Wrath of the Blue Lady

by Mel Odom

A treasure hunter discovers a sunken ship beneath the Sea of Fallen Stars - and the dark sorceress who sank it. Allying with the vilest monsters of Faerun, she seeks to expand her empire beneath the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786951923
• ISBN13: 9780786951925
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.7" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Back out to the open sea.

The Wrath of the Blue Lady (TWotBL) by Mel Odom is the fourth and final book in the stand alone series called The Wilds. The first was The Fanged Crown by Jenna Helland, the second was The Restless Shore by James P. Davis, and the third, The Edge of Chaos by Jak Koke. TWotBL begins 14 years after the Spellplague to set up the storyline in the first chapter and then jumps to where the majority of the newer realms novels are set in 1479 DR in the second chapter throughout the rest of the book. The main plot is straight forward and follows a father, Kwan Yung, and his son, Shang-Li in their search for ancient books written by Liou Chang who discovered a way to use a series of portals to win his campaign. Being Shou monks, Kwan and Shang-Li only want the books so they can keep them safe in the monastery, but the Blue Lady has other plans for them. There are some subplots with Shang-Li's past, part of it his father wont' let him forget, the mystery of where the Blue Lady came from, and a love interest. As with typical Mel Odom fashion, the majority of the book is on and under the Sea of Fallen Stars. The story flows along at a nice pace that keeps the pages turning. Even with most of the story centered around the Sea of Falling Stars, the novel moved at a good pace and held my interest very well. There is not a whole lot of character development, but what there is works great with the story. Some Criticisms: 1. I have noticed this with most of the books in The Wilds series and usually I don't say anything and didn't until I read Jak Koke's Edge of Chaos, which is also a very good book, but the amount of mistakes I found was horrible. It absolutely frustrated me because there were so many. So much so that I kept count and there was 21 of them in a 310 page book. I don't know what is going on with WotC, but if this continues, they may want to look into it. 2. There were some times when I just couldn't get the visuals clear. Most of the book was fine, until they go underwater. The environment depictions didn't stick and so I really couldn't envision the forest, yes, I said forest, as clearly as I would have liked. Some Positives: 1. Being a post Spellplague book, I didn't have the feeling that it was such and it felt like any other realms novel. Sure, there are some elements and discussions, but the reader is not overburdened with spellscarred people. In this one, the land was more affected than anything. 2. Mr. Odom really knows how to keep the action flowing and set his characters up for on heck of an adventure. If something can go wrong, it probably will. 3. The banter between father and son is quite funny. Mr. Odom keeps a great dialogue with his characters as well as a run along jab that continues throughout the novel. Each character has their own voice and was easily distinguishable. Overall, I really enjoyed this one. If it wasn't for the mistakes, I would have put this one as my favorite in the series. I do feel that this one and