After Magician, I didn't think he could do it again, but he sure did!!!!
Silverthorn I enjoyed, I even came to love Arutha as I had Pug & Tomas, but Darkness was another piece of pure genius, a master of his art!!
The twists and turns in the story keep you on the edge of your seat, or bed! His imaginative description of Armengar was fantastic. It painted the whole city in my mind in colourful glorious detail and the battle of Armengar had my heart pounding, as it was with Martins dash for help past the brotherhood of the dark path.
Jimmy the hand very quickly became my favourite character,he always was destined for greatness. What a hero and a great friend he is to Arutha.
Every part of this book was so well thought out, it is every bit as good if not better than Magician.
A major must read, big thanks to Feist for another highly entertaining glimpse into his imagination.

After reading the first chapter i couldn't stop. I was riveted by the amazing twisting plot and deep story line. Having read all his books this one is by far his best.

I think that this book is a wonderfuly written story. His sheer imagination of a city, Armengar, that sat on a slop to help protect itself, had 30 foot thick walls, and houses with flat rooftops for archers. Also his imagination and creativity of Tomas, the part human part Valheru, is spectacular. Tomas is most likly the most imaginative character in all of the stories that I've ever read and also the magician Pug is a wonderful character.