SHADOWS OF DOOM: Book Two of the Iron Tower Trilogy

by Dennis L. McKiernan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 17, 1984

Hard on the heels of The Dark Tide (p. 430), here's the second part of McKiernan's abject, meaningless Tolkien imitation. King Galen's beloved, Laurelin, is now a prisoner in the evil Modru's iron fortress; a rescue attempt fails. Two of the surviving Warrows (hobbit types) return to the Boskydells, where--to their constemation--Modru's creatures are busy pillaging and looting; the Warrows set about organizing the resistance. And meanwhile another good-guy contingent--King Galen, Warrow Tuck, elf-lord Gildor, and dwarf Brega--decides to battle its way southwards in the hope of gaining armies and allies in the fight against Modru's legions. Once again, the shoddy borrowings here will offend Tolkien lovers. (While Book One featured a cut-price ""siege of Minas Tirith,"" this one involves a bargain-basement ""passage of the mines of Moria""--complete with non-fiery, reptilian Balrog.) The non-Tolkien bits are thoughtless and creaky. In sum: inferior fantasy in almost every respect.

Pub Date: Aug. 17, 1984

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 1984

Categories: FICTION