I have enjoyed many other books by David Eddings, so grabbing the first three books of this series seemed like a wise decision. Alas, past performance does not guarantee future success.The intial focal point of 'evil' in this series is called the Vlagh. Sadly, the Vlagh never sparked any emotions in me. Neither did the good guys. The battles, if you want to call them that were ho hum. The storyline provides not tension what-so-ever. There's nothing to engage you.I will say that the Elder Gods at least left me with enough interest to read book 2 in the series, so I gave it a 2.