A review by wdkilpackiii
Beneath an Opal Moon by Eric Van Lustbader

4.0

The Sunset Warrior series had a great impact on my as a writer and an individual. I have read Book One at least six times. However, each of the next books lost a little of the flavor and tone from the one before. This novel's shift if the most dramatic, with changing the main character to Moichi. He was a great character in previous novels, and this book is still a good read, but it doesn't hold up when compared to The Sunset Warrior itself. I enjoyed learning a bit more about the world, but Moichi didn't grip me as strongly as Ronin. I guess it's a bit cliché, but this falls into the category of not wanting to read the sequel(s) because they don't shine as brightly as the original. Nonetheless, I own them all. Recommended, but don't expect the same charge as book one.