The Griffin's War

This series started out well, with The Dark Griffin being an interesting world and fun read. But the series started going downhill in the second book, and this third book is simply a disaster. It is hard to sympathize with a protagonist who has little free will and is increadibly whiny, as well. The ending was not only predictable, but predictiably bad. Too bad, really. I'd recommend The Dark Griffin as worth reading. But definately not the second two books in the trilogy.

True epic fantasy. War rages, our hero is both beloved and feared, his god both terrible and worshiped. He succeeds at great cost. He is the beginning and the end. This book, like the series was both wonderful and terrible. The next series will be of the next generation. I will read it.

I've read all K. J. Taylor's books about Griffins. Very well written. The unique story line keeps you engaged.

Great book. Would recommend to any fantasy lover.

Lark is locked out of this result From Fawn

Third and possibly most action packed (definitely most violent) in this surprisingly good series with a protagonist that is both hero and anti-hero (guess depends on which side of the war you are on).

I picked up all three books when I saw them side by side at the library and read them all in a row. I liked that she picked griffins, and she built a very detailed and believable picture of their habitats, habits, interactions (within the griffin society and with humans), and the intricate hierarchies and politics. No two griffins were alike, each with distinct personalities and traits. Arenadd's growth from a boy to a man and descent into darkness were well portrayed, but the one I rooted for was Skandar, the dark griffin that's an outsider even amongst other griffins. Selfish in a childlike way but loyal, I became very fond of the wild griffin. I do think the author left the room for a new story arc and look forward to see more of the griffin realm from another angle.

I could not put them down. Waiting for a fourth :)

The destroyer of the Eyrie of Eagleholm, Arenadd Taranisaii remains incarcerated in a dungeon. Once he was a free Northerner bonded to a griffin and once he was a slave, but in both cases when he was called Arren Cardockson he was the victim of de facto racism. Now he is a lunatic singing all day and night. His guards have no idea how to deal with the maniac who as a kraeai kran ae lacks a heart. Though he fears the consequences of his vow to his people's dark deity Arenadd pledges his life to the Night God, which enables him to wander the shadows unseen. Using this skill, he escapes from his Southern imprisonment. He heads back to his northern people accompanied by his bonded The Dark Griffin ready to lead a revolt against an oppressive south. Only Errian and one other Arenadd stands in his way. The finish to the Fallen Moon fantasy (see The Griffin's Flight) is a strong climax to a fabulous trilogy. Arren has "evolved" into Arenadd believing that his former essence is dead since the curse cost him his heart. Loaded with battle action, but anchored by a profound look at a stifling caste society in which political (power) gains supersede people needs. Fans will relish the last war of the being with no heart while wondering whether the curse physically removed his heart or society metaphysically makes him a heartless fiend greater and less than human. Harriet Klausner