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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  Quennith | Oct 7, 2009 |  It's hard to believe this was Carol Berg's first novel. As much as you want to hate the selfish Prince Aleksander, you find yourself liking the irascrable young man, much as his slave, Sayonne, does. A skillful mix of serious subject matter and humour makes this a great read. Strider66 | Oct 1, 2009 | Got interested in Berg through her shared site DeepGenre. Was rewarded with this thoughtful fantasy about culture conflict and the unlikeliest of friendships. Convincing characterization and well-drawn cultures. A bit disappointing that, after the kickass magical battle, the climactic physical battle takes place offstage while one of the heroes is recovering. (  ) MuseofIre | Jul 10, 2009 | Pre09: Characters: Loved them! The lead and the prince are just awesome. Plot: Loved it. Bond slowly forming and rebuilding of a man. Bit of court intrigue tossed in. Style: Little slow, but not much. Probably just tainted by the later books. Very solid. (Logical and Fantasy mixed.) (  ) Isamoor | May 8, 2009 | (Amy) Well, this is the most traditional fantasy I've read in quite some time. We've got the once-great brought low, we've got the cruel lordling who Sees The Error Of His Ways, we've got a conquered land yearning to breathe free. We've got demons and sorcerors and illusionists. Whee! But despite the extreme genericness of the book as portrayed by blurb text or by two-sentence summation, it's actually quite an enjoyable book, and I am rather looking forward to the sequel. Sometimes a bit of fun, good old-fashioned generic fantasy is exactly what one is looking for. Just . . . don't look here for too awfully much innovation (though the method of demon-hunting is pretty nifty). (http://weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/ze...) (  ) libraryofus | Feb 20, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0451457951, Paperback)Seyonne is a man waiting to die. He has been a slave for sixteen years, almost half his life, and has lost everything of meaning to him: his dignity, the people and homeland he loves, and the Warden's power he used to defend an unsuspecting world from the ravages of demons. Seyonne has made peace with his fate. With strict self-discipline he forces himself to exist only in the present moment and to avoid the pain of hope or caring about anyone. But from the moment he is sold to the arrogant, careless Prince Aleksander, the heir to the Derzhi Empire, Seyonne's uneasy peace begins to crumble. And when he discovers a demon lurking in the Derzhi court, he must find hope and strength in a most unlikely place...(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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And it's only the FIRST book in the series.
The imagination behind this book is beautiful. And while I generally don't go in for extensive descriptions, my attention was definitely held by her words. The characters are deep and believable. I have not been able to attach myself to another of her series the way I have with this one, but this gets a full recommendation from me. (