Beyond the Pale (The Last Rune, Book 1)

Reality is unraveling in the dusty Colorado town of Castle City.  Strange symbols are carved into storefronts, and ancient legends come to life.

Saloonkeeper Travis Wilder is handed an ornate iron box and a mysterious mission.  And in Denver, where dead men walk, ER doctor Grace Beckett is witness to a terrifying and inhuman scene of carnage.  Theirs is a destiny shrouded in a coming darkness, a destiny that draws them into the otherworld of Eldh....

Eldh is a land of gods and monsters, myths and runecraft, conspiracy and blood.  It is a world that has secretly coexisted beside ours for millennia.  But now the boundary between worlds is crumbling in the face of a monstrous evil.  And Travis and Grace must save this strange land in order to safeguard their own world.  more

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Posted: Aug-20-2007

Pretty good

Honestly, the first time I picked up this book, I read the prologue, and the first 2 or 3 chapters and threw it back on my bookshelf. It sounded great at the bookstore, but I just couldnt get into it. I think I was just looking for something different at that time. Anyway, with Harry Potter...

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Posted: Jul-27-2007

Brilliant!!

This serie is great. A new brilliant writer has arrived. The story is complelling and hooks you from the first page to the end. I have read the first two books and can't wait for the other four.It's worth every penny!!

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Posted: Aug-31-2006

The best series I've read since Earth-sea

This is the second best series i've ever read. The first being the wizard of earth-sea by ursula leguin. The characters are real and evolve with the series. I read one after another and bought the few I didnt have ahead of time so I wouldnt have a gap in between. I usually drift from book to...

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Posted: Jul-21-2006

Thoroughly Enjoyable

When I read fantasy I want to be compleatly drawn in. If the story starts to drag it does not get long to redeem itself before I'm done with the book. Luckily, that was never the case in Beyond the Pale. Anthony captured me in first with his lyrical prose and then with his two main characters...

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Posted: Jun-27-2005

Not bad, Not Great

Good series overall, but begins to get off track with the gay love thing.

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Posted: Apr-01-2005

So-So

This is my first attempt at fantasy/fiction. I usually read mystery/suspense and horror. After reading the back of this book, I found myself ordering the whole series (6), and I'm not sure that was a wise move. I am going to have a positive attitude and reserve any harsh judgement until after...

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Posted: Feb-12-2005

Brilliant start to a new series.

This was bought as a gift for me and what a prezzie it turned out to be. This first book in the 'Last Rune' series starts in a backwater town in Colorado where Travis Wilder runs a bar. Everything in his life is humdrum and normal but that is about to change with the arrival of a strange...

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Posted: Sep-28-2004

Better than I could possibly have hoped...

Usually when I start reading a fantasy novel where the protagonists are Earth to Fantasy World transplants I expect things to go from cliched to trite to too terrible to read another volume...ie The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant for example - though I stomached both series of him out of an...

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Posted: Aug-16-2004

Surprisingly good

I have to admit that I wasn't really expecting much from this book. The blurb on the back cover was what prompted me to buy it in the first place; I'm a sucker for good "advertising" like that when it comes to fantasy novels.But, surprise! I opened to the prologue, with the unlikely title of...

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Posted: Feb-27-2004

While waiting for A Feast for Crows...

As most reviews have mentioned, this book is NOT very original. Since that's out of the way, I must say it was a lot of fun to read. There is a lot of action, the characters are charmingly flawed, if somewhat predictable. I really enjoyed the high drama, and rather silly plot twists...just as...

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