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Settlement Advantages: Third book in the new Saga Disadvantages: Fantasy that will not appeal to everybody The land of Corus is troubled. There have been some insurrections and unnatural events. There has been what appears to be incompetence in the Army. The Madrien are resurgent and on the move again. The Protector has kept his promise not to order Alucius to return to duty but he can ask and ask in such a way that it is hard to resist. He thought that he had done with military times and could live as a herder with his wife who is expecting their first ... ...old rulers of the land want it back and are fomenting troubles prior to a take over. Alucius becomes aware of the moving in the background and events move towards a final showdown. Alucius has to move fast round the world putting out the fires that others are starting. Revolts are springing up set by enemies both seen and unseen. The enigmatic Soarers make a final appearance to give some final details and advice to Alucius and his wife Wandra. Alucius ... Coloneljohn 08.06.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Scepters (Corean Chronicles) - L.E. Modesitt	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
The fall of a civilisation. Advantages: A thrilling conclusion to the series Disadvantages: Will not appeal to everybody. This is the third book in the current series and the stunning conclusion to this set. As the transfer of the Alector's race comes nearer the plotting gets to a deadly level. Dainyl has proved to be a man of high power and of honour. He has been placed in a very unenviable position as he tries to maintain law, order and justice. There are two planets in preparation this transfer and only one can hold all the major power of the race. Corus is being ... ...the equivalent of a hardship post. Why would any Alector transfer to such a post and leave a comfortable world unless they actually had to? Transference is a risky business with a great possibility of a failure and death involved. Only about 30% of transfers are sucessful. Corus may well be the dumping ground for those Alectors not favoured enough to transfer to another planet also in preparation whose situation is marginable better. The ancients, ... Coloneljohn 24.05.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Soarer's Choice (Corean Chronicles) - L.E. Modesitt	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
10 years later and he's still my favorite Advantages: Great, story-driven period piece Disadvantages: none It's been ten long years since Robert R. McCammon published a novel, and I've been waiting impatiently the whole time. He was / is best known for his spellbinding horror novels, publishing a slew of excellent novels through the 1980s. I read every McCammon novel when I became a fan in 1990, and by the time "Gone South" was published I had caught up and had read everything he'd written to that point. Little did I know that I'd be waiting TEN YEARS ... ..."Speaks the Nightbird" was worth the wait. I plunged into this lengthy, satisfying novel and it was like speaking with an old friend after a long absence. This novel is a bit of a departure for the writer, as it's every bit a historical novel as it is a mystery story. The closest McCammon came to a historical novel was the WWII setting for "The Wolf's Hour", so I was a bit skeptical about him trying a "period" piece such as this. Thankfully, his ... President-X-D 12.08.2003 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Closer to Heaven Advantages: Great character building Disadvantages: A little slow paced for my taste Fantasy and science fiction are genres that mesh well together. Some authors have written successfully across both genres, but not usually in the same story. Jaine Fenn has managed to combine both in one book and it's an interesting read. One night, a stranger is found lying unconscious in a bog just outside the village of Dangwern. He appears to have come from nowhere and, apart from a strange piece of cloth lying near his naked body, there is nothing ... ...Unfortunately, this includes the stranger himself, as he is suffering from amnesia and has no idea even where he is, much less how he came to be there. Fortunately for Sais, as he is nicknamed, the boy who finds him is "sky touched". This means he is soon to travel to the City of Lights to be tested to see if he is worthy of being a consort of the goddesses. The village elders permit Sais and the boy's mother Kerin to accompany him to see if anyone ... Soho_Black 19.12.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Consorts of Heaven - Jaine Fenn	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
It is not just about football! Advantages: It's very funny, and oh so true! Disadvantages: None The Disc, for those who don't know, continues to float in space, supported by the elephants who ride the back of the great swimming turtle A'tuin. The Hub about which the planet spins is a centre of great magic, and best avoided if you want to live a happy and contented life. At the outer perimeter is the great circle sea which unendingly streams over the rim into the void, which is best avoided if you want to continue to live at all. Most Discians ... ...Smeems, for instance, is the Candle Nave at the Unseen University. He has to worry about keeping the candles not just alight, but properly melted, artistically, gothicly, dribbled, as it were. Of course, there's Trevor to help. And there's Nutt. With two t's. Trevor Likely has a tendency to skive off work whenever possible, and to kick a tin can around. His dad was a legend. Nutt is… well, no-one's quite sure what Nutt is, even him. Goblin isn't ... hiker 07.12.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...