Don Bassingthwaite

This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.leafmarks.com & Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road Facebook Group by Bookstooge's Exalted Permission. Title: The Yellow Silk Series: The Rogues, Forgotten Realms Author: Don Bassingthwaite Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Genre: SFF Pages: show more 320 Synopsis: A trading ship is attacked by pirates and one of the traders has helped them. Now a brother of said traitor must find out what happened and either kill his brother's killer or his brother himself. And just to make things all ethnically ok, this is about a character from the eastern empire of Shou, where they just happen to have epicanthic folds, know martial arts and have all sorts of unusual weaponry. So said Shou hooks up with a bard and they have an adventure. My Thoughts: Not bad at all. Token Asian character was so quick tempered and was always acting out that it pissed me off, but at least he wasn't some wizened Mr Myogi father figure. It has been a while since I started this Rogues series so it is hard to compare this to the others, but I do know that I enjoyed this more than the previous one. This was an enjoyable one shot story that wrapped up just fine and was worth the time I spent on it. " show less

This book is part of White Wolf's World of Darkness fiction, part of the Werewolf the Apocalypse Roleplaying game. I had my doubts about this one but I liked most of the werewolf fiction for WtA I gave it a try. It was a surprisingly good book. We also get a chance to meet some other shapechangers which are few and far between in WW fiction. Cool Stuff.

The main charactor is tricked by an agent of Pentex which almost distroys his pack. He is sent to the amazon rainforest to try to get a cure show more for a terrible poison. While there he learns much about himself and how he and his kind arragantly deal with others different than themselves and isn't always happy with the findings. show less

A decent fantasy story, nothing especially great but an enjoyable read nonetheless. Where Doom of Kings really shines is the fleshing out of Goblin culture within the world of Eberron.
Highly recommended for those seeking inspiration or extra background on Goblins in Eberron, mildly recommended for those seeking a light fantasy read.

This book is mostly written to give a chronicler or player in a Vampire the Masquerade game more info and flavor for game dynamics. As a stand-a-lone book for someone who hasn't read any of the WoD books, it would be s fairly poor introduction.