Klik på en miniature for at gå til Google Books
Indlæser... The Desert and the Blade (A Novel of the Change) (udgave 2015)af S. M. Stirling (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Desert and the Blade af S. M. Stirling
Ingen Indlæser...
Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. For me this is one of those series that you want to see through to the end. The people after the change are now in their third generation and there are few pre-Changelings left. Stirling is masterful at exploring how language and cultural references might evolve in such a scenario. I enjoyed this book, though not as much as the earlier stories. The protagonists aren't quite as complex, and the final action in this one started and stopped too abruptly for me. The whole saga is still engaging, such that I'm looking forward to the next one. Just as it gets going it’s over - a lot of trying to get someplace and then - we’re there - did the thing - help getting back - last conflict POW! - over and ready for sequels. A whole lot of conflict for explanation sake and then the main event blows by - if the enemy was, and needed to be, waiting for Reiko to get the blade, then why try to stop her? Stupid enemy, stupid. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Hæderspriser
Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess rlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. rlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated. But the fabled sword lies deep with the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond. As rlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, rlaith's mother, Queen Matildha, believes her daughter's alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder. And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsIngenPopulære omslag
Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
Er det dig?Bliv LibraryThing-forfatter. |
Much of this episode is devoted to catching people up on what’s gone before, and the new background scenarios: the Dunedin outpost in the Muir Wood trees, a lot of mythical Japanese history, the problems of the people of Topanga valley, and the Jews who anticipated another pogrom as a result of the Change and took off to hide in the desert. That’s actually a lot of the book. But, thankfully, the bad guys are anticipating where they’re all heading and provide enough action to keep us awake. There’s actually less blood—for a book this size—inasmuch as the fighting is much more tactical than strategic—i.e. put the bad guys where you want them, when you want them, and then trounce them from a distance. ( )