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Lädt ... Sea of Timevon P. C. Hodgell
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.   ) cindywho | May 27, 2019 |  ) quondame | Jun 22, 2018 |  ) sibylline | May 26, 2018 | Kothifir the Great, ruled by an obscenely obese god-king, peopled with colorful, dueling guilds, guarded by the Southern Host of the Kencyrath. Here Jame arrives, only to find that the turbulent city claims more of her attention than she thought possible. Traveling through Time, dealing with the four Elemental gods, dealing with her own God and his priests, Jame just deal with internal and external threats and pressures. My Thoughts I was enjoying this up until the 45% mark. Then everything that I didn't like about the previous books reared it's ugly head until the 90% mark. Jame, and her brother Tori, both act stupid. They won't take action, they hesitate, they allow threats against themselves to go completely unanswered, they practically invite people to harm them. At one point Jame is thrown down a hole to an Under-City by the high City's Intelligence group. They try to kill her. And she does NOTHING about it. It doesn't enter into her equation at all. A lot of "blind eye" turning goes on; by Jame, by Tori, by the Kothifirites, by the Kencyrath. Enough by so many people that I couldn't enjoy my read a whole lot. Plot-wise this book doesn't advance the overall plot very much. The theological questions about the Three Who Are One still remain, the Kencyrath are as divided, stupid and self-centred as in any book before and the Lords of the Kencyrath, ie Jame and Tori, still aren't leading. I am DONE with this series. If I could get stand alone novels maybe I could keep going. But Hodgell is making this a series, albeit a pointless and never-ending series, ala GRR Martin'esque style. Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Author: P.C. Hodgell " ( ) BookstoogeLT | Dec 10, 2016 | We're still following Jame, as she continues to struggle balancing her studies at the randon college with her ever-increasing extra-curricular responsibilities and powers. Here, there's a mission into a city that may be in another time altogether. And wherever Jame goes, it seems trouble follows. The city of Kothifir is caught up in a Change, where all power structures and official posts are turned on their head. And those power structures any all emanate from the Temple that dates to Jame's peoples' arrival on this world... Well, that's the main (?) plot line. There are quite a few others, There are flashbacks, visions, and segment's from Jame's brother Torisen's POV, where I wasn't quite sure where or when they quite belonged. This is typical of this series, and fans will not be dismayed. I like quite a lot of things about Hodgell's writing - not least the no-holds-barred violence and dark elements which are a bit unusual in this type of story. But at this point I'm not sure that Jame will ever graduate - and not because of any plot on her enemies' part... it just seems like she's been in this school for many years! Advance copy provided by NetGalley - many thanks for the opportunity to follow this series! As always, my opinions are my own. ( ) AltheaAnn | Feb 9, 2016 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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New novel in the Kencyrath series, sequel to Honor's Paradox. Adventure in a well-crafted high fantasy land. Kothifir the Great, ruled by an obscenely obese god-king, peopled with colorful, dueling guilds, guarded by the Southern Host of the Kencyrath. Here Jame arrives, only to find that the turbulent city claims more of her attention as the Talisman than the Host's training fields do as a second year randon cadet. Mysteries abound: Caravans plunge deep into the hostile Southern Wastes and return laden with fabulous riches -- from what source, and why do they crumble to dust if not claimed by the god-king's touch? Karnids from Urakarn prowl the shadows, preaching the return of their mysterious prophet. An unstable Kencyr temple rumbles in the outer, decayed rings of the city. Then too, someone in the Host's camp is trying to get Jame killed. In order to save the present, Jame must search the past, be it fifteen years ago when as a boy her brother Torisen arrived here, unknown and unwanted, or three thousand years ago when the Wastes were a great sea ringed with rich civilizations. Somehow, Tori survived. Somehow, the cities of the plain were destroyed in one catastrophic night. Now Kothifir's gods have lost their power and its proud towers are falling. What curse out of the past has struck it? Jame, a potential Nemesis, must try to stop the destruction--without undoing time itself. About P.C. Hodgell's Kyncyrath Series: "P.C. Hodgell writes the most strikingly weird and wonderful stories in epic fantasy today."--Charles Stross "Hodgell has crafted an...intricate fantasy with humor, tragedy, and a capable and charming female hero."--Library Journal The Kencyrath SagaSeeker's Bane Bound in Blood Honor's Paradox Sea of Time Omnibus EditionsThe Godstalker ChroniclesContains Kencyrath prequel novels God Stalk and Dark of the Moon Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.78)
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