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Peter David's critically acclaimed series, Fallen Angel, receives the Premiere treatment in this deluxe, oversized hardcover edition. Included here are the first 13 issues of the comic book, along with an extended cover gallery, an elaborate description of artist JK Woodward's artistic process, never-before-seen sketches and much more.
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Peter David's "Fallen Angel".......2007-07-29
This hardcover collection contains issues #1-13 of the IDW series. Extras include an exclusive(to this volume) story by Peter David and things like character sketches,etc,etc. Definitely recommended for Fallen Angel fans.
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“[A] giant of modern Chinese literature” –
The New York Times
"With language as sharp as a knife edge, Eileen Chang cut open a huge divide in Chinese culture, between the classical patriarchy and our troubled modernity. She was one of the very few able truly to connect that divide, just as her heroines often disappeared inside it. She is the fallen angel of Chinese literature, and now, with these excellent new translations, English readers can discover why she is so revered by Chinese readers everywhere." –
Ang Lee
Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China, where she enjoys a passionate following both on the mainland and in Taiwan. At the heart of Chang’s achievement is her short fiction—tales of love, longing, and the shifting and endlessly treacherous shoals of family life. Written when Chang was still in her twenties, these extraordinary stories combine an unsettled, probing, utterly contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambiguity, with an intense lyricism that echoes the classics of Chinese literature. Love in a Fallen City, the first collection in English of this dazzling body of work, introduces American readers to the stark and glamorous vision of a modern master.
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- ANY TONY HILLERMAN BOOK
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The Fallen Man (Joe Leaphorn Novels)
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Mystery of the highest order, if you'll pardon the pun, occurs when a skeleton is discovered 1,700 feet above the base of a sacred mountain in an Indian reservation that stretches across New Mexico and Arizona. Joe Leaphorn, the detective who comes out of retirement to investigate the case, doesn't believe an Indian would climb the sacred mountain, let alone kill on it. But if someone is ruthless enough to kill, would they not be uncaring enough to do so anywhere? Perhaps, but there's issues of mining rights, land claims and money to muddle the picture in this mystery of the wide-open West.
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Human bones lie on a ledge under the peak of Ship Rock mountain, the remains of a murder victim undisturbed for more than a decade. Three hundred miles across the Navajo reservation, a harmless old canyon guide is felled by a sniper's bullet. Joe Leaphorn, recently retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, believes the shooter and the skeleton are somehow connected and recalls a chilling puzzle he was previously unable to solve. But Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee is too busy to take an interest in a dusty cold case ... until the reborn violence of it hits much too close to home.
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ANY TONY HILLERMAN BOOK.......2006-07-06
A FRIEND RECOMMENDED TONY HILLERMAN AS SHE KNEW I READ MANY MYSTERY BOOKS. I BECAME ADDICTED TO HIS WRITING AFTER THE FIRST BOOK. I NOW HAVE COPIES OF ALL HIS BOOKS PLUS A MAP OF THE TERRITORY IN WHICH THE STORIES TAKE PLACE. IF YOU LIKE MYSTERIES WITH A SLIGHT TWIST AND A REASONABLE ENDING, YOU WILL ENJOY ANY OF THE HILLERMAN BOOKS.
Every once in while I have to check..........2006-04-11
I started reading this book by Hillerman, and since it seemed familiar I had to check to make sure I hadn't read it before (by checking if I had written a review on it somewhere). I oculdn't find the review, so I finished the book.
I've stated again and again why I love Hillerman's books. The only problem with them is they do tend to become so like one another to raise the feelings of deja vu in the reader. this was the one I felt that way with most. Otherwise, it was a good read.
In this book we see Chee breaking away from Janet as their differences become too much to overcome. We learn more about Bernie, a young officer under Chee, who bugs the daylight out of him in many ways. And once again, Chee and Leapheart are forced together to solve a very 'cold' case that was considered a suicide and not a homicide. And they need to work together to see that justice is done, not only for the family of the man, but for his wife and for the community in which he chose to live.
Karen Sadler
The Fallen Man.......2006-03-11
Another great Joe Leaphorn novel by Hillerman. Hillerman's books follow Leaphorn and Chee into many mysteries and conflicts with Chee and his heritage. This is a book to put on your to read list.
Tony does it again!.......2005-09-12
Another good read from the pen of Tony Hillerman!! Very enjoyable!
Well Developed Characters & A Romance Novel.......2005-08-27
"The Fallen Man" by Tony Hillerman, Harper Audio, 1996.
Tony Hillerman has another great mystery novel, with the obligatory dead man being discovered on the mountain known to Whites as Ship Rock. The author traces back eleven years to when the accident occurred, and then develops the reasons why the death could have been premeditated murder. While he is dealing with this murder mystery, Hillerman also develops the characters, so that you feel the sorrow of the widower, the retired Leaphorn, and then understand the anxiety of Acting Lt. Jim Chee as he deals with hard choices of his once and future fiancé (who wants a citified life while Jim wants a Navajo life). I think that Mr. Hillerman develops the Navajo characters better than the white characters, who, really, are just bit-players in the drama being presented. Interestingly, I think that the author truly has presented a romance novel on three levels: the lost love of the widower, Leaphorn; the mixed-up choices of Lt. Chee and the love story of Hal Breedlove and his wife (who remains true to him as a widow for eleven years).
I found this book to be well written and to contain a wealth of information on the Four Corners regions of the United States. All the distance mistakes, etc., that the other reviewers alluded to are hard to discover if you are listening to the book on tape and can not easily refer back to different pages. This book helped me in the traffic, on the trip back and forth, from Plymouth, Massachusetts to Quincy, Massachusetts.
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- Simple Complexity
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- Insights into why Lone Wolf & Cub walk the Assassin's Road
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Join renegade samurai Itto Ogami and his infant son, Daigoro, in five more adventures on the dark road to Hell. What do three mysterious Shogunate assassins, a street entertainer, and the crests of the dead have in common? The Baby Cart Wolf continues his dealing of death for gold and encounters one ronin who is bent on putting a stop to his journey. Will he succeed? Follow the monthly adventures of Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the true classics of comics literature, available in America for the first time in over a decade!
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Simple Complexity.......2007-07-22
These elegant short stories are deceptive. On the surface hardly anything seems to "happen" in each "episode" other than a sword fight or two. Actually there is a LOT going on. Koike is in touch with humanity in ways many of us never will be.
Lone Wolf & Cub artwork is anything but simple. These stories are CARRIED by the masterful drawings. I am constantly amazed.
The main storyline continues to build from volumes 1 & 2. I highly recommend ALL THREE books, and I also suggest you read them in order.
Spanish version is better.......2007-07-16
I had bought before the Volume 1 in Spanish of this saga and I have to say that both translation and edition looks better in the Spanish version. Also the size of the book is slightly bigger and they have kept the left to right way of reading it.
I'm gonna buy the spanish version again
Astoundingly Well-Done!.......2003-01-29
With Flute of the Fallen Tiger, Volume 3 in the epic Lone Wolf and Cub saga, creators Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima take the series from mere greatness to a whole new level of perfection. Assassin-for-hire Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro continue to travel the assassin's road, meeting new friends and foes, most of whom wind up dead in short order. My favorite tale in this volume was "Half Mat, One Mat, A Fistful of Rice", where Father and Son meet a mysterious street beggar who implores Itto to spare Daigoro from a life of killing and hatred; He's so determined to save Daigoro that he's willing to gamble his own life. Another story, "The White Path Between the Rivers", tells of the birth of Daigoro and the events that led Father and Son to travel the assassin's road.
There are some really memorable stories here, and somehow the creators manage to make each installment better than the last; It's tough to believe that there are 25 more volumes left; I for one can't wait to see what comes next. I highly recommend Lone Wolf and Cub; Not just for a good read, but also for it's fascinating insights into Japanese history and culture.
Insights into why Lone Wolf & Cub walk the Assassin's Road.......2002-10-06
I am working my way through the manga epic Lone Wolf & Cub one chapter at a day and have now completed Volume 3, "The Flute of the Fallen Tiger." Through these five stories writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima slowly expand the breadth an depth of their story: (15) "The Flute of the Fallen Tiger"would not have been my choice for the volume's titular story (I would definitely have gone with #17), but it does look at some very different ways of fighting for Ogami Itto to deal with in this episode. (16) "Half Mat, One Mat, A Fistful of Rice" is not the most significant story in this volume, but definitely the most interesting as Lone Wolf & Cub encounter Shino Sakon, a Mijin school master who has become a beggar ronin and who tries to talk Ogami Itto out of walking the Assassin's Road. The climatic and bloody swordfights that usually constitute the climax of these stories are never my favorite part, but in this one we have the novel approach of Lone Wolf thinking through a series of attacks, looking for one that can end with him winning. I found this a very interesting approach, more so than the usual hacking off of limbs and such.
(17) "The White Path Between the Rivers" provides a rare but tantalizing look at the backstory of Lone Wolf and Cub, wherein we find out the grim details of Daigoro's birth and learn how Ogami Itto became the target of political intrigue. In helps answer why, in part, he refuses to stop walking the Assassin's Road. Koike and Kojima had been stingy with this look at the ronin's motivation, which is what makes these stories all the more special. (18) "The Virgin and the Whore" plays off the standard formula of these Assassin's Road stories as Ogami takes up the cause of a young prostitute. Of course, appearances are almost always deceiving in this stories. This is also one of those stories where the attention to historical detail is impressive, this time with regards to the practice of prostitution during Japan's Edo Period. (19) "Close Quarters" provides an assignment for the assassin that hinges on the economics of a han controlling a forest and presents another clever use of Diagoro by his father. The back of the volume includes the next installment of "The Ronin Report" by Tim Ervin-Gore looking at "bushido," the code of the warrior by which Lone Wolf lives his life.
Incredible art, translated properly.......2001-10-29
I love this series and have started collecting the books as I find them. The artwork is incredible and the format is great for just taking with you if you know you're gonna need a quick read somewhere. Something to keep in mind - asian books are read right to left. To preserve the flow, the art was flipped during the conversion to english. In feudal Japan, there were few if any left-handed samurai, but in the series everyone seems to be left handed. Took me a bit to figure out why that was happening.
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Kellan Colt has come far in her magical training. But she still doesn't know the truth about her shadowrunner mother or the secrets of the amulet she possessed. Troubled by disturbing dreams, Kellan is drawn into the paranoiac elven homeland of Tir Tairngire where she must unravel the most difficult riddle of all: who can she really trust in the shadows?
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Brave New World Revisited.......2006-04-21
Once upon a time there was a series of books based on the Shadowrun game. Whether by luck or good planning, the stable of writers was excellent, and the series scored many successes. Set in a future (2063) after a climb in the 'magical quotient' of the world caused many mythical races to suddenly re-express themselves. Also reappearing are various magical creatures, from wyverns to the great, intelligent dragons. But the world did not return to medieval times. Instead, both magic and high technology coexisted and the political organization of the world shattered only to reform in unexpected fashion. Seattle was now part of the Salish-Sidhe Council, close to Portland and Tir Tairngire, the country of the elves.
In this comparatively lawless world, where the poor are very poor, and mages, adepts, deckers, and bionically enhanced warriors are easy to find, a new counter-culture has arisen - shadowrunners - people who will take great risks for hire or the possibility of great wealth. This is a fertile environment for adventures of every sort, and I pride myself in having the complete set of the original series. Now, much to my delight, Shadowrun seems to have gotten a second wind. Stephen Kenson is the lead off author and he has managed to do a great job.
With my typical skill I managed to start my reading with the third volume in the new series, Fallen Angels. Kenson's lead character is Kellan Colt, a fledgling runner who has developing magic skills. In this volume Kellan, who is still trying to deal with being the daughter of a shadowrunner who she barely knew, and an unknown father, has started training under Lothan the mage and Midnight, a respected runner. With only some relics left her by her mother Kellan follows Midnight's lead and becomes in several runs that have unexpected results. A mysterious fixer seems intent on killing her, and a run with Midnight leads her to Tir Tairngir, where humans are barely tolerated.
This is a game of cross and double-cross, in which Kellan's task is to find out who her friends really are and survive a confrontation with spirit powers which are far beyond her capacity to bind. This is a classic Shadowrun tale, and I found myself happily reading away as if the intervening years had never happened. Despite being the third volume, Fallen Angels stands quite well on its own, although there are some potential spoilers. Consider tracking down all three volumes (I'm going to) and starting from the beginning. This is a rich story world that never fails to entertain.
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My life was ordinary until three years ago when I was thrown out of a downtown hotel window. My name is Robbie Brownlaw, and I am a homicide detective for the city of San Diego. I am twenty-nine years old.
I now have synesthesia, a neurological condition where your senses get mixed up. Sometimes when people talk to me, I see their voices as colored shapes provoked by the emotions of the speakers, not by the words themselves. I have what amounts to a primitive lie detector. After three years, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the colors and shapes of other people's feelings, unless they don't match up with their words.
When Garrett Asplundh's body is found under a San Diego bridge, Robbie Brownlaw and his partner, McKenzie Cortez, are called on to the case. After the tragic death of his child and the dissolution of his marriage, Garrett -- regarded as an honest, straight-arrow officer -- left the SDPD to become an ethics investigator, looking into the activities of his former colleagues. At first his death, which takes place on the eve of a reconciliation with his ex, looks like suicide, but the clues Brownlaw and Cortez find just don't add up. With pressure mounting from the police and the city's politicians, Brownlaw fights to find the truth, all the while trying to hold on to his own crumbling marriage. Was Garrett's death an ""execution"" or a crime of passion, a personal vendetta or the final step in an elaborate cover-up? Amid rampant corruption and tightening city purse strings, whatever conclusion Brownlaw comes to, the city of San Diego -- and Brownlaw's life -- hangs in the balance.
A carefully woven novel of suspense, The Fallen brings to life a superb cast of characters against the all-too-real backdrop of a city fighting for its survival. Hailed by critics as ""a powerhouse writer"" (New York Times) and ""a thinking man's bestseller"" (Washington Post), T. Jefferson Parker delivers his most elegantly written, suspenseful, and moving novel yet.
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Not a dective novel fan.......2007-10-06
But I really enjoyed this novel! I think it popped up when I put synesthesia into Amazon search. I took a chance and bought it.
I really liked this book. The characters were very multidimensional, and intriguing. It had a good ending, something I aways look for in a book.
I have put this on on a shelf, and consider it a keeper.
Desperately seeking some interest.......2007-06-25
Policeman Robbie Brownlaw develops synesthesia after surviving a 60-foot fall. He can actually see the colors and shapes of emotions when people speak to him. The premise of this book is that the synesthesia gives Robbie a unique aid when interviewing criminals. He can `see' if they are lying or frightened or angry. Unfortunately Robbie doesn't pick up shapes and colors when people are bored. If he did, he would have introduced some action or suspense into this deadly dull novel.
Move over Joseph Wambaugh!!!.......2007-06-13
In T. Jefferson Parker's newest novel, The Fallen, Robbie Brownlaw is a Homicide Detective for the San Diego Police Department. He's known to most of the city as the "Falling Detective" because he was thrown out of a six-story hotel window when trying to save someone from the burning flames. Though he miraculously survived the near-fatal fall, he came away from it with a very special ability called synesthesia, which is a neurological disorder where the senses are mixed up. To cut to the chase, he's able to see people's emotions when they talk, which can be a neat skill for a police officer. He almost always knows when someone is either lying or telling the truth, which makes it difficult with his wife. With a five-year marriage falling apart, Robbie is assigned the case where an ex-SDPD officer, Garrett Asplundh, was found murdered in his car under the Cabrillo Bridge. After Asplundh's three-year-old daughter died in a swimming pool accident and his wife left him, he quit the police department and went over to the Ethics Authority as an investigator. He was a man who believed in doing what was right, and someone murdered him for it. Robbie, and his partner, McKenzie Cortez, investigates Asplundh's life and the people who had reason to hate and fear him. It will be difficult case to solve because Asplundh had so many enemies. The thing, however, is that he knew his killer and allowed to person to get close enough to him to put a bullet in head. Nothing will ever be the same for Robbie as he reaches the end of his investigation and discovers that you really can't trust anyone. The Fallen is an excellent police procedural that kept me hanging in there till the end. I loved the character of Robbie Brownlaw and his honesty with life as he does a dirty job that nobody wants. Your heart also goes out for the victim, Garrett Asplundh, when you find out just how much suffering he endured with the death of his child. Both characters are good men, who always try to do the right thing. Of course, doing the right thing isn't always rewarded and sometimes you create more problems than you solve. It's strange that I just reviewed a book that had very little action in it and was basically about the main character driving around to find the answers to his questions. I didn't enjoy that novel as much I did The Fallen. I suppose the characters had a lot to do with it. I found myself identifying with Robbie Brownlaw and caring about what happens to him. That alone can turn an otherwise boring novel into a more interesting one for the reader. Mr. Parker, as usual, is at the top of his game as a writer of well-crafted suspense and detailed character development. When he writes, he creates a parallel world of reality that resonates with total believability. He's certainly one of the best authors in America today working in the "police procedural" genre. In many ways, I consider him to be the "Joseph Wambaugh" of Orange County and San Diego. Good stuff!!!
Lacks suspense and moves very slow.......2007-06-05
This book was unbearably slow with virtually no suspense as the main character (Robbie Brownlaw) is never in danger during the entire story. I kept expecting the something bad to occur to him as he was investigating corruption within the police and political arena while trying to solve a murder. Additionally, Robbie has the ability to tell when people are lying (he sees red triangles coming out of the speaker's mouth when they are lying) but that ability comes into to play very little.
Additionally, Robbie's wife leaves him for apparently no reason and it only at the very end do we learn why and even then it doesn't sound right. The book does have a few interesting points though and I give it credit for that, such as a program that can rapidly search data bases to determine if an individual might be a threat.
Solid. Worth reading........2007-04-28
To my best effort at remembering, this is the first T. Jefferson Parker that I have read. I found it solidly written with interesting characters and a tightly plotted story. Robbie and his relationships interest me, as does his unintentional fame as the man who fell.
If I have a quarrel it is that I did not find The Fallen a particularly memorable book. That doesn't stop it from being an engaging read. I'll look for more by the same author.
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Welcome to B+te Noir, a mysterious city with a very enigmaticinhabitant: the hooded Fallen Angel, who helps people in need when theyfind themselves at a crossroads in their lives. In this volume, written by best-selling author Peter David, theFallen Angel continues to protect the city of B+te Noire -- but her foeBlack Mariah is back in town, and she'shunting for the Angel!
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DC's goof.......2007-09-10
"Down to Earth" is the second collection from Fallen Angel's brief run at DC, and it sets the title character, a.k.a. Lee, up as one of the most complex and interesting in the comics field.
Although her origins remain in doubt -- and we don't know why her feet don't touch the ground when she walks -- the red-shrouded Fallen Angel by night (and physical education teacher by day) is an enigma. Working here in pursuit of a blood-soaked shard of the True Cross, she proves herself willing to cross any line -- including torture -- to achieve her goals.
Is she a heroine? No doubt. But Lee's hands aren't always clean at the end of the day, and her motives aren't always pure. Anyone looking to her for help had better be prepared for the consequences.
Bete Noire, the delta city where Lee lives and works, is as much a character as the people in this book; it's far more intriguing than the Metropolis or Keystone City of other books, and I look forward to exploring its nooks and crannies.
DC cancelled this series far too soon.
- Tom Knapp, Rambles.NET editor
PAD's Fallen Angel.......2007-03-03
This is the second trade to reprint stories from DC Comics' run on Fallen Angel. It contains issues #7-12.
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Gliding through the streets of the fate-filled city of Bete Noire, the Fallen Angel has been a force both for good and evil. But her origins have remained as mystery-cloaked as the Angel herself... until now. See the truth of her background unfold for the first time as the most formidable opponent she's ever faced tracks her down with an offer that she may not be able to refuse... even though, in accepting it, the life she knows may well be over.
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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Peter David takes his very interesting Fallen Angel series to IDW. A lighty surreal, painted style here, and we find out more about the background of the Angel.
She comes into conflict with even more denizens of Bete Noire here, not just those in charge.
Most Fantastic Graphic Novel I've read in a long time........2007-03-19
Both art and plot are magnificently matched. It has been a long time now since I've taken a break off the comic-book mainstream genre, and moreover - the big 2. this story reflects what I love in comics - the plot is twisting brightly, the concept and the world created in this one is simply put - new. I haven't read such a new concept in a long time.
Not to mention to fitting art and the incredible articulate in which it suits the mood and atmosphere of this tale.
I really recommend it to everyone who enjoy comics.
High Quality Graphic Novel.......2007-03-07
This book sets the standard in both storytelling and art work for a graphic novel. I love the art work in the book. The style fits the mood of the story and draws you into the world. I am an avid fan of Marvel Comics and have collected them for years. I can only imagine how great my favorite heroes would come to life is attempted by this team.
An excellent step forward for comics.......2004-07-27
Lee, the "Fallen Angel" of the title, represents an evolution in comic book characters, and in female characters as well. She brings a toughness not seen in almost any comic character, male or female, and comes off as real, flaws and all.
Peter David's "Fallen Angel" collects the first six issues of this excellent monthly series. The collection introduces you to the strange world of Bete' Noire, complete with many interesting characters and settings. There are several stories in this collection, but they all flow together to create the sense that you are visiting a real place, and a strange and interesting one at that.
Fallen Angel features drug dealers and cancer-stricken youth. It features likeable characters who may be monsters underneath, and monsters who may hide compassion and caring hearts. It features themes for the smart and mature reader, and situations and language to match. This is not for your six-year old, and not just because of swear words. Fallen Angel requires you to be able to understand concepts like loss, hatred, anger, and viciousness, and all of these from the supposed hero of the title.
Lee is not your typical comic heroine. She could kill you as soon as help you; she could torture you half to the edge of death rather than just ask for your help. You sympathize with her, because clearly she has suffered. But you would not hesitate to turn her in to the authorities if she crossed your path, because she will scare you.
Buy this collection. If you want to see how comics have progressed, or if you want to read a good story. This is far beyond the funny books of old, and it is more mature than the sadistic "mature readers" comics of recent days. It may be mature, but only because it has grown up. It is not mature for the cache of an "R" rating. It is mature because that is how the story goes. Lee's story is real, and it must be told, no matter how gritty the details.
I Love It!.......2004-07-25
This collects the first issues of DC Comic's Fallen Angel, written by Peter David. This series is a joy to read and I'm so glad that they collected the first six issues here. Wether your a long time Peter David fan, a comic book fan, or just love a good story you can't go wrong with Fallen Angel.
Book Description
In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine's legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert.But waiting is never easy. The seer's warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore.And so begins this awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen . . .
Customer Reviews:
What's the point.......2007-08-17
I loved the first book of the series, Gardens of the moon. Unfortunately each new book is a little bit less then the previous one, and this one is the worst of the 4 i've red so far.
First, how annoying is it to have new major charachters in ever single book? What's the point of sequels if i have to deal with hundreds of boring pages that bring new charachters to life over and over again? By the time you reach the forth book of epic fantasy, it's inexcuable.
Second, since Deathhouse gate the story drags to much. The whole books consist of one little element that is streched thru enitre book, at the end of which only 10% of developed polots are concluded, making you feel like an idiot for reading 800 pages to find out almost nothing - pretty cheap trick from Mr. Erikson to ensure a million sequels. In which the same thing starts over again.
And finaly, since Gardens of the moon, there has been to much characher's invards thoughts, particularly consiting of cheap philosphy. Do we really need that in fantasy books? The whole series it starting to get a little bit to "outthere", to apstract, almost like he's losing touch with ceirtan forms of reality that are desirable in fantasy. Wonder if he'll come up with a fifth race now, that is even more ancients than the already superpowerfull ons that followed them.
This book is the first where i actually started to skip pages because it was to boring and pointless...i knew i wouldn't miss anything since the story drags so. Well, the whole Mhybe thing in the third book was wreched as well, but there were other charachters that more than made up for it.
Those are the bad things, however there is a lot of good things that continue over from previous books so by now you should know them. Overall i love this series and will place an order for books 5&6, hoping they will be as good as book number 1, or at least not as bad as book number 4. Thou i was shocked some people dare compare it to Martin. We need faster turn of events with less dancing around the subject, charachters we love on regulars basis, less introspection of such constant basis and more substance and conclusion per book. Then we can talk about this series being a contender for top3 places of modern epic fantasy.
If you made it this far, by all means go on.......2007-07-24
The Malazan series redefines the meanings of "grand" and "epic" in fantasy- the scale of Erikson's endeavor is breathtaking.
Karsa Orlong's character arc (which gets quite a bit of screen time) was interesting to follow in this volume, and the reader isn't swamped with as many new characters as in the previous volumes. Erikson's books take a long time for the plot to build momentum--reading Memories of Ice sometimes felt like a long, wearing treck before reaching the thrilling resolution-- but by focusing on fewer plot threads, the Houe of Chains begins to "pay out" much sooner.
Yet while I'm enjoying these doorstopper novels, it is with a mild interest. The Malazan series certainly has a devout fan following, but it does not have a universal appeal for all fantasy readers. And if you've read the first three books of the series, you probably know whether or not you're a fan.
House of Chains is more tightly knit than its predecessors (despite its gargantuan size) and I've enjoyed it best of the four Malazan books I've read at this point. If you liked Memories of Ice and Deadhouse Gates, then you won't be disappointed by House of Chains. However, if reading the first 3000 pages of the Malazan series has been more of a chore than a pleasure, don't expect anything radically different from book four; rather, see if you like the writing of George R. R. Martin or R. Scott Bakker better instead.
The Teblor: Giants among men.......2007-04-29
With each book in the series I am coming to enjoy Erikson more and more. With House of Chains we see new characters and races introduced with ease, fitting perfectly within the story. With some authors inserting new characters, and more so races, slows the pace down and oftentimes makes the story disjointed and unreal, as real as fantasy can be that is. But Erikson does it with ease as the Teblor, Liosan and other people are introduced.
The beginning of the book is different than Erikson's normal style, but this is done just as well! As we watch the Teblor we feel that sense of awe at such a powerful character, we see the difference between the Teblor and everyone else. This is one of the reasons I enjoy Erikson so much because he is able to write about gods and goddesses, mages, warlocks and other larger than life characters and make them really and truly seem larger than life. His descriptions show us why they are as powerful as they are and we can believe it, which is the important element to making this work.
With House of Chains we see all of this. Especially with Karsa Orlong in the thick of things. One downside to this epic series that Erikson is creating is that there are so many characters and there is nothing to reference them. There is a list of characters in the back, but this is just that, a list. I oftentimes found I could not remember why such and such character is important from the previous books, or the myth or legend revolving around something. The book is still good, but I wish there was something to help the flow from one sweeping book to the next.
All in all, a definite recommend.
4 stars.
Fantastic..Buy all the Erikson you can find..........2007-03-31
I have thoroughly enjoyed each of his novels, and THe House Of Chains is no exception. He continues his unique blend of fantastic, almost poetic prose and uses it to convey the gritty realism of a bloody and violent war.
Amazing series soldiers on........2007-02-28
Steven Erikson, House of Chains (Tor, 2002)
Steven Erikson and George R. R. Martin released Memories of Ice and A Storm of Swords, the third massive novels in their respective fantasy series, within a year of one another. Both turned out to be one of the best books released in their respective years, and solidified the two series as two of the foremost works in the genre.
Martin took five years to deliver novel number four (and, as of this writing, novel number five is nowhere in sight), and it turned out to be, in the eyes of most critics (and not an inconsiderable number of his fans), a vast letdown after the brilliance of the first three novels. Erikson, on the other hand, delivered book number four less than eighteen months later, and The Malazan Book of the Fallen (which is unfortunately the victim of a long and completely inexplicable lag in publishing in America; House of Chains is newly-released in America as of November 2006, while England and Canada will be seeing book seven in April 2007) just kept roaring along at the same breakneck pace.
The disparate threads that have been explored in previous novels are beginning to come together now, as what's left of the Bridgeburners, the Malazan's army on Genabackis, and Sha'ik's Army of the Whirlwind all move towards collision for very different reasons. The Tiste Edur and T'lan Imass, who have been bit players throughout, get a little more exploration here, and we're introduced to the Tiste Liosan, the light-aspected brothers of the Edur and the Andii. As always, there's a vast web of plots, subplots, sub-sub-plots, and farther on down the line at work here, not only in Erikson's structuring of the book but in the motivations of his characters, as well. Sometimes it's hard to believe that in Erikson's cast-of-thousands universe, there's a single character on whom Erikson hasn't written a full biography in his notes. It's the attention to detail that makes these books so fantastic, and fantastic it is. This is another incredible novel. If you haven't made Erikson's acquaintance yet, you owe it to yourself to do so. **** ½
Book Description
A second Fallen Angel trade paperback released within six month of the first? That's crazy talk, we know, but it's true! The story of the Fallen Angel continues here, in this special collection, "To Serve in Hell." Volume 2 compiles IDW's Fallen Angel issues #6-10 in one attractive volume, taking Liandra from a run-in with a nomadic tribe in the desert and back to Bete Noire again. Guest-starring Sachs and Violens! Written by New York Times Best-selling author Peter David (Spike vs. Dracula) with art and cover gallery by J.K. Woodward.
Customer Reviews:
IDW's Fallen Angel Vol.2.......2007-03-03
This is the second volume of Peter David's Fallen Angel to be put out by IDW. The trade is called "To Serve In Hell", and reprints issues #6-10.
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