The Cheater's Game
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The arrival of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in London brings trouble. When the sharpshooter who...
The Iron Trial (Magisterium, #1)
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From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping...
The Bandersnatch (199 KP) rated The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy, #1) in Books
Nov 7, 2019
Canavan stated on her website that the initial inspiration which ended up being part of the first chapter came form her watching a documentary of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona where a report about the government taking the host cities homeless and sending them to other cities/towns. Later that night she saw herself and several others being herded out of a city...by magicians hence the first chapter.
Now when I first found the book I was in a Waterstones (Well known British bookstore) mindlessly looking....wasn't even expecting to buy a book and I came across The Magicians Guild. Finding the blurb interesting I bought it and after reading it I fell in love and I ended up rushing to buy the other two books. Hearing the influence of the first chapter reminded me of the influence Susanne Collins the writer of the Hunger games series had of flicking through channels and hearing two different news posts.
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Silverthorn in Books
Nov 25, 2019
Magician was a sprawling epic fantasy tale, spun out of role playing sessions with its own self contained story. In itself it is impressive but in coming up with the sequal (and the third book to make them a trilogy) Feist really shows his flair for story telling. This book is a self-contained quest in its own right but also part of a bigger whole, a feature that would result in a very long series of books.
And what a story it is. Again influenced by the Friday night role playing sessions our heroes are a varied band, each with their own strengths, who must use all their skill and abilities to discover and return the antidote. But what they discover on the way reveals a much more powerful threat to the Kingdom of the Isles.
The characters are strong and likeable, the set pieces enthralling and well written. Okay so it's not stunningly original relying on a lot fantasy tropes and owing a huge debt to Tolkien but it is rarely derivative, always taking its own path so this doesn't detract from it in the end.
This trilogy of Magician, Silverthorn and A Darkness At Sethanon form an almost perfect epic fantasy trilogy that for my money is just as essential as The Lord Of The Rings for fantasy buffs.
King of Foxes
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In the second instalment of The Conclave of Shadows. The Conclave demands its membership price from...
Cliff Hopper : Arcade Chase Run
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This is Cliff Hopper, your new adventure hero. Cliff escapes fireballs and rotating saws chased by a...
Red Roofs and Other Stories: Tanizaki Jun'ichir?
Anthony H. Chambers and Paul McCarthy
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Tanizaki Jun'ichir? (1886-1965), the author of Naomi; A Cat, a Man, andTwo Women; and The Makioka...
Steam, Smoke and Mirrors
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A murdery mystery featuring two unlikely detectives, along with plenty of Victorian Music Hall,...
The Staff of Serapis (Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossover #2)
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In this adventure, Annabeth encounters more oddities in the subway than usual, including a...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Red King (Wilde Justice #1) in Books
Jan 7, 2021
This one starts with Sara chasing someone up a mountain who's been selling technoceuticals to minors and has been marked for Justice. It's after he's been sent to be judged that whispers of the Red King begin to surface. A tale of a butcher in Venice who used to be renown for his stews until something was found in them that caused him to be hunted down and killed. Now it appears he's back from the dead and using the Venice Carnivale as a hunting ground and Sara is sent in to investigate.
I don't know about this one. I liked being back in the world of Sara and the Arcana Council. I enjoyed seeing more of the Devil and the Magician but there wasn't enough action to keep my entertained. I've been reading this nearly a week and there isn't even 250 pages in this.
I loved the descriptions of Carnivale and I'd love to visit Venice during that time but the mystery of who the Red King was and what his plan was just wasn't grabbing my attention. I think I preferred Sara hunting down the artefacts in the previous series. I think it was just more action packed and the tension between Sara and the Magician and the whole will they/won't they get together
I will probably continue this series at a later date just because I still really like Sara and the Magician's relationship and the Devil who always pops up at just the right time/gives enough information away to help her.