Laura W. (Pharmtoxgirl) reviewed on 5/31/2006 + 52 more book reviews

A stout volume concludes Reichert's second saga about the Renshai, paranormal humans who share a world whose realization is heavily influenced by Norse mythology, with dark and light elves, normal humans, and the Old Norse gods themselves. The curse of sterility that the dark elves have sent to humanity can now only be removed by the recovery of the missing shards of the Pica Stone, which must be sought in an action-filled quest involving all the races in Reichert's fantasy world. The Norse pantheon resumes direct intervention in this world, an intervention handled with literary skill and folkloric scholarship that further raises the level of suspense. This book is not the ideal place to start an acquaintance with the Renshai, but those who know them from Beyond Ragnarok (1995) and Prince of Demons (1996) and the earlier Renshai Trilogy (The Last of the Renshai [1992], The Western Wizard [1992], Child of Thunder [1993]) won't want to part company with them until they've read it.

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