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Darkest Road Mm by Guy Gavriel Kay
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Darkest Road Mm (original 1986; edition 1987)

by Guy Gavriel Kay (Author)

Series: Fionavar Tapestry (3)

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In the conclusion of Guy Gavriel Kay's critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, five university students from our world prepare to sacrifice themselves--as they enter into final battle against a power of unimaginable proportions...
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Title:Darkest Road Mm
Authors:Guy Gavriel Kay (Author)
Info:HarperCollins Publishers (1987), Edition: First Edition, 420 pages
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The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay (1986)

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    Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (Cecrow)
    Cecrow: While it's not an official sequel (thus not tagged with this series), there's some recurring characters from Fionavar.
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Awesome epic fantasy written with no corners cut. This book covered the actual war. Darien was a real surprise. There were a few other surprise both good and bad that touched me. Highly recommended to all fantasy lovers. This was not m/m fantasy. ( )
  Connorz | Jan 4, 2023 |
When I first opened my Goodreads account, I spent a lot of time logging and rating whatever books I could remember I had read, but I didn’t review any of that first batch. I don’t know when I decided to review everything I read, even if that meant writing just a few sentences, but I know it was after I had logged this book. Based on how memorable this trilogy is to me, it needs a review.
It’s probably been over 15 years since I read The Fionavar Tapestry, but I remember how powerfully it affected me. I remember, after finishing the first book, driving to a different town in my library system to get my hands on the second. And when they couldn’t find their copy, I bought it at the book store where I worked at the time, knowing how ridiculous it was to own the second book in a trilogy and none of the others, but knowing too I couldn’t wait another day for it.
And I remember crying through one of the battles in this third book, being so moved by what was happening and what was coming. That’s one of the things I remember the most.
I’m glad I ran across this title when I was tooling around Goodreads today. It gets the trilogy back on my mind for the next time someone asks me for a good fantasy recommendation. ( )
  Harks | Dec 17, 2022 |
A beautiful ending to the Fionavar tapestry.

If you've come this far, then you can't stop. All threads are tied off, all endings are found. The hand of fate falters and change is allowed. Heroes live, and die, and triumph.

The striving is worth it, as striving should be. ( )
  JimDR | Dec 7, 2022 |
Good conclusion. Actually very good trilogy, if you're feeling in the mood for a quality fantasy lark. Nearly as good as George RR Martin, and with a similar willingness to kill off major characters unexpectedly which keeps you on your toes. ( )
  hierogrammate | Jan 31, 2022 |
Good conclusion. Actually very good trilogy, if you're feeling in the mood for a quality fantasy lark. Nearly as good as George RR Martin, and with a similar willingness to kill off major characters unexpectedly which keeps you on your toes.
  hierogrammate | Jan 31, 2022 |
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Ce troisième livre possède sans aucun doute le souffle épique qui manquait aux précédents. Chaque élèment trouve sa place, et la puissance d'évocation est impressionnante. Les personnages prennent peu à peu leur vraie dimension, et l'ensemble se lit, ma foi...d'une traite.
 
Auteur canadien, Guy Gavriel Kay aime les mythes, la fantasy et l'histoire médiévale. Sa merveilleuse Chanson d'Arbonne en a fait rêver plus d'un avec son mélange de magie et d'amour courtois. Avec cette série, il se lance plus dans la fantasy que dans son pendant historico-merveilleux, avec délice et humour.
Cinq jeunes gens d'une petite ville américaine reçoivent la visite d'un étrange personnage (et même de plusieurs) qui les entraîne dans un monde dont ils n'ont pas la moindre idée, monde de magie et de contes où leur présence est nécessaire à l'avènement d'un nouveau roi. Un par un, nos cinq contemporains se découvrent un destin étrange qui les éloigne encore plus de leur histoire et de leur monde. La tapisserie du monde est complexe, alignant côte à côte des histoires et des univers que tout sépare, que rien ne lie mais qui pourtant s'interpénètrent et se rejoignent par intervalles. Dans cette complexité, les personnalités de nos jeunes gens vont s'affirmer, révélant des traits qu'on n'aurait pu imaginer, leur ouvrant des perspectives inconnues en nous faisant rêver. Les différents peuples de ce monde étrange qui semble être au centre du nôtre, sont attachants et pourtant différents... Une fantasy mythologique et médiévale rare.
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At the beginning of this road as at the beginning of all roads are my parents, Sybil and Sam Kay. This tapestry is theirs.
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In the conclusion of Guy Gavriel Kay's critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, five university students from our world prepare to sacrifice themselves--as they enter into final battle against a power of unimaginable proportions...

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The concluding novel in Kay's trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, opens as the fantasy world's magically prolonged winter yields to spring - but a spring where showers bring death, emptying entire cities. To combat the arch evil Rakoth Maugrim, the High King of Brennin marches north with his army and allies, anticipating a final confrontation. At the same time, a crucial choice faces young Darien, the son produced by Rakoth's rape of Guinevere. Feeling rejected by the good and the light, Darien sets off on the dark road to his father.
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