Title: An overwritten, muddled mess
Review: This is the worst book in the Magic series, save for the first few installments with Greensleaves and Arena. The book diverts the focus away from the very person we want to read about, Urza. At the conclusion of the Brother's War, this book's predecessor, Urza became the planeswalker we all know from the game. In lieu of learning more about him directly, we are trapsed through very muddled and superfluous descriptions of Phyrexian life and a woman/newt named Xanchta (sp?). This woman attmepts to find a surrogate look alike Mishra to rattle Urza back in to the realm of sanity. The plot alone is ridiculous, and the writing matches suit. If you want to read a convoluted story about Phyrexia and its rather overdevloped yet intangible history this is the book for you.
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