Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Venom and Song



The Seven Elven Lords of Berinfell have come back to the lands and the peoples of Allyra. After living on earth as any humans would, they've come back to rule over the seven elven tribes and defeat the Spider King once and for all. However, they cannot succeed so easily, for standing in their way is the Spider King's mountain fortress; Vesper Crag. Full of Gwars, Drefids, Warspiders, evil creatures known as Wisps and human slaves from our own world. The Seven teenaged lords have been sent to a special training ground where they will learn to fight as one. They undergo grueling tests but emerge victorious, but they also learn of a dark secret in the Elven history. However, it is soon realized that their training is not enough, they must undertake a journey to an ancient castle to find the keystone, and along with it, the secret of the Rainsong. This alone may enable the Elves to make a successful attack on Vesper Crag. But will it be enough? Find out in Venom and Song.

This is an excellent book, well written and engaging
Not to say that there aren't some problems with this book, there are a great many characters, which can be confusing, especially if you start with the second book, so my suggestion: Don't! Really, go find a copy of Curse of the Spider King somewhere and read that before continuing, you'll understand Venom and Song so much better. Also, skip the character page, it'll just confuse you. If you want, go back and read about a character when you come across him in the story.


Written by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper


Books by Wayne Thomas Batson: The Door Within, Rise of the Wyrm Lord, The Final Storm, Isle of Swords, Isle of Fire

Books by Christopher Hopper: Rise of the Dibor, The Lion Vrie

Books by both:
 Curse of the Spider King, Venom and Song

To find out more go to the book's website: The Berinfell Prophecies

3 comments:

Christopher Hopper said...

Thanks so much for the kind review (and the suggestions to help people avoid the sheer amount of characters and the character list!). Blessings on you bro!

Nolan said...

LOL! When I read the first sentence, I thought it said, "The Seven Eleven Lords..."

Wooton said...

Thanks Mr. Hopper!

@Beorn: you had me nervous for a second :D I was afraid I misspelled it