A Darkness at Sethanon
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“A Darkness at Sethanon” closes “The Riftwar Saga” in classic fashion: a great evil marches and the heroes must stop it. What the earlier books left open is settled, and for some readers the battle at Armengar is the high point. Views differ on the magic, satisfyingly mysterious to some and arbitrary to others, and a few feel the book runs long. It is a finale, to be read after the previous volumes.
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About the book
A Darkness at Sethanon is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist, the third and final book in The Riftwar Saga, the first series of novels in The Riftwar Cycle. It describes how Murmandamus, a new prince of the Dark Brotherhood, marshals the forces of the Moredhel and invades the kingdom, with the intent of finding the Lifestone, a powerful relic with which he will be able to destroy every living thing in the world, so as to resurrect the Valheru Lords of old. Only Pug and Tomas can stop this new evil, thereby ending the Riftwar.
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8.08.0 / 10 - A Darkness at SethanonThis book
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 366 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 26 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 340 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Darkness at Sethanon?
It has 448 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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