- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Eos; 5 edition (Oct 7 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 038078811X
- ISBN-13: 978-0380788118
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.7 x 2.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #389,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An acknowledged master of fantasy adventure." -- Rave Reviews
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The Chosen Five-wielders of elemental magic-have defeated their betrayers and are returning to the city behind a legion of their followers. Tamrissa, fierce lady of Fire; Rion, noble lord of Air; Vallant, brave captain of Water; Lorand, clever master of Earth; and Jovvi, passionate sorceress of Spirit have so far successfully met the challenges set by those who would prevent the Five from their rightful throne. But the struggle is not over yet. Still barring their way are the sinister usurping Five, an invading army and a peasant rebellion. The battle has never been more desperate, nor the stakes so high. But nothing can stop the forces of Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Spirit when they unite behind the greatest power of all the power of Destiny.
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Rion Mardimil rode next to his beloved Naran, extremely relieved that she showed no signs of strain over the haste of their journey. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it,
By "pyrochu" (Tartarus) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prophecy: Book Five Of The Blending (Mass Market Paperback)
This is probably my favorite of the series. I love how the author goes so deep into the characters emotions and problems. The only thing I really dislike about the series as a whole is the Tamrissa, Vallant thing. Tamrissa gets annoying after a while. But the rest of the characters are great and I love the detail put into her writing.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Gets worse not better,
By Inky Cloud "whiteshadow6" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prophecy: Book Five Of The Blending (Mass Market Paperback)
Ok, the first book was interesting, a bit slow and redundant when she described almost the same exact scene from five different perspectives, but on the whole it showed promise. The second book continued in the same vein, drawing the story out even more. The third book began to get a bit overplayed. By the fourth book I had just about had enough, but after getting that far in the series I couldn't stop without reading the fifth. Unfortunately, Sharon has one, maybe two, books worth of material which she stretches out over five. The characters seem like they would be complex when you first meet them but there is only so many ways a person can be emotionally traumatized before it gets really old. All they do it whine!There are basically two types of Sharon Green characters. The evil ones, selfish, self-absorbed and unable to deal with reality, and the good ones, unbalanced, taken advantage of, and always right. Of course the main characters are good and perfect, though emotionally damaged, and they represent the Sharon Green philosophy of relative morality, except when it goes against what these characters believe is right, and uninhibited sexual awareness. She sets up the bad guys as straw dummies of the philosophies that she conceders "wrong" and precedes to tell them how stupid, selfish, and unable to deal with reality they are. The plot is drawn out far beyond what it should be because everything happens not once, but FIVE TIMES! There are some good points though. Green does provide an intriguing society with a unique point of view. The use of the different elements in the Blending is original as well. Unfortunately, none of these things attain more than a superficial complexity, bogged down as they are by the author's shortcomings. I would not recommend these books to any but the dedicated fantasy fan, as they will be far too heavy and monotonous for the casual reader.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Totally addicted... (and loving it!),
By Jordan Bouray (Gresham, Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prophecy: Book Five Of The Blending (Mass Market Paperback)
I got addicted to this series when I went through my local bookstore to find a fantasy book with a good cover. I ended up with Convergence, and was addicted from the start. Unfortunatly, I had bought it only three days after it had been published, so I had to wait for each of the subsaquent (sp?) books to be written before I could sastisfy my addiction to the lives of Rion, Naran, Vallant, Tamrissa, Lorand, and Jovvi!The books themselves are the most absorbing, well written books I have ever picked up, and, although she is not, I feel that Sharon Green's name should be listed along with those of Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemmingway, and Henry David Thoreau as the best writers that this nation has ever produced. Unlike most authors, Sharon Green can force her readers to feel emotion, including the most difficult emotion to elicit from a reader; hate. For her style of dealing with the deep-seeded, entrenched, all-consuming evil of the nobles makes the feeling of hatred towards them almost overwhelming. All in all, and incredable series, and I desperatly wait for the second book in the Blending Enthroned to be published.
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