- Mass Market Paperback: 784 pages
- Publisher: Eos; New edition edition (April 25 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061056898
- ISBN-13: 978-0061056895
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.3 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #334,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Despite a few brief, shining moments, Cherryh's (Foreigner) new fantasy novel (her latest SF novel is reviewed below) proves an overwrought concoction. After a moderately interesting foray involving Mauryl, the aging wizard who conjures a "Shaping" named Tristen, the meandering of the nearly empty-headed Shaping takes center stage for far too long. Tristen sets off upon a quest knowing neither who he is nor what he seeks. Fortuitous happenings eventually bring him to Cefwyn, a prince in line to rule the land, and to Cefwyn's wizard, Emuin, himself a former student of Mauryl's. (The villains here are of two types: nebulously motivated men and erotically minded women.) A series of escapades involving prosaically presented political machinations leads to an inevitable final battle?and to the likelihood of a sequel. Several plot threads, such as Tristen's similarity to a golem and an invocation of the "Thirty-Eight," indicate that Cherryh is leaning on texts of Jewish mysticism here, but it's unlikely that even the most diligent of kabbalists would have the patience to wade through this substandard work.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a, young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and call new wars into being. Here is the long-awaited major new novel from one of the brightest stars in the fantasy and science fiction firmament.C.J.Cherryh's haunting story of the wizard Mauryl, kingmaker for a thousand years of Men, and Tristen, fated to sow distrust between a prince and his father being. A tale as deep as legend and a intimate as love, it tells of a battle beyond Time, in which all Destiny turns on the wheel of an old man's ambition, a young man's innocence, and the unkept promised of a king to come.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent story telling,
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This review is from: Fortress In The Eye Of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read all of Cherryh's books, but apart from her sci-fi (Chanur books) and The Paladin, her stories about Tristan are by far the best. The Fortress in the Eye of Time is a book that you will enjoy reading the tenth time as much as you did the very first.Excellent story telling. Mark E. Cooper
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By Rebekah (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fortress In The Eye Of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm sorry, I usually agree with the critics, but they were just dead wrong about this book! The only thing "wrong" with it was that Tristen's scenes could get a little bit tedious, but other than that I found I was unable to put it down for a moment and read the whole thing in one day :o)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth the effort,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fortress In The Eye Of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
Many fantasy books today seem to follow the same story. This book from the beginning grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go. The detail is sometimes bogging-down, but waiting to see each Unfolding that Tristen experiences, and seeing how they all come together in the end-- that is this book, this experience. This book may not be a roller coaster, but instead it is a journey down the Road. If you haven't yet, start your journey today. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
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