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.
zlib_text: WORLDBINDER
  Tor Books by David Farland
  The Runelords
  Brotherhood of the Wolf
  Wizardborn
  The Lair of Bones
  Sons of the Oak
  Worldbinder
  WORLDBINDER
  DAVID FARLAND
  A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK
  NEW YORK
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
  WORLDBINDER
  Copyright © 2007 by David Farland
  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
  A Tor Book
  Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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  New York, NY 10010
  www.tor.com
  Tor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Farland, David.
  
        Worldbinder / David Farland.—1st ed.
        p. cm.
  “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
  ISBN: 978-1-4299-1936-4
  I. Title.
  PS3556.A71558W66 2007
  813&apos;.54—dc22
              2007017376
  For Mary, as always.
  With special appreciation to Matt Harrill
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