I agree that my impression was that White Gold was simply a means of expressing power. I believe Foamfollower makes a comment in LFB regarding Gildenlode and how the power comes from him, but the structure of the wooden keels allows that specific/unique expression. He goes onto to say that White Gol...

The guy I talked to yesterday at Borders seemed like a bored undergrad who didnt really care or know what he was doing. Thankfully he didnt seem to realize that the book wasnt coming out till today. Ahh, the joys of having apathetic students working at a book store...I hope he's working the next tim...

Wooohooo!!! I just called Borders (on a whim) to ask if they could hold a copy for me. The saleswomen said 'I'll be right back' got the book, and said she would place it on hold for me to pick up this evening from the main desk! I'm just hoping there isn't a hitch when I get there.....

I think the key difference between Mhoram and Kevin is that Kevin went against everything he held dear. The Old Lords, starting with Berek made a promise that they would uphold Earthpower and work towards preserving the Land. When Kevin, in his despair, uttered the Ritual of Desecration, he knew tha...

I'm pretty sure in LFB, Mhoram's mother says something about Berek being both oracle and prophet while Mhoram was only an oracle due to some deficiency in his world-view (I can't remember exactly what she said he was lacking, but the quote came somewhere during the journey to Soaring Woodhelven). Be...

I just read the blurb on Amazon to find that Fatal Revenant will have an ending that "is the kind of cliff-hanger that should have readers returning to see how it and the remaining adventures play out". Does anyone else miss the days when each novel was more-or-less self contained? In the ...

What I don't understand is why the Wards and Lore weren't all destroyed. As long as it existed, it was at least possible that someone would find it and know, or figure out, how to use it. For example, why are the heels of the Staff still there where Vain can get them? Is there another level of intr...

And then there was the statement made to Covenent when Vain led him to the Hall of Gifts. He was told the lore no longer worked under the Sunbane. But did it really not work or was that more lies told by the Ravers to keep the land under their control. I imagine that the lore of the Old Lords truly...

Wasnt the Bloodguard POV chapter from Korik's POV about the mission to Seareach? I'm pretty sure it wasnt Bannor in any case....