The Sovereign Stone Trilogy from the masters of fantasy and creators of the Dragonlance world starts off with this first novel, Well of Darkness. Tells the story of a whipping boy and his prince as they grow up and grow into the evil that is called the Void. This trilogy is really very well self-contained. There is no real cliffhanger, most all the themes have a clear resolution and the conclusion actually leaves you in doubt of where the next book in the trilogy will continue on. This is much darker than Dragonlance and in fact feels to be more adult and less of the the young adult type of fantasy. And it is refreshing to see the elves in the story as siding more with the evil than is typical (except of course the Drow in the Forgotten Realms world).
While not a novel that I would consider in the running for my read of the year, it was enjoyable and I look forward to seeing where the next book leads. 7/10
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