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Eric John Stark rides again! Leigh Brackett's unforgettablescience-fantasy hero of The Secret of Sinharat and The Ginger Starcuts a red swath across the brutal planet Skaith Having killed the king-dog Flay in his quest to save an old friend andmentor, Stark now wanders the Worldheart in the company of nine ferociouscanines that respond to his every command. Ruling the hounds of Skaith meanstapping into the savagery of Stark's own mysterious past, and even amoment's hesitation could turn the show more pack against him! show lessTags
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Another of Brackett's Eric John Stark books, this is a good book for fans of Burroughs and Howard. I would say this is better written than typical Burroughs, though the style and tone are similar. Not a ton of character development, and the plot is fairly straightforward, but still very enjoyable.
The middle volume of a trilogy, this one takes our hero confrontation with the real movers and shakers. Brackett's pot-boiler continues to bubble, and we are set up for the final... but over all not great Brackett. The Sword of Rhiannon's a better book.
Brackett is just as good as writing sci-fi based adventure stories as ever, but where volume 2 disappoints is in the lack of involvement with Gerrith, the Skaithian seer who is a well-rounded and important female character in the first volume.
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Pretty Standard SciFi/Adventure for its time. I truly enjoyed the sections with the Hounds of Skaith - basically intelligent psionic wolves that kill with fear.
volume secondo, vedi "i predoni di skaith"
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- Canonical title*
- Dämon aus dem All
- Original title
- The Hounds of Skaith
- Original publication date
- 1974-10
- People/Characters
- Eric John Stark
- Important places*
- Skaith
- Dedication
- For Michael and Hillary Moorcock
- First words
- In her great hall, deep in the mountain heart of the glimmering Witchfires, Kell a Marg Skaith-Daughter sat upon the dais.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"We must send word north," Stark said, "to Hargoth and the People of the Towers, to tell them that the star-roads will soon be open."
- Publisher's editor*
- Schelwokat, Günter M.
- Blurbers
- Bradbury, Ray
- Original language*
- Englisch
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