The Forging of the Shadows: Book One of the Lightbringer Trilogy

By Oliver Johnson

Book Overview

It is a time of great darkness, when the sun is in danger of being forever extinguished, and mankind has been divided into two warring factions: the worshipers of the God of Light and the servants of Eternal Night. Now three unsuspecting travelers are called by prophecy to face a legion of the undead and the powers of the Dark Lord in the faint hope of reclaiming the world for the light.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451455657
• ISBN13: 9780451455659
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Roc
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Sweet Book

I first got this book when going on vaction, that night I didn't sleep because the story scared the ... out of me. But then the next day I picked it up again and read for 4 chapters and it was awesome. Oliver Johnson made this book unique, no other book I have read has used flashback and foreshadowing to tell the characters history like this one. I would recomend this book to anyone that loved fantasy.

A really good book

I loved the way the author used flashbacks to fill in the reader on the history of the characters. The characters were really brought to life with that and made the not-so-extordinary plot more interesting then you would think it would be

A real page turner

An excellent story. It kept me mesmerised from the first chapter. I found it well written and compelling reading. Johnson has accomplished what too few writers today can accomplish; through his words he has created an atmosphere that envelopes your mind as you read - dark, ancient and menacing.I am looking forward to reading the next two books in the trilogy.

Great book - well worth the money.

All of this book takes place over one night, with suspense that will keep you turning pages as fast as you can. It has characters that seem very real and easy to identify with. This is the first of the trilogy, and hopefully the other two books will follow the trend. Indulge yourself, buy it!

A fast-paced fantasy full of magic and wicked villains.

Oliver Johnson has done a wonderful job of creating a fantasy world of heroes, villains and vampires. You'll find yourself immersed in the fantastic world along with the very characters themselves. A sweeping story, believable and well envisioned characters and lots of magic and action make Forging of the Shadows a incredible fantasy which more than deserves any praise I can give it