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The Ruby Knight (The Elenium, Book 2)
by David Eddings
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Del Rey (1991)
ISBN: 0345372409
EAN: 9780345372406
Unknown Binding
SKU: 41619
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: THE ENTIRE ELENIUM IN 3 HARDCOVER BOOKS! GIFT QUALITY. DEL REY, 1990, 1992. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION, STATED SO. 1ST PRINT. 3 HARDCOVER BOOKS W/GILT LETTERING, DUST JACKET AND PAGES ARE FINE, LOOKS NEW! YOU WILL RECEIVE THE3 BOOKS FROM THE ELENIUM, DIAMOND THRONE, RUBY KNIGHT, AND SAPPHIRE ROSE. RAPID SHIPPING W/FREE TRACKING, GREAT PACKAGING. Air Mail. BL, RD..
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Customer Reviews
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OVERALL SCORE: (B+)
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-04-17
The Ruby Knight (Book 2 of the Elenium)
OVERALL SCORE: (B+)
READABILITY: (A-), PLOT: (B+), CHARATERS: (A), DIALOGUE: (B-), SETTING: (A+), ACTION/COMBAT: (C+), MONSTERS/ANTAGONISTS: (A-), ROMANCE: (C), SEX: (Light), AGE LEVEL: (PG13)
This is a very entertaining fantasy story, by one of the best fantasy writers of today, while it may not be quite as good as his "Belgariad" or "Malloreon" series, it comes close.
The main character is Sparhawk, a militant knight, who is erasable and direct, (kind of like John Wayne playing a paladin). He and a group of Church Knights, his squire, a young thief, and a styric mystic, embark on a just to save the beautiful young queen, who has been poisoned by the evil Prelate. God's get involved and things get complex for poor Sparhawk!
In Book 2, the group splits up and the search for the cure continues, but the action and plot slow down. This is a typical middle book, not as good as the first or last in the series, but a bridge between. Sparhawk, really gets to travel the world and meet some unpleasant characters. One Lady who likes to sacrifice children then eat them is particularly nasty.
CONS:
Some of the characters actions aren't always logical. They are very quick to kill minor character without much provocation, but major ones they let live when they should kill.
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The Ruby Knight - by Robin
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-12-22
I have read the two first books, The Diamond Throne and Ruby Knight, they are both very good. However, I will focus on the ruby knight.
I give this book five stars for an excellent story, short and good environmental descriptions and a great character build-up.
Sparhawk is the main character of the book, he is a Pandion knight, which is a religious knight order of the church. He and his fellow knights goes on a mission to find a magical stone whom can save the young life of their queen. On their journey in the Ruby knight they encounter magical beings and other evil creatures, they use different tactics and methods to get away from them, and solve the mystery of the since long missing stone, lost in the old battle by the Randera Lake. Azash, the evil god, sends out his spies to find and eliminate the Fellowship.
This is the second book of three, it brings an extra touch to the whole story, the first one mostly brings one detail about the land the live in (Elenium) and some character based story, completed with some background information. I love David Eddings books since they are so full of life, they are both romantic as well as exciting. He uses a quite simple language compared to some other authors, like Brian Craig - Plague Daemon, I never finished that book, it was great fun, when you could read a full sentence without checking the vocabulary.
Back to Eddings, this is the 14th book I have read, written by David and Leigh Eddings.
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The Ruby Knight
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-12-19
I have read the two first books, The Diamond Throne and The Ruby Knight, they are both very good. However, I will focus on the Ruby Knight.
I give this book five stars for an excellent story, short and good environmental descriptions and a great character build-up.
Sparhawk is the main character of the book, he is a Pandion knight, which is a religious knight order of the church. He and his fellow knights goes on a mission to find a magical stone whom can save the young life of their queen. On their journey in the Ruby knight they encounter magical beings and other evil creatures, they use different tactics and methods to get away from them, and solve the mystery of the since long missing stone. The magical stone called Bhelliom was lost in the old battle by the Randera Lake. Azash, the evil god, sends out his spies to find and eliminate the fellowship.
This is the second book of three, it brings an extra touch to the whole story, the first one mostly focus on giving you details about the land they live in (Elenium), and some character based story, completed with some background information. I love David Eddings books since they are so full of life, they are both romantic as well as exciting. He uses a quite simple language compared to some other authors, like Brian Craig - Plague Daemon, I never finished that book, it was great fun, when you could read a full sentence without checking the vocabulary.
Back to Eddings, this is the 14th book I have read, written by David and Leigh Eddings.
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Trolling for Sapphires
Rating (4)
Date: 2005-07-22
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
After some innovative medical research (use violence when in doubt), some help from a nine year old, flute-playing sorceress, and a visitation from a dead king, Sparhawk finally knows what is wrong with Ehlana and how to cure it. Now all that remains is finding the cure (Bhelliom, the sapphire rose). Not only must Sparhawk retrace his steps, but he is due for a confrontation with some deadly sendings from Azash, and an argument with an extremely ugly troll. One can only hope that Ehlana will live up to expectations and put a stop to Annias's efforts to become head of the Elene church.
And so Sparhawk, Sephrenia, Kurik, and a small crowd of other knights set about a quest that in all likelihood will kill them all. Of course, 'supposed to' and 'does' are two very different words, but they definitely have their work cut out for them. Have not fear with enough enemy hacking, enemy magicking, and a bit of divine intervention hope will spring eternal. After all, how else would Eddings be able to write the next volume of this story.
Sarcasm aside, The Ruby Knight continues to prove that the Malloreon was just sophmore slump. This time the story, filled with detail and personality, continues to be entertaining throughout. More characters, honest and not will appear, and new friends increase the complexity of the novel without bogging it down. Eddings is an up and down author, so there is always a hitch somewhere, but thus far nothing serious has materialized. I wouldn't call The Elenium innovative writing, but the series is good fantasy, and very pleasant writing.
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"Middle-child syndrome"
Rating (4)
Date: 2004-06-03
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Unfortunately, the "middle child" syndrome continues its time-honored tradition here. Although there is some action, for the most part "Ruby Knight" is a place-keeper, marking the time between when Sparhawk figures out what he has to do and finally does it.
At the end of "Diamond Throne", it was revealed that the only thing that would save Queen Ehlana was the Bhelliom, a legendary sapphire of enormous power. Once it was a part of the Royal Crown of Thalesia, but was lost during the monumental Zemoch War several centuries earlier. Now Sparhawk has to track it down, dig it up, learn how to control it, and get it back to Ehlana, before the spell preserving her life fails, and those of his friends who are supporting the spell die with it.
So Sparhawk and Co. trek across the continent, fighting a few battles, meeting a few characters (some of whom will become important later, so pay attention), avoiding the Bad Guys (as led by Annias, the churchman who's seized control of Ehlana's kingdom and is looking to take over the Church as well, and Martel, Sparhawk's nemesis) and learning much more than they planned about the REAL history of their world. We finally find out what the heck is the deal with Flute, the Styric orphan Sephrenia adopts, but as I said, this book mostly exists to keep Books 1 and 3 from bumping into each other.
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