- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Eos; First Edition edition (Feb 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0380788101
- ISBN-13: 978-0380788101
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 191 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #400,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An acknowledged master of fantasy adventure." -- --Rave Reviews
"Engaging, imaginative...a wonderful new fantasy series." -- --Publishers Weekly
"Engaging, imaginative...a wonderful new fantasy series." -- --Publishers Weekly
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Once tbe five elements -- Earth, Wind, Air, Fire and Spirit -- were One, when fivegifted people joined their magical talents into One. When these five forces -- embodied by three men and two women -- are Blended, they are the ultimate power against the evil that threatens their world. But there is one weapon against which they cannot fight...betrayal.
Betrayals
On a world of magical adepts, the five greatest talents are fated to unite and rule. But Tamrissa, Jovvi, Vallant, Rion, and Lorand have been cruelly separated, struck down by treachery at the very moment of their greatest triumph.
Scattered across a vast empire, the five heroes must escape their prisons and find each other again. For only then will they be able to re-create their Blending, that magical melding of their powers that will allow them to defeat their enemies...and win the path to a throne.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Epic and gaining momentum,
By RG (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Betrayals: Book Four Of The Blending (Mass Market Paperback)
Years ago I picked up this series after being attracted to its lovely cover art, and I admit I found it slow going for the first four novels. What drew me was the plot, which is ambitious and absorbing, and I ended up buying three out of the first four. At the time the rest weren't written yet so I let the series go until just recently. Picking it up again, I find that the tedious moments (repeating each character's interpretation of events, the flashback style of narration) can be overlooked and eventually evolve into something much more fast-paced. The characters are engaging, despite my vast annoyance with Tamrissa and Valant's unending conflicts (hey... if a character can evoke strong emotion, you know it's an involving book). The politics and sometimes-overdone characterizations don't bother me, and add to the interest at times. In this fourth book, the plot picks up after a sharp disappointment and promises better things to come. I plan on buying the next few books as soon as I can, just to continue the story.Overall, I've never found a series that can hold my interest so long and with such a strong curiousity about what's going to happen next. The elemental aspect and ascending levels of combat in the entire series remind me of some RPG video games I've played, which is an interesting way of looking at these books. It helps to view this series as a wonderful and vast plot that simply takes a few thousand pages to tell. If a particular book seems a little slow, think about it... in any average novel, if pages 20-30 seem a bit dull, does that warrant complaining? Likewise, with these, if book two seemed a litte tedious, then you only have to wait a little longer than average for events to pick up. I recommend this series for those out there who go through books like candy -- quickly, and enjoying each bite. If you have to delay too much between books you might find that its hard to get back into your momentum, and if you don't read very fast then these may be impossible for you to enjoy.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good,
By Acyla Holdernesse (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Betrayals: Book Four Of The Blending (Mass Market Paperback)
Tamrissa, Jovvi, Vallant, Lorand and Rion have lost the competitions which they were about to win. They are seperated and the five find that are drugged and seperated from each other. With the help of Naran, Tamrissa goes off to help free the rest of her Blending members.Meanwhile the nobility Blending is starting to get out of control. Delin's manical tendency and desire to kill is starting to cause trouble with the advisors whom disapprove of the fact that it is not Adriari's group that is seated on the throne and suspect Delin of killing Ollon Kampar. On a personal note: The plot is quite intriguing and has been what has keep me interested, however the speech and terminology used seemed a bit out of sync with the era.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Will the preaching never end...,
By spiral_mind (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Betrayals: Book Four Of The Blending (Mass Market Paperback)
Does there actually need to be five books in this series? In the beginning we had a great setup to a story with some great possibilities (cliched though it was), and now we're slogging through more and more contrived plot obstacles, seemingly just to extend things to fill five whole books. Our heroes suddenly develop the ability to kill dozens of people at once, so we throw in an entire additional army to deal with. Everyone starts getting along too well, so Tamma and Vallant have to fight some more (come on, a pair of eighth-graders would have settled this by now). Sigh. Every single higher-class person on the planet is still selfish and evil, almost every single peasant is completely decent and honest, almost everyone glows with love and affection like they're in a Diane Warren song, and every opportunity is taken to preach the value of self-reliance and free will. Even if they're discussing plans for an imminent battle that could start at any moment! Enough. I'll finish book 5 for completeness (and to see if those hints about a prophecy are ever explained, although I'm not counting on it), but enough is enough.
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