The Crimson Legion: Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, Book 2

The prism pentad is a classic among D&D themed novels.The telling is excellent and the setting unique among fantasy settings

Good follow-up. Finally found time to read this series, which I've had in my possesion a long time, and it doesn't disappoint. A very different fantasy setting. The tale is straight-forward, and no skipping from place to place and very well told. Believable characters with major personality flaws as should be. I liked it very much and want to get on with the rest of this pentad.

The big problem with this book is that we focus totally on Rikus and the battle to save Tyr against the armies of Urik. His army, a ragtag mixture of former slaves, templars, and nobles, is interesting, but the infighting becomes a drag. There are battles after battles yet it seems that the action seems to slow down the plot, as the characters don't get a chance to develop. Frankly, I almost skipped to the third book. It feels almost like Troy Denning let somebody else write the second book and then just slapped his name onto the cover.

The book keep you enthralled the whole time, the battles and the characters are simply awesome!, Its focused on Rikus, the Mul Gladiator recently freed. You see how has to resolve not only his struggles with his personal feelings and vendetta while leading an army to defend the freedom of Tyr, his city state. Any Dark Sun Fan must read it!

This is a great book, I would have given 5 stars but the Kindle edition has tons of typos in it. The transcriptionist should be fired.

Honestly, my favorite character was K'kriq. Everyone else was kind of lacking. Main character makes lots of stupid decisions, and Neeva is kind of too needy. Caelum is ok… I guess. I feel nothing but embarrassment for the main character. Things could have gone better for him. Still a pretty good story, although there are loooots of typos.

A fun read within the unique Dark Sun realm of D&D. A good break from high fantasy

I read this series when it first came out in the early 90’s. It was great then and it’s still great now.