- Paperback: 326 pages
- Publisher: Dragon Moon Press (2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1896944043
- ISBN-13: 978-1896944043
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,197,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
- Three Stones - Three Powers - Three Lives Intertwined -
Young Cara'sen is Moon-Chosen, Lead-Officer in the Overseer's Special Guild, descendant of a goddess, and the estranged daughter of a powerful admiral. It will take all she has to ensure that the maelstrom of the powers and rivalries that surround her does not boil into war, a war that would destroy the land she calls home.
Yet how can she control these forces when they are embodied in the two men who are torn apart by their desire for her? One is sunborn, the other tempered by fire; both threaten to destroy everything she loves the most.
It will call for much more than her sword skills to solve the puzzle of the legends of the Serai....
About the Author
J.C. Hall was born in Hong Kong, educated in London and now divides her time between Hong Kong and Vancouver, Canada, where she continues to write. J.C. is eminently suited to writing fantasy, for anyone who knows her well will attest to the fact that she lives in a fantasy world.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Legends of the Serai
Feb 3 2001
Format:Paperback
If it weren't for a friend of mine who couldn't stop raving over this book, I wouldn't have picked it up.I used to be an avid reader of books of this genre."Used to be" because I haven't been getting as much satisfaction from the new publications as I used to from the old ones. I found it increasingly hard to distinguish one story from another as they all seem to follow the same formula. Typically you will have a few dysfunctional main characters who are invariably tortured by their pasts; thrown unwittingly into an adventure of epic proportion but always manage to prevail in the end.Throw in some made-up legends, love interests and voila, you have a story.
Is "legends" any different? It has all the typical ingredients BUT YET the resulting story J.C.Hall "cooked up" is far from ordinary or predictable. It looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck but somehow, it's NOT a duck.
So what's the secret? Well, as most people would say, the secret is in the "sauce" and in this case, it's J.C.'s distinct style of writing which bound the ingredients together. It's fluid, lively and very "subtle" (for subtlety, check out J.C's treatment of "moments of passion"in the book.)I was hooked as soon as I finished reading the prologue.
"Legends"is past-paced. No question about it. In fact, my main criticism of the book is that things did get too fast at times.You would expect things to slow down a bit after a "climatic moment" but unfortunately you don't get it here which is a pity because it actually reduces the intended impact of such moments on readers if they are "lined up" too close together. You need to give readers a breather to allow them to take in the full impact and implications of momentous events/defining moments.
But all in all, a great read. I look forward to the prequel and sequel to "Legends".
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Fantasy fans--alert!
Feb 18 2001
Format:Paperback
Action, adventure, fantasy, romance--PLUS a strong-willed female protagonist.....what more can a girl want? Well, for starters, it would have been nice to have a real juicy villain to sink my teeth into. Lorra and her dad as the villainous pair seem to lack something in the altogether evil department, y'know? Nevertheless, a ripping good yarn, with characters you come to care for. The writing is fluent, the plot just pelts along and the characterization is deftly-handled. The ending was left sort of hanging so guess I'll have to hold my breath till the sequel.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Legends
Feb 3 2001
Format:Paperback
If it weren't for a friend of mine who couldn't stop raving over this book, I wouldn't have picked it up.I used to be an avid reader of books of this genre."Used to be" because I haven't been getting as much satisfaction from the new publications as I used to from the old ones. I found it increasingly hard to distinguish one story from another as they all seem to follow the same formula. Typically you will have a few dysfunctional main characters who are invariably tortured by their pasts; thrown unwittingly into an adventure of epic proportion but always manage to prevail in the end.Throw in some made-up legends, love interests and voila, you have a story.
Is "legends" any different? It has all the typical ingredients BUT YET the resulting story J.C.Hall "cooked up" is far from ordinary or predictable. It looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck but somehow, it's NOT a duck.
So what's the secret? Well, as most people would say, the secret is in the "sauce" and in this case, it's J.C.'s distinct style of writing which bound the ingredients together. It's fluid, lively and very "subtle" (for subtlety, check out J.C's treatment of "moments of passion"in the book.)I was hooked as soon as I finished reading the prologue.
"Legends"is past-paced. No question about it. In fact, my main criticism of the book is that things did get too fast at times.You would expect things to slow down a bit after a "climatic moment" but unfortunately you don't get it here which is a pity because it actually reduces the intended impact of such moments on readers if they are "lined up" too close together. You need to give readers a breather to allow them to take in the full impact and implications of momentous events/defining moments.
But all in all, a great read. I look forward to the prequel and sequel to "Legends".
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