- Hardcover: 672 pages
- Publisher: Tor (January 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0333628195
- ISBN-13: 978-0333628195
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
This surprisingly toothless final volume of the Dragon Star fantasy trilogy (after The Dragon Token ) reads more like a melodramatic Russian play than like an epic adventure tale. Pol, sorcerer and High Prince of the Desert, must come to terms with his fanatical cousin Andry, High Lord of Goddess Keep, so the two can pool their magic and influence to defeat a barbarian horde that threatens their people. While Pol and Andry strike an uneasy truce in Pol's castle, surrounded by the intrigues and agonizing of their friends and relations, far away the High Warlord of the barbarians holds Pol's wife and child hostage. The major characters languish passively in their lush surroundings while the reader learns of desperate battles for survival through occasional off-stage reports, a device that makes the entire conflict seem unreal. Rawn writes fluidly and creates reasonably complete characters, but there's not enough action to justify the book's excessive length. The tragic climax, when it comes at last, is lost amid the general angst suffered continuously by all.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
With his wife and daughter held captive by the invading army of Vellant'im, High Prince Pol is forced to put aside his old antipathies and accept the help of his cousin Andry, the Lord of Goddess Keep. This conclusion to the second trilogy set in Rawn's world of Sunrunner magic continues the skillful plotting and complex relationships outlined in previous novels. Epic in scope, with a large cast of vivid characters, this belongs in most fantasy collections.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Cool Premise but....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dragon Star #3 Skybowl (Mass Market Paperback)
I polished off this series of six books a few years back, but I'd still like to make two points. One is that the "magic" in this book (what fantasy series doesn't have it?) is certainly different. Top marks to Rawn for a creative form of sunlight "vision", where characters (those with the talent) can connect themselves with sunlight and travel it's paths to see other places in the world. The story, well, it entertained, but some of the characters seemed a little heavy-handed at times in their righteousness. Also, the bad guys in the final three novels (you know, the infamous, barbaric, evil, ignorant, filthy bad guys) were a little to "hatable" for me. I like to LIKE the shady characters in fantasy novels, at least just a little. Overall, a good conclusion to an enjoyable series if you have nothing to do on the bus or the subway.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth reading the first 2 torturous books,
By joyce (singapore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dragon Star #3 Skybowl (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought all three books together in this series without reading the Dragon-Prince series. I gave the first book a miserable rating because I was very confused. All the chars were alien to me. But becasue I had bought the books and i didn't want to waste my money, I forced myself to plow through to the end. I must say it was worth my time and agony because the climax at the end of the book was incredible. It was so brilliant that I could almost feel the sunrunner web spinning around me as i read. It helped also that I got to like Andry in all my muddled reading and he was the only one who stuck in my mind. His death upsetted me but it's one of the things that glued me to the book. The reason why I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is because of all the trouble i took in reading the first two books. They are not bad but I made the mistake of not reading the Dragon Prince series. Or I could blame Rawn for not making it book 4,5,6 instead.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Ending to A Great Series,
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This review is from: Dragon Star #3 Skybowl (Mass Market Paperback)
Rawn ends them as great as she begins them. This book ties up everything that was left behind in Dragon Token. The conflict between Pol and Anrdy comes to a final. The question being can Anrdy and Pol get along to finally drive the enemy from their home. This is a must read book.
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