War of the Spark: Forsaken (Magic: The Gathering)

· Magic: The Gathering Book 2 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Lisa Flanagan
3.5
11 reviews
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Return to the multiverse of Magic: The Gathering as the hunt for Liliana Vess is on in the aftermath of the War of the Spark.
 
The Planeswalkers have defeated Nicol Bolas and saved the Multiverse—though at grave cost. The living have been left to pick up the pieces and mourn the dead. But one loss is almost too great to bear: Gideon Jura, champion of justice and shield of the Gatewatch, is gone. As his former comrades Jace and Chandra struggle to rebuild from this tragedy, their future, like the future of the Gatewatch, remains uncertain.
 
As the Gatewatch’s newest member, Kaya aims to help write that future. In joining, she pledged an oath to protect the living and the dead, but now that oath will be tested. The grieving guild masters of Ravnica have tasked her with a grave mission suited to her talents as a hunter and assassin—a mission she is ordered to keep secret from the Gatewatch. She must track down and exact retribution on the traitor Liliana Vess.
 
But Liliana Vess has no interest in being found. Forsaken by her friends, she fled Ravnica after the defeat of Bolas. She was hostage to his wicked will, forced to assist in his terrible atrocities on pain of death—until Gideon, the last one who believed in her goodness, died in her place. Haunted by Gideon’s final gift, and hunted by former allies, Liliana now returns to a place she’d thought she’d never see again, the only place she has left: home.

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3.5
11 reviews
Noctua
November 13, 2019
Somehow, someway, Greg Weisman wrote a worse MtG novel than Quest for Karn. Bless the audiobook people for their efforts, but this story is just irredeemable, especially if you're a long-time fan of the MtG story. A decade of continuty and carefully-constructed relationships out the window for... reasons, I guess. Don't read this. Don't listen to this. Don't give this any of your money. Don't reward WotC for this awful book in any way.
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Glassmancer
November 13, 2019
Weird fanfiction and an absolute Trainwreck of the hard work the MTG writing team has spent years putting together. Please do not purchase this book, instead go watch a summary of it only to see how poorly written it was.
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Gabrielle Judy
August 4, 2020
I honestly can't imagine why others don't enjoy this book. it's a secondary to War. So of course it won't be a big battle novel. But what it is, is exactly what you want to know about the aftermath. What you want to know about the personal lives of each individual character. it's satisfying, and wholesome, and emotional. There is a lot of romance, maybe people just don't like love.
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About the author

Greg Weisman’s career in television and comic books spans decades. After starting as an editor for DC Comics, where he also wrote Captain Atom, he created and developed Disney’s original series Gargoyles, later writing the Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys comic books for SLG Publishing. He has worked as a writer, producer, story editor, and voice actor on Sony’s The Spectacular Spider-Man and Warner Bros.’s Young Justice, and as a writer and executive producer on the first season of Star Wars Rebels. His comic book writing credits include DC’s Young Justice, Star Wars: Kanan, and Marvel’s Starbrand and Nightmask. Weisman also wrote the original novels Rain of the Ghosts and Spirits of Ash and Foam, as well as the World of Warcroft novels World of Warcraft: Traveler and World of Warcraft: Traveler: The Spiral Path. He is blessed to have an amazing wife and two fantastic (grownup) kids.

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