title: The Lair of Bones (The Runelords, Book 4)
author:  David Farland 
description: According to Farland's Web site, the Runelords series, of which this is the fourth book after 2001's Wizardborn, was inspired by a hallucination. It also reads like one at times, full of rich and brilliant descriptions, but not always making much sense. Magical endowments-attributes such as sight, brawn or endurance transferred between people, leaving one crippled and the other superhuman-permit Averan, a nine-year-old wizard-in-training, to keep pace with the Earth King, Prince Gaborn and his cohorts as they search underground for the Queen of the Reavers. As those above ground prepare for war, Gaborn learns that his elemental powers are nothing compared to those of the Glories, forces of light who exhort their followers to love all men equally and beware the corrupting powers of the One True Master of Evil. The author rushes the action in the final chapters, the last one so condensed it reads almost like the summary of another complete book. Hopefully, the strength of the setting will help Farland to find a better pace for future volumes; this one, despite its promise, is strictly for the fans. <br />Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  THE LAIR OF BONES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tor Books by David Farland
  
  
  _The Runelords  
  Brotherhood of the Wolf  
  Wizardborn  
  The Lair of Bones_
  
  
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  THE LAIR OF BONES
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this
  novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
  
  
  THE LAIR OF BONES
  
  
  Copyright © 2003 by David Farland
  
  
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  Edited by David G. Hartwell
  
  
  Map by Darren Huang
  
  
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