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Book Review By Rob
The Sword of Bedwyr - Crimson Shadow 1 by R.A. Salvatore

A pretty good fantasy book about a young nobleman named Luthien Bedwyr who takes revenge upon a cyclopian warrior who kills his best friend, causing him to learn of how the people of Avon oppress his homeland of Eriador. He then goes on the road so his family will not suffer for his action, and befriends a halfling bandit. They have a series of adventures against the Avonese lords, and the two eventually come to the city of Montfort. Luthien falls in love with the local Duke's slave girl, and he stays, eventually creating a heroic myth around himself, and leading to a general rebellion against the Avonese. Some originality in the plot and ideas, and fairly good.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Repressive society story Yes
Repressive because:
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - sword fights - -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Really unusual traits?

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society - very controlled society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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