Wit'ch Star (The Banned and The Banished)

by James Clemens

Book Overview

Rarely has a young writer won a place among the major talents in fantasy fiction as quickly as James Clemens. In the first four novels of his breathtaking epic, The Banned and the Banished, Clemens... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345442652
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Awesome!

My daughter and I read Wit'ch Fire when it first came out and loved it! We could hardly wait for each new book to be published and would read each in 1-2 days. Clemens' writing takes the reader into the story with such vividly described characters and events that I almost felt like I was right there with them. I felt almost disappointed that the series ended. I have purchased the entire set and everyone who has read these books has loved them!

Excellent writer

James Clemens is a wonderful author. This seris had me captured from the first chapter of the first book. He packs the pages so that it takes a whole ton of effort to put the book down. I'd seriously recommend the other books in this series, Wit'ch Fire, Wit'ch Storm, Wit'ch War, and Wit'ch Gate. He also writes as James Rollins writing books with a more sci-fi feel, but just as great to read.

engaging confrontation between good vs. evil

After Elena the Wit'ch triumphed in several confrontations with the deadly Dark Lord including the destruction of the Weirgates, she resides on the Rosewood Throne recovering from her harrowing experiences with her husband Er'rill providing solace. However her respite ends when Lord Tyrus introduces Elena to Harlequin Quail, a jester serving as a master spy just in from the cold of performing at the Dark Lord's Blackhall keep. Harlequin claims that one Weirgate mightier than the three just destroyed remains open but the little man has no idea where it is, but that the Black Heart must be stopped by Midsummer's Eve, only one moon away.Elena and her companions begin the impossible quest to obliterate the final Weirgate before the Dark Lord can evilly use it. However, though keeping her own confidence Elena knows deep inside her heart that in the end it will be a duel to the death at high moon between she and he with the future of the world as the stake.Though the story line is Tolkien fantasy with a good vs. evil quest, fans of the series will delight in the fifth Banned and the Banished novel, WIT'CH STAR. Apostrophe apologies aside, the current tale is an engaging confrontation that never slows down until the new scholars determine why the Kelvish Scrolls became banned. The key to these novels is that recurring characters never lose their essence though they grow, mature, and change inside well-written quest-based story lines. James Clemens has grown, matured, and changed as an author, which bewit'ches his readers to want more works from the Commonwealth scholars.Harriet Klausner

An incredible tale comes to a climactic end!

The last in this series has enough twists and turns to absolutely make you hold your breath in anticipation. You don't know who is going to betray whom, or which of your favorite characters are going to survive this white knuckle adventure. It's filled with new evils, some of which can only be found in your worst nightmares...(spiders, lots and lots of spiders! Ugh!) This last installment in this series is a fitting conclusion to a wonderful ride into a world of fantasy and magick. I am still in awe that such a splendidly complicated tale can bloom from anyone's mind. Bravo Monsieur Clemens, job well done.

Best Series Ever.

Quite simply, this is the best book ever. The Banned and the Banished has drawn me in more and more with each additional book, and with the final installament, ties everything together into the best and most complete ending I have ever read. I highly suggest that you go and buy all of these books immedietly.