Books : Beyond the Pale (The Last Rune, Book 1)
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by: Mark Anthony
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780553579345
ISBN: 0553579347
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: November 02, 1999
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date: November 02, 1999
Sales Rank: 446703
Studio: Spectra
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Product Description:
A strange rift in ordinary reality draws saloon owner Travis Wilder and ER doctor Grace Beckett into the otherworld of Eldh--a land of gods, monsters, and magic that is sorely in need of heroes. Reprint.
Amazon.com Review:
Travis, a bespectacled barkeep from Castle City, Colorado, and Grace, a regally beautiful ER doctor from Denver Memorial, wormhole their way through a magical billboard into... a Robert Jordan novel. Well, sort of. Sure, in Beyond the Pale, it's a chilling winter--not a sweltering summer--that's gripping the land. And the seals (little stone disks, no less) are weakening on the prison of the Pale King, not the Dark One. But, surprise--Travis finds that he's the first man in centuries to successfully wield the One Power... er, runes, that is... and is the sole hope of keeping the Pale King at bay.
Beyond the Pale isn't entirely derivative of Jordan's wildly popular Wheel of Time series: if nothing else, Anthony sets himself apart by having things actually happen in his book. Travis and his fellow earthling Grace end up in Eldh after surviving run-ins with the Pale King's servants on Earth. Grace, mistaken for a fairy queen, is quickly shanghaied as a spy for King Boreas, who has just convened a council of Eldh's rulers. After a series of adventures, Travis joins Grace, and the two must tangle with the mysterious Raven's Cult and a bunch of iron-hearted bad guys who are trying to derail the Council of Kings and hasten the PK's return. --Paul Hughes
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - 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 over, and in waiting for the final installment of the Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon) I was looking for a new book to read. I had thought of returning the Redwall series, but its been so long since I stopped. ... Read More
Rating:  - 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!!
Rating: - 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 book, series to series, looking for something to keep my attention. and this is one of those. If you are a fan of fantasy at all you will love these books.
Rating: - 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 Grace and Travis both of whom I could identify with in some way. I will admit that there was a little while at the begining where I really just wanted them to hurry up and get to the other world but the writing ... Read More
Rating: - Not bad, Not Great
Good series overall, but begins to get off track with the gay love thing.
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