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Island of Darkness: Book
Five of Forgotten Legacy by Richard S. Tuttle
Commentary:
I
recommend Island of Darkness
Richard S. Tuttle delivers another enticing fantasy tale in the
continuing saga of the Forgotten Legacy series. "Island of
Darkness" introduces previous characters and new, all well
developed and intriguing. The ability to create new stories, while
interweaving the old with the new, to lead a series forward, is a great
feat for any writer - a feat that Richard S. Tuttle seems to handle with
ease.
Although "Island of Darkness," the fifth in Mr. Tuttle's
Forgotten
Legacy series, is luke-warm as compared to previous books, it is still
filled with engaging action, devious deceit, ongoing friendships,
triumphant solutions to a myriad of problems, and leaves me desirous for
reading the next book in the series. So I recommend "Island of
Darkness: Book 5 of the Forgotten Legacy," for young adults and
adults who enjoy well-written fantasy tales and the never-ending
imagination of the author, Richard S. Tuttle.
Synopsis: (May reveal
much of the plot)
Lyra,
the "Star of Sakova," is determined to have peace between
her people - the Sakovans - and to their years' old enemies, the
Omungans. Secret negotiations with Omunga's First Minister provides
Lyra positive results for a peaceful treaty between the two nations,
only if the minister is voted the "Katana" - leader of the
Omungans.
But after Larst, the First Minister, is appointed Katana, he
continues the 1,000-year war with the Sakovans, even with his people
starving and disease rampant in Omunga. Lyra cannot understand the
about-face of her friend and co-dignitary. She wonders if Larst's
body has been consumed by an evil mage, and if the diseases to
animals and crop fields is not magically mage related as well. So
Lyra devises a plan to provide food to the Omungans, village by
village, in return for their allegiance to the Star of Sakova.
During this time, two orphaned elves, Mistake and Misty Trail, are
reunited. The sisters embark on a quest to locate other family
members. When they are stranded on an island, they uncover a plot to
destroy Sakovans and all of the free world. Flesh-eating great apes
and other slave types are building ships to carry thousands of
warriors to the mainland. Mistake and Misty Trail also learn that
Vand, the God of Motanga, a most powerful mage of eternal life, is
the plot's perpetrator, and that without their intervention, Vand
may conquer and dominate the world.
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