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Excellent as always., Nov 25 2010
By Jeremie J. Perry "JP" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sailing to Sarantium (Paperback)
Another spectacular journey by Mr. Gavriel Kay, this time through a parallel byzantine empire. His character development as always leaves you missing good friends when the two book series ends. This two book glimpse into life during the peak of byzantium/constantinople/instabul sends the reader around the byzantine chariot track, into the chambers of the emperor and empress, and through the countryside between a crumbling roman empire and the new power in the world. He is my favorite author which is the best recommendation I can give.
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Great read!, Nov 16 2010
By Teder - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sailing to Sarantium (Paperback)
As with all of Kay's books, this one holds your attention and reads quickly. The character development is nicely done and at the end you are looking for more of the same.
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A Poetic Circle, Sep 25 2011
By Joseph A. Kraska - Published on Amazon.com
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This book (and its sequel, Lord of Emperors--the two books should be thought of as one novel in two parts) is set in an alternate universe version of Byzantium. As with Mr. Kay's other stories, this story features detailed, living, breathing characters, who make mistakes and have a very human side.This story is something of a poetic circle. This is a character story of an artist, a maker of mosaics. The story begins with his life in a small town at the fringes of the Empire, the main character's entire family dead of the plague, and relatively little to live for. The story ends after a spectacular series of events with the main character back in the small town, at the fringes of the Empire, with a lot to live for. The ending is immensely satisfying, following naturally from a complex series of events in the story itself.
The story is the middle part of the above. It is the story of an interesting human being caught up in extraordinary events. He is summoned before the Emperor to help complete the greatest work of art of the time. From this relatively ordinary beginning, you will encounter richly developed characters intertwined by events, in a setting composed of past tragedies, primed on a razor's edge for an accounting. The unfolding of these events and the decisions of our main character all naturally lead to its poetic ending.
Read the novel to find out how. If you like good characterization, you can't possibly be disappointed.
The story is a work of low fantasy, which is always a good sign in a fantasy work. I have found that high fantasy often uses new and cliched fantastic elements like a crutch, at the expense of effective characterization. You'll find none of that here; Mr. Kay is a virtuoso of character development, and these two novels show him at the height of his art.
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