One of the least compelling of the official Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lorebooks, this third volume of 'The Skyrim Library' deals with magic and mythology. That sounds promising, but the mechanics of magicka in the Elder Scrolls universe has always been rather sketchy, and the religious/mythic stuff is either too broad to be interesting or too detailed that it seems silly (like a lot of lesser worldbuilding, some of the names seem like they were made up on the spot). The Daedra are cool, and they are one of the jewels of Tamriel worldbuilding, but in this volume there are few of the stories that made other Elder Scrolls lorebooks passably entertaining. ( )