Into a Dark Realm

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name = Into a Dark Realm
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image_caption = "Into a Dark Realm" first edition cover.
author = Raymond E. Feist
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cover_artist = Dominic Forbes
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = "Darkwar Saga"
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Voyager Books
pub_date = September 4, 2006cite web | url = http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/publication-information/uk/darkwar-saga | title = Release date | publisher = Crydee.com |language = | date = | accessdate = 2008-06-02]
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 386 pp "(first edition)"
isbn = ISBN 0007133774
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preceded_by = Flight of the Nighthawks
followed_by = Wrath of a Mad God

"Into a Dark Realm" is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the second book in the "Darkwar Saga" and was published in 2006. It was preceded by "Flight of the Nighthawks" and followed by the final book in the saga, "Wrath of a Mad God".

Plot introduction

Leso Varen has moved to wreak havoc on the world of Kelewan and Pug and the Conclave of the Shadows are determined to find him, only to find out he has stolen a body of a Tsurani magician. Meanwhile Pug, Magnus, Nakor and Ralan Bek lead a desperate expedition into the Dasati realm hoping to find the key to defeating enemy who threatens their homeworld.

Plot summary

"Into a Dark Realm" continues the Darkwar saga and mostly concentrates on two groups of characters. The first group consists of Pug, Magnus, Nakor and Ralan Bek who are attempting to reach the Dasati home world. The main problem facing them is that the Dasati exist on the Second Plane, a separate reality seen as one plane closer to the seventh under-plane, known as hell (with the seventh upper-plane being heaven). The second group consists of Tad, Zane and Jommy who are sent into training by the Conclave of Shadows for their future as generals in the Conclave.The book also reveals the purpose behind the Talnoy and the reasons for Macros hiding them on Midkemia, (it is revealed that the Talnoy are the souls of 10,000 lost Dasati Gods, banished after the Dasati Chaos Wars) preparing the scene for the final book.

This is very much an intermediary book, setting up the scenarios for the final book in the trilogy (although it could be argued the Conclave books make up a 6 book series). Pug and his companions succeed in not only reaching the Dasati homeworld disguised as Dasati Lessers, they also find allies working for the White (God of Good). However, the main leader of the Dasati resistance known as the Gardener, whom they meet is revealed to be none other than Macros the Black.

Publication history

Since its release "Into a Dark Realm" has been published in over five countries and five languages. cite web | url = http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/publication-information | title = Publication info | publisher = Crydee.com | date = | accessdate = 2008-06-01]

Note: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have the same release dates as the UK.

*2006, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0007133774, Pub date September 4, 2006, Hardback
*2007, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0007133782, Pub date April 2, 2007, Trade Paperback
*2007, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0007133790, Pub date October 1, 2007, Paperback

*2007, HUN, Beholder Kft. ISBN 9638428449, Pub date March 6, 2007, Paperback

*2007, USA, HarperCollins ISBN 0060792809, Pub date March 27, 2007, Hardback
*2008, USA, HarperCollins ISBN 0060792825, Pub date February 26, 2007, Paperback

*2007, NLD, Luitingh Fantasy ISBN 9024556392, Pub date Early, 2007, Hardback
*2007, CZE, Wales ISBN 9788086939360, Pub date May 5, 2007, Paperback
*2007, DEU, Blanvalet ISBN 9783442244140, Pub date October, 2007, Paperback

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