This book was great! I love reading the stories behind my favorite video game series. It really gives the video game a whole new level of understanding I'm a completely new dimension when you play.
I did want to mention that this book gave me the feeling of it being simply Xerox copied with a pretty cover. This was surprising to me because you would think a big company like Blizzard would be able to put out a little bit better quality of book. But that's not a big deal really.
I did want to mention in this review that I thought that the action scenes were very well detailed however the love scenes fell flat. Maybe it's because I'm a romantic at heart but I wanted a little bit more in the love scenes than what was given.
All in all the book was well written and the story was very well executed. I even got very upset at this book at the end because one of my favorite characters will not be making an appearance in the next two books of the series 😢 But I digress. My point is, that for a book to bring out that kind of emotion in me means that it was really well written and I was able to get into the story enough to be upset at something like that happening in the storyline.
Can't wait to read the next two books! ( )

This book, I can honestly say, is the most disappointing piece of crap I've ever wasted time on. Not even half a star. And I'm only ever this harsh when I feel like somebody's destroyed something that I loved. I loved the game "Diablo", so I figured, 'Hey, this guy is PROBABLY a fan too, so he PROBABLY took care of the story well.' Also, who the hell thinks it is a good idea to keep on referring to the characters in your book as "the daughter of", "the son of", "the brother of"...etc. I GET IT, PEOPLE ARE RELATED. I endured the first half of the book with that expectation(which, okay, was my own fault. Never expect a book to be good), only for Sir Richard A to blow my brains into little bits of shattered hopes and dreams. I died a little inside. Do yourself a favor, if you love the game, or books in general, don't read it, don't touch it, don't look at it, pretend it doesn't exist even when they are selling for less than $4.00 in a thrift store. Just don't do it.

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Since the beginning of time, the angelic forces of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in an eternal conflict for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now spilled over into Sanctuary -- the world of men. Determined to win mankind over to their respective causes, the forces of good and evil wage a secret war for mortal souls. This is the tale of the Sin War -- the conflict that would forever change the destiny of man. Three thousand years before the darkening of Tristram, Uldyssian, son of Diomedes, was a simple farmer from the village of Seram. Content with his quiet, idyllic life, Uldyssian is shocked as dark events rapidly unfold around him. Mistakenly blamed for the grisly murders of two traveling missionaries, Uldyssian is forced to flee his homeland and set out on a perilous quest to redeem his good name. To his horror, he has begun to manifest strange new powers -- powers no mortal man has ever dreamed of. Now, Uldyssian must grapple with the energies building within him -- lest they consume the last vestiges of his humanity. ( )