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In a fort on the edge of civilization, an ancient evil has awoken Ten years after the Demon War, the wounds of the Forest Kingdom are finally beginning to heal. Deep in the Darkwood, on the border between two long-feuding territories, a fort has been erected to keep the peace. But a month ago, the soldiers inside stopped speaking to the outside world. Have they come under attack, or is something more sinister at work? Led by the adventure-hungry warrior Duncan MacNeil, a party of Rangers is show more sent to investigate. With a witch, a swordsman, and a powerful eight-fingered woman at his side, MacNeil steps into the deserted fort--and discovers a massacre. The gory scene suggests that the soldiers turned on one other, but the witch has an alternate theory. Beneath this newly built fort, she senses an ancient evil, a power older than the Kingdom itself, about to trap them in the dark. show lessTags
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So I'm just skipping along, and then to my everlasting amusement there was a bloody gruesome action scene. Here's an example of how surpised I was when I clearly saw it coming...
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I will warn you now don't read this if you don't want a few spoilers.
Even though this book takes place in the Forest Kingdom. It doesn't have any characters that are in the first books, but a younger generation associated or apprenticed to characters in previous books.Cool factor.
Yes, I miss the older characters, but I'm liking the new ones well enough.
Following the Rangers to a broken down Border Post. Strange goings-ons that emphasize the words: old, wrong, and cold. Not cool! To all authors out there!! Saying a sentence three times is effing show more enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The witch hmm... Kinda torn with her. On one aspect I was impressed, she was really determined. This though would lead to her fault in arrogance and overestimating her skill level. Big fish leaving the little pond to move to the ocean type of deal.
Then you had your badass couple. Who give you some of the comedy...
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Then you also you have your boys who are clearly too big for their breeches...
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Cheers Pretties! show less
GIFSoup
I will warn you now don't read this if you don't want a few spoilers.
Even though this book takes place in the Forest Kingdom. It doesn't have any characters that are in the first books, but a younger generation associated or apprenticed to characters in previous books.Cool factor.
Yes, I miss the older characters, but I'm liking the new ones well enough.
Following the Rangers to a broken down Border Post. Strange goings-ons that emphasize the words: old, wrong, and cold. Not cool! To all authors out there!! Saying a sentence three times is effing show more enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIFSoup
The witch hmm... Kinda torn with her. On one aspect I was impressed, she was really determined. This though would lead to her fault in arrogance and overestimating her skill level. Big fish leaving the little pond to move to the ocean type of deal.
Then you had your badass couple. Who give you some of the comedy...
GIFSoup
Then you also you have your boys who are clearly too big for their breeches...
GIFSoup
Cheers Pretties! show less
Not having read the first two books, this book was just okay for me.
Ein kleiner, feiner Roman, der zu den besten des Genres gehört. Sehr gemein, sehr vielschichtig, sehr böse. Absolute Leseempfehlung.
Jul 3, 2009German
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Science fiction and fantasy author Simon R. Green was born in 1955 in Bradford-on-Avon, England. He received an M.A. in Modern English and American Literature from Leicester University. He is the author of the Deathstalker series, a member of the British Fantasy Society, and occasionally does some Shakespearean acting. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- Down Among the Dead Men
- Original publication date
- 1993
- Epigraph
- 'It's the Beast. It knows what scares us'
- First words
- There is a part of the Forest where it is always night.
Duncan MacNeil reined in his horse and looked around him. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The sun shone down through a cloudless sky, and the fort stood clean and open beneath it.
- Original language
- English
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