Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed : children of the rune : tales from the land of the Diamond Throne

As with any anthology some stories in this set were better than others. Some were average some were quite good. Most had interesting characters and lots of action. The set also provided a nice introduction to the land of the Dimond Throne, the setting for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed RPG. My only complaint (and it is a minor one) is that the authors seemed to assume that the readers are familiar with setting and used races and/or monsters that are unique to the world. This is fine, but in some cases I would have liked to have a little more description of these races in order to know how they differed from other fantasy mainstays (such as humans, elves, dwarves, etc). But this did not take away from the stories which were enjoyable. Cover......Page 1 Teaser......Page 2 Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Diamond Throne Map......Page 8 Introduction......Page 9 "Stone Ghosts" by Lucien Soulban......Page 11 "How it Works" by Monte Cook......Page 33 "The Silent Man" by Richard Lee Byers......Page 46 "Hollows of the Heart" by Bruce R. Cordell and Keith Francis Strohm......Page 70 "The Fallen Star" by Ed Greenwood......Page 90 "Child of the Street" by Will McDermott......Page 109 "Clash of Duty" by Miranda Horner......Page 130 "The Pebble Before the Avalanche" by Mike Mearls......Page 154 "Name Day" by Wolfgang Baur......Page 175 "Singer for the Dead" by Jeff Grubb......Page 194 "Precious Things" by Thomas M. Reid......Page 215 "Skin Deep" by Stan!......Page 234 "Not Without Cost" by Monte Cook......Page 258 About the Authors......Page 286