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The final volume in the Aurora Award-winning author's epic fantasy series. "Duncan's plots add up and his characters have personalities" (Kirkus Reviews). War had engulfed the whole world. The imposter imperor ruling in Hub was the tool of the paranoid and almighty sorcerer Xinixo, who wielded the combined power of thousands of sorcerer slaves. And yet, despite his seeming omnipotence, the pathetic few who resisted him were still at liberty, even making a little progress. Xinixo's prime foe, show more Rap of Krasnegar, had rallied troll sorcerers to the cause and was about to try enlisting the incomprehensible elves. Fortunately, for his sanity, he did not know that his daughter, Kadie, had been carried off by goblin invaders or that his son, Gath, was heading for stark Nordland to deal with the fearsome jotnar, or that his wife, Inos, was in Guwash, negotiating with gnomes. Shandie, the rightful imperor, was with her, unaware that his wife, Impress Eshiala, believed him dead and had fled with Signifer Ylo, that notorious rake. And none of them knew about the sorcerers of Thume, especially the rebel pixie girl, Thaïle, who chafed against the secret binding of a thousand years. But the odds were still impossible and Longday was fast approaching. The sorcerers of the world foretold blood on Longday. show less

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Beste boek van de serie. Zou graag gezien hebben dat er een betere ontwikkeling van de personages Thail en Zinixos was. Misschien een beter motief voor Zinixo.
Het leek als of er nog veel losse eindjes waren aan het einde van het boek. De uiteindelijke slag in de 'Rotonde' was vrij snel voorbij, en eigenlijk een beetje een anti-climax, behalve het feit dat Prins Gath bijna gedood werd onder een zware troon.

De oorspronkelijke serie bestaat uit 4 delen, maar in het Nederlands zijn er maar 3 delen.
Rap of Krasnegar and Emperor Shandie are in their desperate war against the seemingly omnipotent Sorcerer Xinixo, who has conquered most of the world using massive hordes of slave-sorcerers.

The war engulfs the world, with goblin hordes and dragon fire ravaging the Impire, while Xinixo threatens to become a god in fact as well as name. Rap of Krasnegar continues his struggle, rallying trolls and seeking the help of enigmatic Elves to fight the insane sorcerer.

Thaile and Kadie, Rap's daughter, transform and become the new God of their world.
Nu het Protocol is geschonden, heeft de machtige maar tegelijk waanzinnige dwergtovenaar Zinixo zich tot heerser van het Impenrijk uitgeroepen. Overal heerst chaos. Draken, goblins en kobolden houden gruwelijk huis en de door Zinixo geknechte magiërs voeren elke wens van hun meester meteen uit.
Koning Rap van Krasnegar, eens zelf een machtig tovenaar, leidt het verzet tegen Zinixo, maar hij lijkt een verloren strijd te strijden tegen de overweldigende overmacht van Zinixo's legers en zijn ongekend krachtige magie.
Dan besluit Thaïle, de kaboutertovenaar met welhaast goddelijke kracht, Rap te steunen. En daar blijft het niet bij. Steeds meer magiërs sluiten zich bij
Rap aan, maar het is maar de vraag of het tijdig is, want de dag van de show more confrontatie die zal beslissen over het lot van Pandemia komt met rasse schreden dichterbij...
* Dit boek is ook uitgebracht onder de titel De vierde magister.
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Dave Duncan was born in Scotland in 1933. He graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1955 and moved to Canada. He worked for 31 years as a geologist in the petroleum industry. He started writing novels in 1984 and became a full-time author in 1986. He has written over 40 novels including the series The Seventh Sword, A Man of His Word, A show more Handful of Men, The King's Blades, The Great Game, Years of Longdirk, King's Daggers, and Seventh Sword. He has also written under the names Sarah B. Franklin and Ken Hood. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Living God
Original title
The Living God
Alternate titles*
De vierde magister
Original publication date
1994
People/Characters
Zinixo; Rap; Thaïle; Inosolan of Krasnegar; Gathmor "Gath" of Krasnegar; Kadie of Krasnegar (show all 15); Emshandar V "Shandie"; Eshiala; Ylo; Raspnex; Lith'rian; Grunth; Lord Umpily; Twist; Jaurg
Important places
Krasnegar, Pandemia; Hub, Impire, Pandemia; Thume "The Accursed Place", Pandemia
Dedication
To my daughter Jenni, who most reasonably points out that she has never had a whole book dedicated to her alone and who certainly deserves one, this book is belatedly and lovingly dedicated.
First words
The ancient house was hot in the summer night, holding the heat of the day behind windows long sealed.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But perhaps not even the Gods recalled how the Statue had prophesied this, one blustery summer day back in the previous millennium.
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Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PR9199.3 .D847 .L58Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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