Fun bit of fluffy fantasy that is trying to be a big epic and really doesn't have enough story for this to be a quartet.
Doubt there's enough story here to be a trilogy.

The three heroes are likable, and I that despite their having a destiny, they seem to stay on the fringes of the grand epic. They have a part to play, but not as the guys in charge.

I did the balance between the main three and the big hero wizards, moving from the smaller quest and the big story, but at the same time, there isn't enough story here for this big a series and the padding really shows.
It's all too meandering and the writer doesn't quite have a handle on how to juggle everything.

Plus, the bad guys aren't that interesting. They feel very generic, not terribly scary or much depth to them. They feel 'Well, I need a bad guy'.

Lots of good ideas, but an unsatisfying whole.sf-fantasy1 David Cain456 12

This novel is the second in the Circle of Light series by Hancock. The strengths and weaknesses of the previous book are all present here. Again, it's quite derivative of Tolkein, with many of the same stock characters and similar events and plot arcs - this goes way past LOTR homage into wholesale appropriation. Nevertheless, it's a quick read and a relatively fun fantasy novel. I enjoyed this a bit more than Grefax Grimwald, primarily because most of the large cast of supporting characters becomes more three-dimensional. More happens here and the stakes feel higher. I do plan to continue on and finish the series.20161 MisterFweem350 15

First of all, I've got to say I love the artwork on this book coevr. It's not the art I've got on my edition, but it's nice. That pensive look on Bear's face, with the claw/finger up to his nose. But Otter -- how is he keeping that cloak/coat thing on? I'm not sure.

No matter. Another fine book here from Niel Hancock. Buddhist derring-do, meaning it's more a pure game of good versus evil than most fantasy tales. If you ask me, anyone who takes on this grenre is very brave to do so, since there is a lot of good fantasy writing and even more bad fantasy writing out there. Hancock is closer to the apex of this particular pyramid than the base, which is good for him. And us.

This tale helps us get to know Bear and Otter much better than the first, leaving the humanoids as kind of secondary characters to this book. Since I'm much for anthropomorphism, that's good for me. Equally important, Hancock keeps pace with a tightly-written tale that is, as with many fantasy novels, a journey, one laced with magic and danger.

The next book in the series awaits on my shelf. I'm switching gears a bit, however, and going ton to read St. Augustine's "Confessions." We'll see how that goes. Violet431

This was a re-read because I read the first two in the series so long ago I didn't remember them. I think the first book might have been better at the time I read them, because I did read this one. Now that I have read this one again I'm not sure I think I know why I never read the third one in this series. I did obtain the next one and will see how it goes, hope it is more intersting than this book was.fiction Kaethe6,477 497

Well, I don't really remember the series. And I never sought out anything else by the author, either. But I kept the boxed paperback set, right there on the shelf near the boxed set of Tolkein paperbacks which I tried to read, and couldn't. Tim820 44

The second book of what some might view as a trite fantasy series, but it has its charms. Dave Peticolas1,377 41

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I didn't finish the first book so I never tried to read this book. Lyman Flenner24 8

Book two in the series Ariel PaiementAuthor 26 books130

I d this one better than I d the first! It was better than the first book! fantasy Patricia HamillAuthor 16 books100

Flowery. I still have read this several times.

The cover perfectly illustrates the pace of the story. :-)

2017 favorites-read-more-than-once on-actual-paper ...more BradleyAuthor 4 books2,473

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