The Iron Tower Omnibus (Mithgar)

Fantasy drama adventure in the style of Tolkien. If you liked The Hobbit you will like the books of Mithgar!

Well, the best book by his author. His way of retelling the story of The Lord of the Rings. Swift, fast, without so many words. Oh, if you have to read Lord of the Rings go read Lord of the Rings. If you want diet, no-sugar Lord of the Rings read this book. Took me less than a week, while going to work, to finish this book. Elves, Warrows, Dwarves and Men must fight an EVIL! To save Mithgar from the EVIL and the DARKEST DAY! Should I put the tiny trademark symbol next to those words? EVIL! Anyway, Dennis L. McKiernan, to my understanding got into a fight with a car, lost and was trapped in bed. So he took pen to paper and wrote stories. It is the best of his books I have so far and I would suggest it as the first you read, so you get a understanding on how his setting works.

Great read very hard to put down

I love this story. Girls with bows, magical people with gem like eyes facing the dilemma of duty verses the protection and love of home.

This is a very good book, very similar to the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. In fact there are a lot of close similarities, but I don't think its anywhere near plagiarism. If you enjoy high fantasy you'll probably like The Iron Tower.

I miss the original covers to the individual novels, but a great compilation and the book is in great condition.

As always Dennis L. McKeirnan writes a fantastic tale. However this one is heavy based on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. So heavily in fact that at many points it seems more like blantant plagrarism. This book is good, but it is so obviously his first attempt. The world was not completely formed and nor were the rules of the races that filled the world. His later works fully flesh out the world and people within. This book is good, but many of his others are much much better.

I really enjoy this trilogy. The writer is a little corney as he writes the book as if the events really occured and Mithgar is real. The story is really good though. I thouroughly enjoyed the trilogy. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a good fantasy story.

A decent fantasy book that doesn't strive to do anything original (it has many plot points and even the order of events shared with Lord of the Rings, by the author's admission). This alone doesn't make it poor, as it is an enjoyable book. But McKiernan's writing is not a mastered craft, just passionately labored upon. If he keeps writing one day he might get to what he's aiming for. Some of the story draws you in, then you run into pages where the same adjective is used like 10 times for the same scene. The characters, some of which are really compelling and interesting, are mostly not as well fleshed out as one would like. The characters he does focus on however tend to be at least interesting to follow along. It following so closely to Lord of the Rings takes a lot of the wind out of it's sails however, as if you know that going in you always wonder how much of this is McKienan and how much of it is Tolkien. Still, I'd rather the book is around than not. It's at least a nice exercise to read through it and wonder if you'd taken that plan of action how your plot cloned fantasy novel would've turned out. Some choices are kind of interesting, like the "hobbits" of this world are able to defend themselves as well as raise an army. This book's version of a Strider character also has a really cool horse, or so I seem to remember it has been a while since I've read it. In short, there's better novels to take up your time. But it isn't bad.

The story of Tuck and company is one I have read over and over again since I first stumbled across it in the 1980's. Very good fantasy and a solid groundwork for the world of Mithgar. While it borrows quite a bit from Tolkien in these early works, Mithgar and its lore grows and expands into a very satisfying series. My poor old paper copies can finally given the rest they need.