The King of Dreams
by Robert Silverberg
Die Legenden von Majipoor (3), Prestimion Trilogy (3), Majipoor: Chronological (04), Majipoor (07), Majipoor: Publication (2000)
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The years since first be gained the Starburst Crown have been difficult ones for Coronal Lord Prestimion and the vast, unfathoniable realm he rules. But finally peace has been restored to Majipoor. Now it is time for Prestimion to name the able Prince Dekkeret his succeeding Coronal and to descend to the Labyrinth as Pontifex. But a power from a dark past that both men believed was dead is stirring once again -- an evil more potent and devastating than either leader dares to remember. Once, show more decades past, a then knight-initiate Dekkeret had his dreams stolen from him. His quest for recovery led him to a remarkable helme that could invade the psyches of sleeping foes, a device the newly anointed Coronal Prestimion later utilized to defeat his enemy Dantirya Sambail, tyrant of the continent Zimroel. In the fires of civil war, the terrible weapon was destroyed forever -- or so it was believed. The noxious weed of rebellion was torn out at its roots but its seeds have borne frightening fruit. Dantirya Sambail is dead, and the hungry jackals who ran at his heels now scheme to recover his lost lands and power. At their head is the tyrant's former henchman Mandralisca--a villain of great wiles and icy heart, who somehow has unleashed a devastating plague of the mind upon Prestimion's subjects. Dark visions are invading the sleep of those loyal to the Lords and the Lady of Majipoor. show lessTags
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A great ending to the Majipoor cycle. So good, it makes me sad to see it end. I read the previous two in the Prestimion series almost a year ago and kept putting this one off to read other things. I had found "Lord Prestimion" less satisfying than "Sorcerers of Majipoor" much as "Majipoor Chronicles" was not as good as "Lord Valentine's Castle." Unlike "Valentine Pontifex," however, "King Of Dreams" was as good as "Sorcerers" and a great read. Truly a delight. Silverberg is purely amazing. No one writes and worldbuilds like this.
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Lord Prestimion n'a pas gagné sans mal sa couronne de Coronal. Mais vingt ans plus tard, le Pontife meurt. Prestimion doit lui succéder et descendre dans le Labyrinthe tandis qu'un nouveau Coronal, Dekerret, le remplacera. De nouveaux nuages s'amoncellent sur l'avenir de Majipoor. Car Mandralisca, l'âme damnée de Dantyria Sambail, un puissant rebelle contre lequel Prestimion a dû lutter, s'est emparé d'un casque étrange qui permet à distance de contrôler les pensées. A son tour, le tout nouveau Coronal Dekkeret devra vaincre ses ennemis.
Voici la conclusion tant attendue du cycle de Majipoor.
Voici la conclusion tant attendue du cycle de Majipoor.
Jan 9, 2012French
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Die Legenden von Majipoor
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Prestimion Trilogy
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Majipoor: Chronological
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Majipoor
8 works (07)
Majipoor: Publication
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- Canonical title
- The King of Dreams
- Original title
- The King of Dreams
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters*
- Sudvik Gorn; Thastain; Gambrund; Criscantoi Vaz; Varaile; Fiorinda (show all 57); Dinitak Barjazid; Dekkeret; Corde; Taliesme; Agavir Toymin; Mandralisca; Jacomin Halefice; Stravin von Til-omon; Prestimion; Diandolo; Falco; Akbalik; Simbilon; Tuanelys; Teotas; Septach Melayn; Gialaurys; Maundigand-Klimd; Navigorn; Dembitave; Phraatakes Rem; Bernimorn; Yegan; Keltryn; Gaviral; Considat; Gavinius; Khaymak Barjazid; Haskelorn; Confalume; Taradath; Singobinda Mukund; Fulkari; Polliex; Toramann Kanna; Audhari; Erb Skonarij; Dumafice Moal; Theriax; Gopak Semivinvor; Dobranda Thelk; Gavahaud; Gavdat; Zeldor Luudwid; Abrigant; Therissa; Zenianthe; Kriskinnin Durch; Viitheysp UUvitheysp Aavitheysp; Kelmag Volvol; Ekkamoor
- Important places*
- Majipoor
- Epigraph
- And Lord Stiamot wept when he heard them singing the ballad of
his great victory at Weygan Head, because the Stiamot of which they
sang was not the Stiamot he knew. He was not himelf any more. He
had been emptied int... (show all)o legend. He had been a man, and now he was a
fable.
-AITHIN FURVAIN
The Book of Changes - Dedication
- For Jennifer and Peter
- such twists, such turns! - First words*
- »Dort unten! das muss es sein!«, rief der Skandar Sudvik Gorn.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Dort unter uns liegt Majipoor, und es ist in der Nacht so schön wie am Tag.
- Blurbers
- Jordan, Robert; Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Original language*
- Englisch
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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