Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

'Baldur’s Gate II Throne of Bhaal' is the final book in the trilogy of novelizations for the 'Baldur’s Gate' computer games. The book is based on the expansion pack for 'Baldur’s Gate II' and concludes the saga of Abdel Adrian and the last of the Children of Bhaal. Unlike the with the other books, I haven’t actually played through the part of the game that this novel is based on but from what I have heard there is significant deviation from the events of the game due to the book due to being based on an early script.This final book in the series sees Philip Athans replaced by Drew Karpyshyn as author and I would say that this change nice as the new writer seems a little better than the original one. The book still has a few minor issues with its writing though with a few mistakes here and there. As well as this a lot of the plot twists are quite obvious while the plot itself seems a little anaemic and could probably have been improved by expanding the story somewhat. On the plus side the action scenes are quite well written and are enjoyable to read with the battle against the last of the Five being particularly well done.Overall while this is easily the best book in the trilogy, it is still something of a let-down when compared to the brilliant game and is only really worth three stars at best.