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Alexey Pehov

Author of Shadow Prowler

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Works by Alexey Pehov

Shadow Prowler (2010) 372 copies
Chasers of the Wind (2006) 69 copies
Guardian / Strazh (2010) 25 copies
Blitz (2012) 20 copies
Золотые костры (2012) 17 copies
Sturm (2013) 17 copies
Proklyatyj gorn (2014) 14 copies
Dunkeljäger (2014) 12 copies
Peresmeshnik (2009) 9 copies
Синее пламя (2015) 6 copies
Veter i iskry (2009) 4 copies
Master snov (2014) 4 copies
Harold il ladro (2010) 4 copies
Khroniki Sialy Tsikly (2005) 4 copies
Заклинатели (2019) 4 copies
Novye bogi (2010) 3 copies
Temnyj okhotnik (2007) 3 copies
Lovtsy udachi (2012) 3 copies
Kindret. Krovnye bratya (2005) 3 copies
Osnovatel (2009) 3 copies
Koldun iz klana Smerti (2007) 3 copies
Erinery Gipnosa (2017) 2 copies
Lovushka dlya duha (2014) 2 copies
L'uomo senza nome (2011) 2 copies
Shans (2009) 2 copies
Iskra i veter (2008) 2 copies
Sozdatel koshmarov (2015) 1 copy
Taloris (2019) 1 copy
Ten ingeniuma (2018) 1 copy
Sozertsatel (2016) 1 copy
Страж 1 copy
Tkyshie mrak (2021) 1 copy

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Canonical name
Pehov, Alexey
Legal name
Пехов, Алексей Юрьевич
Pehov, Aleksey Yur'evich
Other names
Pechov, Aleksej Joerjevitsj
Birthdate
1978-03-30
Gender
male
Nationality
Russia
Birthplace
Moscow, Russia, USSR
Education
Moscow State Medical University
Central Science Institute, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (orthodontics)
Relationships
Bychkova, Elena (wife)
Organizations
Russian Union of Writers
Agent
Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group, LLC
Short biography
Alexey Pehov is the award-winning author of The Chronicles of Siala, a bestselling series in his native Russia. His novel Under the Sign of the Mantikor was named Book of the Year and Best Fantasy Novel in 2004 by Russia's largest fantasy magazine, World of Fantasy.

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Dies ist ein gemächlicher Roman., Es fehlt nicht an Action, aber der Roman hat kein hohes Tempo.
Die Charaktere sind liebenswert, und mir gefällt es, dass Lass sich in einer Gesellschaft wiederfindet wo alle mehr oder minder einträchtig zusammenleben, egal welcher Rasse oder Nation sie angehört haben. Lass selbst schließt Freundschaft mit einem Erzfeind der Elfen.

Ich fand den Schluss etwas merkwürdig, er wirkte so ein bisschen abgehackt, als ob da noch Folgebände kommen könnten.

Oliver Siebeck als Sprecher war sehr gut -- einer mehr auf meiner Liste von deutschen Sprechern die gut vorlesen können.

Insgesamt war es eine nette Geschichte in der viel geflogen wird, deswegen werde ich sie meinem Mann zum Geburtstag schenken, der ist begeisterter Modellflieger. ;)
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Belana | Dec 15, 2021 |
Il primo libro mi era piaciuto, questo invece mi ha annoiato fin da subito. Ammetto che non ho avuto il coraggio di insistere ma quando ho visto che nelle prime 50/60 pagine le uniche cose che succedevano erano esclusivamnete battibecchi tra nani, gnomi e goblin e nulla più mi sono demoralizzato. Abbandonato e passato oltre.
 
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LoZioSpino | Nov 22, 2018 |
I received this copy from the publisher through Netgalley.com and that in no way has influenced my opinion in regards to this review.   This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.com by express permission of this reviewer     Synopsis: One kingdom of humans, who use not-bad magic [not to be confused with good, mind you!] are being invaded by a kingdom of renegades that use bad, necromantic, evil, etc, etc, etc magic. Follows several pairings/groupings of people who were caught on the border of the conflict, who all have their own problems in addition to invading demon thingies, zombies and magicians who will eat you.   My Thoughts: First off, this guy, Pehov, is Russian. So this is a translated work. Which is why I finished the book instead of DNF'ing it. I'm going to blame most of my issues on the translator, but my resolve to not read anything else by Pehov is on his shoulders alone.   This was choppy writing. Short sentences that should have been rewritten into one longer, well constructed sentence. I had saved a couple of particular egregious examples, but then by the end I didn't care enough to go back and copy them out. Maybe in Russian it made sense for sword choppingly short sentences, but certainly not in English. It made Pehov sound like an amateur [and yes, I know I used the word "sound" in regards to the written word *wink*].   However, what annoyed me the most, and was all the author, was that ONE character was written in the First person, while everybody else was in the Third. It doesn't sound like much, but trust me, when you go from a limited "I" point of view to an Omniscient narrative "they" and back,  it is really jarring. And that was deliberate, nothing to do with the translator.   The plot was ok, with a good back story waiting to be explored and a good amount of magical and mundane fighting. In many ways it reminded me of Eddings and his love of groups, just without the humor.   But it "feels" like amateur writing and I refuse to numb my reading skills. Let's just say Pehov's no Dostoyevsky. That being said, you won't have wasted your time if you try this. Perhaps just not spent it as wisely as you "could have".     Rating: 2.5 of 5 Stars Author: Alexey Pehov "… (more)
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BookstoogeLT | 1 other review | Dec 10, 2016 |
The first book started little slow but I felt this has more action. There doesn’t actually happen all that much but there was still many battles. I should have re-read the last book because I had forgotten who was whoand what happened but it didn’t take long to remember everyone.

Harold isn’t too happy to be the supposed hero and thinks his life was much more simple as a regular thief. But he’s also started to wonder if he has changed. He didn’t have any friends or family, which he thought was a liability, and now he has whole bunch of outcasts who he can call friends. Has this made him softer?

Harold doesn’t have as much spotlight as in the last book but I didn’t feel like anyone had real spotlight over others.

I couldn’t help but laugh at Kli-Kli the goblin jester . But it seems like there is much more to him than just being a fool. Can’t wait to find out what he really is about. But my favourites were the elves. I wish there was more about them in the next book! I love it that elves resemble orcs with fangs and all.

I had some problems with one battle, mainly with the outcome at least but it’s better not to speak more about it here. I really liked this and you gotta love good fantasy book! Can’t wait to read the next book!
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