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mythical world of violence is sometimes very comforting  Raised beneath the surface of the earth, Ronin escaped the subterranean city of Freehold to make his mark upon the world.
After wandering the icy wastelands and coming to the port city of Shaanghsei, he has taken to the sea to seek a mythical island whose secrets could save mankind.
Backed by a disfigured first mate, an adventurehungry navigator, and a mysterious telepath, Ronin rides the stormtossed waters, hoping to escape the chaos that civilization has become.

But at the end of this journey, mayhem awaits, Four bloodthirsty monsters known as the Makkon are convening to raise an army of death and call their sinister master back from beyond the grave.
To turn this bloody tide, Ronin will have to ascend to a new identity, The Bladesman of Freehold has vanquished many enemies, and now he must battle the apocalypse,     Well this was a very confusing read, been reading it on the kindle and it is very badly laid out goes from one scene straight into another so had to keep re reading sections.
overall enjoyable plot with plenty of action but not as good as the first two books in the series.
The final volume of Eric Van Lustbader's Sunset Warrior Cycle begins where "Shallows of Night" ended, Ronin, the mute warrior woman Moeru, and new companion Moichi set sail from Sha'angh'sei in search of the fabled floating island of Amanomori and the semimythical race of warriors known as the Bujun, who live there.
There, they hope to be able to decipher the scroll of DorSefrith which Ronin still carries, and discover a means to defeat The Dolman, whose forces are massing on the continent of man.


It is not long after departure, however, that an old enemy reappears with vengeance on his mind, timing his strike against Ronin with an attack by creatures who are other than human.
Later, Ronin finds himself in a mysterious land where he confronts ancient gods and their priests and learns of his own link to the divine, before at least reaching Amanomori.


Ronin is unaccountably at home in the land of the Bujun, but soon becomes entangled in a native power struggle that threatens to stymie his efforts to stop The Dolman.
Finally, however, his destiny as The Sunset Warrior the one being who can hope to stop the annihilation of mankind at the hands of The Dolman is revealed.


"DaiSan" is a solid, if unspectacular, conclusion to the Sunset Warrior Cycle, completing the transformation of the story from one rooted in dystopian science fiction to one founded on sword and sorcery heavily influenced by Japanese mythology.
There are some wellworn tropes, but they are balanced against the author's unique take on the quest saga.
This third book is not quite the equal of the first two volumes, but it remains well worth the reader's time, and represents a satisfying end to the trilogy.
I enjoyed these when I was younger, though even then I could see that the writing wasn't very good.
I liked the use of Asian culture in what is in some ways a standard Western fantasy with a dark lord, a quest, etc.
That was lot less common back then,

In this book the writing is no better than in the second, though there are some good descriptions of the natural world.
Lustbader continues his fascination with certain words, Here the continuing repetition of the word "oblique" from earlier books is joined by "lavender" and others, and no description of the sea is complete without a reference to the "creaming" waves.
There is a lot of repetition in other

ways, as combat always seems to involve someone getting spattered with brain matter, and for some reason half the fights Ronin is in end with him being nearly strangled.


But the book has other problems, There arepages of a sideadventure unrelated to the main plot at the beginning of the book.
The Asian culture this time is Japanese, much more recognizably than the culture in the previous book was Chinese, and thus it is much less original.
There are too many pages of nonsensical mystical experiences nonsensical in the sense of haphazardthey don't flow from anything or seem symbolic of anything.
And at the end, when Ronin is finally prepared for the final conflict, you look at the book and realize there arepages to go!

The first book is the best, because the writing is simpler and thus less annoying, the story moves along quickly, there are clear mysteries to solve right from the beginning, and there are enemies who are not distant mystical forces or things that just show up unpredictably.
All of these things become issues with the later books,

I advise those who want to finish the trilogy to just skim most of this.
Lustbaders fantasy trilogy would have been a lot more enjoyable if it wasn't for the authors abundant use of similes in his writing.
For people that enjoy purple prose, Read this trilogy years ago, One of the best Ive ever read, Getting ready to read it again, Goes with the other two a must read if you like this type of mystical stuff, He stood in the icy cold, surveyed the burned and blackened pine forest, thinking of his first terrifying encounter with himself, knowing that now, within that twisted tangle, pulsed the Dolman, come at last to the world of man.

Dawn will see them face to face, the culmination of his life, the last burning page of history of this dying age within which they all lived and felt joy and suffered.


.and take that rating with a grain of salt, When I requested this from the library I didn't realize it was the third in a series and a fantasy at that! Some of the backstory is inferred, but I think I was lacking enough that I felt I didn't understand all of the characters amp their place in the story.


Some of it was a real mismash of different mythologies as Ronin goes in search of a fabled island AmaNoMori where he hopes to find one who can interpret a scroll that may save mankind from evil forces in the world and discover his own destiny in that endeavor.
There was a section that was reminiscent of Roman amp Greek mythology and one that drew from the Aztecs, the latter seemed superfluous.
He does reach the island which was the strongest part of the story and reflected Lustbader's affinity for Japan.
When Ronin is transformed amp returns to battle the evil Dolman, and if you are into blood amp gore, there are some spectacular battle scenes between the soldiers amp various supernatural creatures.
You know, my copies of this trilogy are from thes, bought in a department store that no longer exists.
They are very worn but every now and again I pull them out of a box and enjoy them.
It still generates a sense of memory and has "those moments" for me that I enjoy in a tale like this.
Again this book picks up were the last one ended, Ronin now knowing more about the scroll and the prophey and what it has to do with him.


Journeys to amnamori to the land of the bujun, Great warriors who perfer their own company, Who are only hinted at in legend, Ronin saileds to this rumored island to find out more about the scroll and for the man who may be able to read it.
Leading up to a final ultimate battle, Third novel of the Sunset Warrior cycle doesn't deliver as much as I'd hoped, Holy crap. The story continues to build from the first two books, Takes a fantastic turn. Im like weeyoo! Lets go! Introduces Moichi, who leads the next two books, Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village, He is the author of than twenty five best selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fictions most beloved and enduring heroes.
The Ninja was sold toth CenturyFox, to be made into a major motion picture, His novels have been translated into over twenty languages, Mr. Lustbader is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology, Before turning to writing full time, he enjoyed highly successful careers in the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business, where he worked for Elektra Records and CBS Records, among other compani Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village.
He is the author of than twenty five best selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction's most beloved and enduring heroes.
The Ninja was sold toth CenturyFox, to be made into a major motion picture, His novels have been translated into over twenty languages, Mr. Lustbader is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology, Before turning to writing full time, he enjoyed highly successful careers in the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business, where he worked for Elektra Records and CBS Records, among other companies.
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