Aurian (Artefacts of Power)

I was given this book in 6th grade to basically distract me from getting in trouble and boy did it work. This book opened up a whole new world for me! The pacing it fantastic and it has just enough characters to be interesting without being overwhelming. All the characters are written beautifully and you find yourself rooting for everyone of them. Whether you're rooting for them to succeed or fail. I highly recommend this book to anyone who love fantasy and a great story!

I liked the interaction between the characters and their relationship with each other.I thought it was a great read.

This has always been one of my favorite fantasy series. Aurian is an excellent strong willed character and I re-read these books every few years because I enjoyed them so much.

Furey keeps the pace and action moving along in this slightly-better-than-average book. Her writing could be better as far as drawing you into the characters, and the plot is nothing really special, but it's still a good read. I'm surprised other readers gave this such high marks -- after reading Martin's "A Game of Thrones", Furey's novel, while still good, pales in comparison. Not bad for a first book, though.

LOVE this series!

I love it. It's one of those books that you can keep going back to and re-reading over the years

Awesome book, very recommended

I¡¦m sure everyone knows how to spot a good author and a bad author.This one is a 3/5(0-bad, 5-good). Firstly, the plot. It isn¡¦t actually bad, but it isn¡¦t new. I could really predict what would happen. It is exciting but pulled down by the author¡¦s writing style. No one likes a story pace that¡¦s too fast. Imagine writing about a journey to defeat an evil dragon. A good writer would write about the whole journey, how the character got there, difficulties met, thoughts and emotions etc. Not just: I got on the road to the cave. I fought with the dragon. I killed it, but lost a lot of blood. I got back home and cried myself to death. End.See what I mean? This is how Maggie Furey writes. It was a total disaster in the first half, no make it 2/3 of the book. Thoughts like ¡¥why did I buy this¡¦ and ¡¥this writer doesn¡¦t know how to write¡¦ floated around in my mind. Maggie Furey, however, improved in the last 1/3 of the book, where Aurian was in the southern country, looking for Anvar. Here, the writing style improved immensely as she actually wrote about the journey, not the main points. But then, it seemed this improvement was short lasting.. When Aurian was traveling through the desert, Maggie Furey got back into her ¡¥too fast pacing¡¦ again. She rushed through the whole thing and all I know is that she defeated a dragon and recreated the Staff of earth(or something like that). What happened to Raven? The others? They were mentioned a bit, but, come on, the world isn¡¦t composed of only two people.I don¡¦t really plan to buy the second book, unless I can borrow from the library or something. Maggie Furey showed that she CAN write ( in about 1/6 of the whole book, but maybe someone wrote it for her.). If there isn¡¦t some significant improvement in her writing skills, its down the pits for her.

Read these books years ago and found it difficult to source now, so really pleased with it. The series is excellent

Book is great! Love the story. Copy was in slightly poorer condition than I expected but arrived promptly.