Not much fun to read. His other books weerwoord much better ( )

The line between good and bad has never been harder to see. Are the Älfar good? Not really. But are they bad? Not really, they are just being Älfar.

The Älfar are immortal, they love the arts, beauty, fighting. They see themselves as perfect, and all humans, trolls, elves and other beings are just insects under their feet. Slaves that are not worthy to look upon. So yes in this they weren't good beings. But it was their culture and mindset.

I liked the Älfar. They are cruel and beautiful, quite fascinating.

The main characters are Caphalor, who is the voice of reason. Then there is Sinthoras who wants to go take over other countries. The good and bad guy. But things are like I said not that simple. They like all things change.

There is also a POV of a slavegirl and I must say the time of things nothing being black and white are sure everywhere. You'll see.

There is adventure, fighting, death, one truly gruesome act and a people going to war.

I enjoyed this book and I want more about the Älfar. Because at the end, stuff is going down ;). ( )

Zoals we gewend zijn van Markus Heitz weer lekker geschreven. Daar ligt het probleem niet. Met de personages ook niet. Er zit goede ontwikkeling in Sinthoras, Caphalor en de rest. Ook de actie is wederom goed beschreven.
Waarom dan maar 3 sterren? Simpel: Omdat het Alfen zijn. Het is Markus Heitz niet gelukt om de Alfen als volk sympathiek te maken. Hun beweegredenen en al hun acties blijven gewoon evil. Waardoor het niet gelijk leuk is om het boek te lezen; ik kan me niet in hun beweegredenen vinden.

Het zegt genoeg dat het leukste stuk van het boek is waar de Dwergen even in voorkomen. Ik verlang gelijk nog meer naar een De Dwergen 5! Die humor en koppigheid van hun wordt nooit oud. ( )

Questo e' stato l'ultimo libro che ho preso in biblioteca in Italia prima di emigrare e ne sono stata molto felice. A livello trama, sembra la versione fantasy-gotica-splatter di un buddy movie. Adesso non ci sono dpiu' dubbi che gli albi siano pheeghi. Non vedo l'ora che escano gli altri libri della serie. ( )

Somehow I liked the books about the dwarves better than this one. I specifically waited writing the review in order not to be too negative. Still, it's only 3 out of 5 stars. Even though you get to know the alves, I still can't connect to them, they're just too far of normal human reality. Yes, the story's nice, Heitz still writes great, the world is well-build, but the characters are just not...nice. And yes, I'll still read the next part, curious how things continue. But the dwarves were, more interesting I guess. ( )