Lord of Souls; An Elder Scrolls Novel Review

 Written by Greg Keyes
Published by TitanBooks, London (2011)
ISBN: 9780857680877

Lord of Souls is the sequel to Greg Keyes’ first Elder Scrolls novel, The Infernal City. This is a direct sequel, meaning that if you haven’t read The Infernal City then you will find it very hard to follow the events of this story. The Lord of Souls originally released in 2011, just two months before the release of The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim. I really enjoyed The Infernal City, giving it five stars when I reviewed it. Is Greg Keyes able to continue the same high quality within the second, and final, part of Umbriel’s story?

The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall Unity Review

 I played on: Windows PC
I paid: £0 (Both Daggerfall and the Daggerfall Unity mod are free)
Available on: Windows, Linux PC, MacOS
Notes: You can find the Daggerfall Unity mod here!

The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall was released over a quarter of a century ago in 1996 by Bethesda Game Studios. It’s a follow-up to The Elder Scrolls Arena.

Daggerfall was originally released on Microsoft DOS, which is an operating system that predates graphical interfaces. What this means for the original release of Daggerfall is that while you can run it using DOSBox, it doesn’t run very well. Daggerfall Unity is a fan project that aims to take the original DOS version of Daggerfall and move it over from its original XnGine engine to the more modern Unity engine. Thanks to a lot of hard work from some very dedicated and talented fans, headed up by the blindingly passionate Gavin Clayton, this project was completed at the end of 2023. This is without a doubt the easiest and most effective way to play this classic today. While it offers a more stable way to play Daggerfall, it also does so much more. The resolution settings now include modern display resolutions which even output in widescreen. This means you can now play Daggerfall in full 4K! Other little settings help to move the game into the modern era, such as customizable controls and switched health and fatigue bar colours to match the newer Elder Scrolls games. You can also opt-in to a shorter dungeons option which after a couple of hours playing without, I was glad to have. All-in-all Gavin Clayton really deserves all the praise in the world for bringing this retro classic back to life!

The Infernal City; An Elder Scrolls Novel Review

Written by Greg Keyes

Published by TitanBooks, London (2010)

ISBN: 9781848567160

The Infernal City is a unique story set in The Elder Scrolls’ world of Tamriel. While it was originally released in 2010, a year later in 2011, it would be included in The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim’s Premium Edition as an extra. That same year, 2011, a direct sequel would be released called Lord of Souls finishing the story started in The Infernal City. I will be reviewing the sequel, but let’s remain focused on this first novel to begin with. Does the world of Tamriel and the many realms of Oblivion successfully make the transition from video game to novel, or is this a low point for the series?

Tales of Tamriel; Book I: The Land

 Written Various Authors (Bethesda Softworks)
Published by Titan Books, London, 2015
ISBN: 9781783293179

The front cover of Tales of Tamriel; Book I: The Land

Tales of Tamriel is very similar to The Skyrim Library. Both are collections of in-game books, split into various volumes. Whereas The Skyrim Library is a compilation of all the in-game books from The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, Tales of Tamriel is a compilation of all the in-game books from The Elder Scrolls Online. It’s worth mentioning that this only includes the books from the base game and not any of the newer books added with the many expansions to the game since its release. While this book, without a doubt, makes for a wonderful collector’s piece, is it worth reading?

The Skyrim Library; Volume 1: The Histories Review

  Written Various Authors (Bethesda Softworks)
Published by Titan Books, London, 2015
ISBN: 9781783293193

The Skyrim Library is a complication of the in-game book’s players of The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim can find scattered about the world. Each of these books is essentially a short story or article about an aspect of the history or lore of The Elder Scrolls. Over the three volumes of The Skyrim Library we get each of these in-game books illustrated with beautiful art of the many regions, characters, and magical artifacts that they refer to.

They are wonderful collector’s pieces, but are they worth reading?