The Shattered Alliance: Ice Age Cycle, Book II

by Jeff Grubb

Book Overview

After the ice comes the peril The Ice Age has come to an abrupt end, but the world's troubles have not. Legions of undead still plague the living. The temporary peace in Kjeldor has come to an end,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786914033
• ISBN13: 9780786914036
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

AMAZING!

Jeff Grubb is the best author in the Magic the Gathering Universe! The Brothers war and this series are so awesome! He really did a wonderfully spectacular job at finishing this series up. congrats should go to him. Needless to say if you liked the other 2 in the series you need this one as well.

Excellent book by an excellent author

This series is a great read. If you like MTG books in general, this one will not disappoint.

Great End to the Cycle

Man, what a trilogy. Once I started the Gathering Dark, a week later I had finished the entire cycle. This book was great and wrapped everything up quite nicely. The ending sets up the next book as well and makes me want to keep reading the Magic novels.

Breathtaking

This was surely the best book since the Gathering Dark. I loved the end and how they rapped up Jodah's life and how they concluded the Ice Age. It was an amazing book that I will never forget. All three books have been the best books I've ever read, and I can assure you that I've read MANY books.

Closure for the Ice Age

The 3rd book in the Ice Age cycle is quite good. What develops in this novel is two distinct threads of story, the conclusion of Jodah's lifestory and the continuity tale that binds the trilogy's landscape into the greater series of Magic novels. This makes it a very intersting read, especially if you've been reading the Urza series and the Weatherlight Saga. Because of the way the books have been published after the Brothers' War story, we are left to wonder what happened on Terisare(the place where most of the action is) after the Brother's War. The focus has been on the Phyrexians' imminent invasion, but this series has allowed us to finally know what has been heppening to get us to the present. Jodah's story is great for character development, and perhaps moreso than the previous novel, it allows to get a greater understanding of the character's concerns and thoughts. Even others, like Jaya and Gerda, have more focus time than before on who they are. The story this time follows good contiuity, but after a while you realize that the plot is pretty much going to go in a certain direction. The revelations involving Lim-Dul aren't that much of a surprise by the time the story reaches its climax. Also, fans of the card game will know what certain key events involving Soldev and Krov are coming in the story. Rather the story gives us a chance to spotlight notable characters and all this doesn't take away terribly from the dramatic conclusion and resolution that follows. If there is any problem with the novel is that in striving for closure of the Ice Age, it seems to leave more questions for devlopment. Without giving too much away, one does ask what will become of our heroes. Given the ending, you have to wonder what happened to Jodah; when will we see Jaya again; what became of the school of the Unseen; and even how Argive will develop into this all. Some of this has been mentioned by causality in other Magic novels, and the story seems to end on a firm note. But frankly there is room speculation and another story.