by Paul S. Kemp
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Product Description
This is the final title in a new trilogy featuring the most popular character from the Sembia series.
The author of Resurrection concludes the tale of the Forgotten Realms most enigmatic hero, Erevis Cale. Drawn deeper and deeper into the service of Mask, Cale may find himself so lost in the shadows that he can never return.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Great Book in a Great Trilogy, 2008-05-08
(Spoiler Free Review)
This is Book 3 of the Erevis Cale Trilogy. If you haven't read the first two books, Twilight Falling (Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy) or Dawn of Night (Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy) just know that this is an excellent Trilogy and you should read those books.
If you read the first two books, know that you won't be dissapointed with the conclusion.
In this book, the Sojourner's plans are finally revealed. The characters get deeper, the battles become more intense, and the plot thickens.
Unlike most Forgotten Realms books, this trilogy really gets into the minds of the main characters. Both the heroes and villains are flawed, and have their own motives behind their actions. Nobody does 'good' things for the sake of being good and nobody does 'evil' things for the sake of being evil. These are all complex characters driven by their own beliefs and motives. This trilogy is also the 'darkest' of the Forgotten Realms trilogies that I've read. Mostly because the characters are deep and emotional scars don't go away with a healing spell.
If you're a fan of dark fantasy, you need to read these books. You don't need to be a fan of Mask, or Shades, or even Dungeons and Dragons to enjoy this trilogy.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
great read, 2008-01-03
Short but sweet. It was a great read.Any sci-fi reader will like this book and trilogy
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
An unorthodox review..., 2007-11-14
Paul S. Kemp has, once again, delivered the goods with Midnight's Mask, the third book of the Erevis Cale trilogy, following Twilight Falling and Dawn of Night.
The story felt epic in nature as the events chronicled in this book took our intrepid heroes from the ratty streets of Selgaunt to the deepest depths of the Inner Sea. However, when it comes down to what Midnight's Mask really is and, indeed, what this entire series will best be remembered for, the answer is simply, the characters.
Erevis Cale leads a battered and beaten troupe of friends, the psionic teafling, Magadon, the stalwart Halfling priest Jak Fleet and the mysterious Drasek Riven, an assassin and fellow follower of Mask whose loyalties seem to constantly shift. These four companions are opposed by a being of immense power, The Sojourner, and two of his "sons," powerful creatures known as Slaads. From the first page to the very last of this novel, Erevis and company must fight overwhelming odds to stop The Sojourner from completing his task. They battle to stalemates, flee for their lives and fight to the death. This is a dark story that, at its heart, is a simple allegory concerning man's selfishness versus his need to belong to something greater than himself. It is about sacrifice and friendship. It is about human beings, creatures who are always more than what they appear.
It is no fluke that Mr. Kemp's heroes are flawed, real characters, while the villains are a mirror to those heroes, a device to show them...and us, the readers...what is truly important in a world that seems to have gone haywire...where nothing makes sense and where the darkness seems to have taken a foothold over the land...and over the heart. Mr. Kemp has shown a magical ability to create and bring to life characters of deep meaning and ones which we care for, even though we question in the back of our minds why we should. They are complex characters. They are as real as fiction can make them.
The Erevis Cale trilogy, and Midnight's Mask in particular, is a gory, dark and deeply disturbing look into the shadows of the heart and soul. It is also an incredibly emotional and uplifting tale of men who struggle daily with that darkness...and choose instead to follow the path of light and goodness. Midnight's Mask is about wanting to make a difference...wanting to be a hero in the truest sense of the word. It is also about not enslaving oneself to a perceived course of action, a destiny, if you will. This is a story about following your own heart...your own course...for your own reasons.
This novel brought me to tears. It did so because of its honest portrayal of what is important to the human heart. Mr. Kemp shined a mirror into the hearts and souls of his readers...and his entire trilogy showed us that even those who live in darkness never have to let that darkness consume them. Midnight's Mask not only gets my highest recommendation, but a promise to this author that my loyalty to his work has been more than earned for, hopefully, decades to come. Thank you, Paul! And well done!
1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
 Not good. , 2007-05-22
I did not like this book. It was too much like "Resurrection". At the end the bad guy's motive to destroy the world is "just because". The only worse ending to a series was "Resurrection". Yet if you like dark books without any humor, very serious, and a good guy who is bad then this is the book for you.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Good Book, but Better Series, 2007-04-04
Midnight's Mask (Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Book 3)
SERIES: A
BOOK OVER ALL: B
Story: B, Prose: A-, Dialogue: B+, Romance: C, Action: A-, Plot: C+.
This is a very good series, yet this is my lest favorite of the three books, but still worth reading. Paul S. Kemp, is one of the best fantasy writers today, certainly one of the few really good ones writing Forgotten Realms books.
PROS:
Great Characters, well developed, with interesting interplay, and good dialogue.
Vivid prose, vivid portrait of the world, vivid action!
CONS:
The evil protagonist Vhostym, is too weird and way too powerful / God like, makes the story difficult to `get in to' for me, and very unbalanced!
The setting is just to dark and dull.
Why is Erevis Cale a Cleric of Mask, he hates Mask, they don't share a philosophy, this makes little sense to me. Why dose Mask give Cale magic and promote him in his church?
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