Advantages: fast paced, wonderful evocative Characters,great tale of heroes. Disadvantages: ....tell me if you find any ok?
...the peoples hero. A morningstar is an evil, ball shaped weapon on a chain. The ball has lots of nasty spikes sticking out of it, and if you get cracked round the head with one of'em, you're off to meet your maker quick sharp! Also it is the last star in the sky before dawn, the one that sees off the dark of night and beckons on the daylight.
After an impressive rescue of a friend, Owen, Mace and their friends Wulf (the hunchback) Ilka (the Mute ...
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Advantages: Always intresting Disadvantages: A bit to small but stil really good
A Morningstar can be two things. It can be a Star that can come up in the sky just before dawn. Or it can be a weapon that is designed to crush a persons head. Hmmm you can choose what you would rather have but Gemmell in this book has brought both meanings to life.
This book is a first person book. Is there shock on your face? Well if you are a Gemmell fan you will know that Gemmell always writes in third person. He has done a really good job ...
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Advantages: Fantastic storyline, heartwarming characters Disadvantages: The time circle of events can be confusing
...more complicated!
Jarek Mace becomes the Morningstar and together with Owen Odell his bard companion, Wulf the woodsman and the giant Piercollo, they accidently start a revolution to rid the Highlands of Angostin invaders. Things go from bad to worse as they stumble onto a plot to bring back the long dead Vampyre kings and their reign of terror.
Told from Owen Odell's own lips, it is a story which captivates you and draws you into the fantastic ...
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