Helen Lowe
Author of The Heir of Night
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- Canonical name
- Lowe, Helen
- Birthdate
- 1961
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Birthplace
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Places of residence
- Christchurch, New Zealand
Singapore
China - Education
- University of Waikato (BA - English and Geography)
University of Stockholm (Social Science) - Occupations
- writer
poet
planner
environmental manager - Awards and honors
- Sir Julius Vogel Awards (best new talent, 2009)
- Agent
- Robin Rue (Writers House)
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Undoubtedly well-written and overall conceptually brilliant, it just did not engage me as I'd hoped. I'm not certain as to why. Maybe it was just individual preference but I was switching off when I should have been hooked. A real shame because I so wanted to enjoy this book. I have purchased book two and three and would normally be delving straight in to the sequel, but somehow I'm craving a change of pace/genre? I think I will read them at some point....
I was skeptical. However I liked it. But, if you don't like books without a lot of dialogue you might have a hard time with this one. Also- not good for a skim-read.
Book two of The Wall of Night. Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge
Read the prologue here
Five years have passed since the events of The Heir of Night so if I was to mention anything that happens I might actually spoil you. And I wouldn't want to do that, would I? Suffice to say that there are more Darkswarm and conspiracies, but we are no longer on the Wall. Instead the story takes place among the native culture of Haarth.
In many ways this is a very traditional epic/heroic fantasy. Our hero, destined to save the world, out on a quest to track down magical artefacts and gather an army. Along the way pursued by the bad-guys and meeting up with possible allies and the like.
But the world-building here is very impressive. There are numerous different cultures and lands of Haarth, and they are all quite separate and distinct, and that's before you get to the Derai themselves, who landed on Haarth many generations earlier from a different world.
My main problem with this book is the number of characters with fantasy-esque names, I did find it difficult to keep them all straight at one point.
But at the same time I really did enjoy this book. It isn't the story I thought it would be, but in a good way, it is a much bigger and more complex story than I initially thought. I look forward to the next two books in this series. But not the wait. *sigh*
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Read the prologue here
Five years have passed since the events of The Heir of Night so if I was to mention anything that happens I might actually spoil you. And I wouldn't want to do that, would I? Suffice to say that there are more Darkswarm and conspiracies, but we are no longer on the Wall. Instead the story takes place among the native culture of Haarth.
In many ways this is a very traditional epic/heroic fantasy. Our hero, destined to save the world, out on a quest to track down magical artefacts and gather an army. Along the way pursued by the bad-guys and meeting up with possible allies and the like.
But the world-building here is very impressive. There are numerous different cultures and lands of Haarth, and they are all quite separate and distinct, and that's before you get to the Derai themselves, who landed on Haarth many generations earlier from a different world.
My main problem with this book is the number of characters with fantasy-esque names, I did find it difficult to keep them all straight at one point.
But at the same time I really did enjoy this book. It isn't the story I thought it would be, but in a good way, it is a much bigger and more complex story than I initially thought. I look forward to the next two books in this series. But not the wait. *sigh*
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Well worth a read for any fantasy fan.