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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Lots of fun. My favorite bit is the etymology of the name of the town of Bengloarafurd. I thought Brust did a really great job, especially since we already know how the story has to end from having read the Vlad Taltos novels - and that didn't make the ending any less climactic. (  ) woakden | Sep 11, 2009 |  Another visit to the heroes of The Phoenix Guards. Once again, Musketeers style, they are called on to save the Empire. Sort of, maybe, or is it just their kids they are saving? Good stuff, as usual, though it does get a little wordy at times. (  ) Karlstar | Sep 6, 2009 | I Don't Get It...: How can Brust write not one, but two books in the wordy, flowery Dumas-style that I (truthfully) despise, yet somehow get me to love both of them? This book is not as wordy as The Phoenix Guards, but it has its moments. The action can be slow in the beginning and middle, but the end makes up for it. iayork | Aug 9, 2009 | (Alistair) Well, you saw the review I posted for The Phoenix Guards, right? I repeat and amplify my comments about the sheer gorgeousness of the language use. And of the narrator's foibles. When coupled with the characters we came to know and love in the prior work, and a plot delving into the chain of events leading up to Adron's Disaster - not a spoiler, since you would learn that from the blurb even if you didn't know the setting at all - one of the more, or perhaps I should say particularly, interesting parts of Dragaeran history, it makes for an excellent book indeed. Highly recommended. (Still haven't got around to The Three Musketeers, though.) ( http://weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/ce... ) (  ) libraryofus | Jan 6, 2009 | See The Phoenix Guards. (  ) TadAD | Jun 20, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0812515226, Mass Market Paperback)In which our Heroes--Khaavren, Pel, Aerich and Tazendra--are reunited again a mere five centuries later...just in time for an uprising that threatens to destroy the Imperial Orb itself! This is the story of the conspiracy against the Empire that begins in the mean streets of Underside and flourishes in the courtly politics of the Palace where Khaavren has loyally served in the Guards this past half-millennium. It is the tale of the Dragonlord Adron's overweening schemes, of his brilliant daughter Aliers, and the eldritch Sethra Lavode. And it is the tale of four boon companions, of love, and of revenge...a tale from the history of Dragaera, of the events that changed the world! (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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