Children of the Rune: Tales From the Land of the Diamond Throne

Description

As with any anthology some stories in this set were better than others. Some were average some were quite good. Most had interesting characters and lots of action.

The set also provided a nice introduction to the land of the Dimond Throne, the setting for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed RPG.

My only complaint (and it is a minor one) is that the authors seemed to assume that the readers are familiar with setting and used races and/or monsters that are unique to the world. This is fine, but in some cases I would have liked to have a little more description of these races in order to know how they differed from other fantasy mainstays (such as humans, elves, dwarves, etc). But this did not take away from the stories which were enjoyable.

Children of the Rune......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 4 Introduction......Page 7 "Stone Ghosts" by Lucien Soulban......Page 9 "How It Works" by Monte Cook......Page 31 "The Silent Man" by Richard Lee Byers......Page 44 "Hollows of the Heart" by Bruce R. Cordell & Keith Francis Strohm......Page 68 "The Fallen Star" by Ed Greenwood......Page 88 "Child of the Street" by Will McDermott......Page 107 "Clash of Duty" by Miranda Horner......Page 128 "The Pebble Before the Avalanche" by Mike Mearls......Page 152 "Name Day" by Wolfgang Baur......Page 173 "Singer for the Dead" by Jeff Grubb......Page 192 "Precious Things" by Thomas M. Reid......Page 213 "Skin Deep" by Stan!......Page 232 "Not Without Cost" by Monte Cook......Page 256 About the Authors......Page 284