Mark of Nerath is the first book published for the D&D 4E world settings. I read this book on the purpose of understanding the new world setting more.
The book begins with various characters in several story lines: an undead emperor of an long lost kingdom with his knight; a Revenant of the Raven Queen, called back from the dead to fulfill a mission of his Lady; two adventurers from an adventure party which was destroyed during a fight with a green dragon; a young cleric of Erathis in a small town just discovered his hidden identity; and an apprentice wizard in a tower of Fallcrest whom's master had faced his fateful day...
All this people are drawn together during the course by their own fate.
I like this book that all the characters, no matter they are the protagonist or the antagonist, are written in a quite first person perspective (it is third person writing style, but with first person point of view). The reader can well understand the reason behind their acts and their emotions.
This is quite a typical D&D story with clear descriptions of the monsters that the characters had encountered and the fights between them. This helps your imagination of the monsters you are facing if you used to play D&D games.
The drawback is the story is too typical of a D&D adventure story, with no surprise and the readers can easily guess the story and the ending.
It is though a good read and really helps if you are interested in learning the new D&D world more.
I will rate this book 3 out of 5 stars.
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