist power, is the other.”

- Raymond E. Feist ‘The Chaoswar Saga: Magician's End’

[irrelevaantidiot]

My honest to god reaction to me making a fictional world as an innocent child for fun and boredom but then I accidentally make the world real and then disappear because I'm in that world now but then I realized I have god powers now and I create a friend who I can mind control to do my bidding but then I decide to test something so I let think on his own and he literally punches my eye out

Anyways I also get bored and create fictional beings (like the equivalent to AI beings) and I use them to host competitions and then I kill them off because I'm insane

Abgways part 2 then a group of people just. appear in this world and it's the first time in decades that I've seen actual people and I've gone insane at this point and then I make THEM compete in a game of having to face scary shit because I legit do not understand most emotions at this point and I need to remember what that's like. also one of them had a broken arm and I basically forced straightened it before putting it in a shitty cast and she cried but I didnt give a damn cause I'm so silly guys!

Anyways part 3 two of them are up for elimination and then I try to take the eliminated ones soul so i can have MORE power but then the rest of the group gets mad at me and then I get silly and send them off to other horrors

[iamghostwriter]

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[kattidya]

I had a dream a few years ago where I created a new type of meme called "chaosware" and it was just pictures of cats with funny faces with words written on it with Paint, like "omg lolz wtf". It gave me very strong vibes from the 2000's.

[zaxel]

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Thanks @zurkeydurkey for this wonderful/awful gift. I can't wait to record it for my channel. Otherwise, link in my bio for my twitch channel! We'll be streaming from noon to midnight (PT), this Saturday. There's going to be some WONDERFUL guests and a ton of fun games. It's all to celebrate the re-release of all the old Anime Hunters episodes on the new YouTube channel! I wish I could link to that as well but insta is kind dumb. SO head over to my twitch and I'll put the link there! #animehunters #chaoswars

[surejaya]

Magician's End (The Chaoswar Saga, #3)

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Magician's End (The Chaoswar Saga, #3) by Raymond E. Feist

As it began, so shall it end—in magic, mystery, and majesty . . .An uneasy quiet has settled upon Midkemia in the wake of a surprise invasion. But the land is far from peaceful. Leaderless, the Kingdom is on the brink of anarchy and civil war, unless Hal conDoin, Duke of Crydee, and his brothers can rally their allies to crown a new king.Yet the bravery of determined warriors—brothers in blood and arms—is not enough to ensure the Kingdom's preservation without the magic of the Master Sorcerer Pug. But to save Midkemia—and everything he has fought for and all he cherishes—Pug will have to pay the ultimate price.A breathtaking tale of elves and men, love and hate, ambition and sacrifice, intrigue and brotherhood, war and peace, Magician's End is the final volume in Raymond E. Feist's epic Riftwar Cycle, and brilliantly captures the essence of life and the eternal struggle for survival.

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[staringdownabarrel]

I've just finished Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist, and here's my thoughts.

This book was genuinely a lot better than I was expecting it to be. When I got to this trilogy, and especially this book, I was a bit worried that this would just be a rush job to get everything finished so Feist could finally move on with his life. That wasn't the case. For the most part, this feels like a very natural end to the series, and it wraps up most of the major plot points.

The really standout part of this book was that there were multiple major battles, but none of it feels repetitive. This was especially good given that this is a trilogy that already had a couple of major battles prior to this. I've read other fantasy series--and by this, I'm really thinking of the Inheritance Cycle in particular--where there'd be multiple major battles over the course of a book, but that wasn't the case here.

A lot of this is just down to how well the tension is built up over the course of this book, and really the trilogy as a whole. This is something Feist was always good at, even early on in his career. It's not just a matter of "Oh, and then we had this big battle," there's usually a few chapters building up the tension and the stakes. The payoff of the battle is always earned.

In terms of the actual, honest to god endings--the one for Henry conDoin, and the one for Pug--I have differing opinions.

With Pug's ending, I think it's entirely earned. This is the payoff that's been building up for the entire series, or at least the entire series since the Serpentwar quadrilogy. If this wasn't the kind of ending he got, then I probably would have been disappointed.

For the conDoin brothers however, it's a different story. I'm not entirely sure if it made sense to have Henry go from being a rural duke's son, unknowingly the actual duke for a bit, straight to being the King so rapidly. This is still quite a young guy with no real leadership experience; especially on this kind of a level.

Really, I think James had the right of it when he said he'd been hoping Edward would be the king for a few years, then step down in favour of Henry. This would have allowed him to get some hands on experience as the Prince of Krondor before becoming a king.

There is a defense to be made that at least Henry had a lot of older, more experienced advisors around him. And straight after a civil war, the Kingdom probably needed a period of long term stability rather than a short reign. This is a fair enough argument and it is the kind of case that the book is trying to make during the last few chapters.

Overall though, I do feel like this is the kind of ending that the series deserved. Certainly--both in terms of pacing and actual quality of the plot--it's leagues better than some of the other books Feist put out towards the end of the series.

[elisartstuff]

The thing ever ft @plasky cool oc ever

I'm punching them both where they arms going /sillylh

[notinthenews]

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Raymond E. Feist Prize Pack Sweepstakes!

The first book in a brand-new Raymond E. Feist series, King of Ashes, is available May 8th from Harper Voyager—and to celebrate, we want to send you a copy of it! One lucky reader will also receive a set of the ChaosWar Saga—A Kingdom Besieged, A Crown Imperiled, and Magician’s End—in case you’ve got any catching up to do on Feist’s previous series!

For centuries, the five greatest kingdoms of…

[irrelevaantidiot]

You know the disinterest is bad when the only reason you feel tied to a project is only so you can draw a scene where ur fav oc only appears like once and it's near the end so the drag feels worth it

[nikihawkes]

Title: A Crown Imperiled

Author: Raymond E. Feist

Series: The Chaoswar Saga #2

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 2/5 stars

The Overview: War rages in Midkemia but behind the chaos there is disquieting evidence of dark forces at work. Jim Dasher’s usually infallible intelligence network has been cleverly dismantled; nowhere is safe. He feels that the world is coming apart at the seams and is helpless to protect his nation. Quiet palace coups are underway in Roldem and Rillanon; and King Gregory of the Isles has yet to produce an heir. In each kingdom a single petty noble has risen from obscurity to threaten the throne. Lord Hal of Crydee and his great friend Ty Hawkins, champion swordsman of the Masters’ Court, are entrusted with the task of smuggling Princess Stephané and her lady-in-waiting, the lovely but mysterious Lady Gabriella, out of Roldem to a place of greater safety. But is there any safe haven to be found? Meanwhile, Hal’s younger brothers Martin and Brendan are attempting to hold the strategic city of Ylith against an onslaught of Keshian Dog Soldiers, and a mysterious force from beneath the sea. The Kingdom might lose Crydee and recover; but if Ylith falls, all is lost. An unknown player appears to be orchestrating these conflicts. Can Pug and the Conclave of Shadows track down this source before Midkemia is destroyed? -Goodreads

The Review:

Unfortunately, A Crown Imperiled didn’t do much to improve my opinion of these later Riftwar books.

I’ve torn apart the first book in this trilogy (A Kingdom Besieged) for its lack of plot advancement and over-dependency on nostalgia for the original characters. The lack of plot advancement continues in the second book with a vengeance, where all notable events can be counted on one hand (made worse by diction that refuses to use contractions, making every sentence annoyingly drawn out… much like the story (ouch)). If Feist spent the same amount of effort developing these new characters as he did reminding us how great his past ones were, I might have been more forgiving about the pacing. The scenes where he was in the moment, focusing on the here-and-now were the best bits of the book and likely the only parts I’ll choose to remember. Overall, though, I found very little value in most of what was presented in the first 80% of the book.

And then he bomb-dropped a 5-star final chapter.

This pissed me off, frankly, because it’s more evidence towards my theory that he was just phoning it in at this point and the publisher was letting him get away with it. The last chapters prove to me that he still knows how to work his magic when he wants to. In fact, the last chapter was so interesting, I’m crossing my fingers that Magician’s End, the saga-ender, makes me eat crow about every negative thing I’ve said about this trilogy so far.

Please keep in mind that I’ve loved EVERYTHING (except for the Krondor Trilogy) up until these last several books. At this point, I’d advocate stopping after the Conclave of Shadows trilogy… maybe after the Darkwar Saga. However, the jury remains out until I finish the final book. Wish me luck…

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Book Review: A Crown Imperiled by Raymond E. Feist Title: A Crown Imperiled Author: Raymond E. Feist Series: The Chaoswar Saga #2 Genre: Fantasy Rating:

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Magician's End: Book Three of the Chaoswar Saga

Magician’s End: Book Three of the Chaoswar Saga

As it began, so shall it end-in magic, mystery, and majesty. . . Magician’s End Thirty years ago, Raymond E. Feist wrote his first novel, Magician, a story about an orphan boy named Pug who is thrust by a war into captivity in an alien world, only to rise from slavery to become a Master Magician. Magician introduced readers to Midkemia and the Riftwars, an epic series of battles between Good and…