- Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Roc (MM); reprint edition (May 6 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451459237
- ISBN-13: 978-0451459237
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.9 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #628,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Berg's fascinating fantasy is a puzzle story, with a Celtic-flavored setting and a plot as intricate and absorbing as fine Celtic lacework. Aidan MacAllister, cousin of the king of Elyria, was an extraordinary musician. But when he turned 21, the king sentenced him to be imprisoned and silenced on a charge of treason. Now it is 17 years later, and a scarred, voiceless Aidan is released, not knowing exactly why he was sentenced in the first place. Finding the answer to that question is the plot of the book, and it involves dragons, a race of nonhumans, politics great and small, and the truth or falsity of various long-held beliefs about the gods of a well-wrought pantheon. The pantheon isn't the only aspect of the book that is well wrought. Although the complexity of the plot makes the pacing variable, the characters are memorable, and Berg's intelligence and narrative skill make this stand-alone fantasy most commendable. Roland Green
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Never end!,
By Jean T. "Magz" (Usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Song Of The Beast (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved this book it takes you to the place where Adian is and you see the world threw his eyes and you feel his pain. Its amazing when you read the things that happen to him and you see how things could be different if only this man didn't get him locked in the prison for almost all is life. well he gets freed after being in prison for seventeen years, he doesn't know what to expect from the world, he some how gets tangled in the same thing that got him locked up in the first place: Dragons.In the way things turn out your not surprised by the way things end but a little shocked by it. Adian lived his life as a singer and expected to be nothing more for it brought him joy and he lived his life on the road only singing for food and a place to sleep every night, never staying in the same Inn for three nights, but in the end it was the thing that saved him and yet it mihgt have been his death.
5.0 out of 5 stars
FANTASTIC!,
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This review is from: Song Of The Beast (Mass Market Paperback)
I've NEVER in all my years read a book like Song of the Beast. I'd just finished the last of the Farseer books (Robin Hobb's Fool's Fate) and I was looking for something else to read. I got into a book called Through Wolf's Eyes, but was left at a cliffhanger, so I went onto the the next book Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart. What does this have to do with THIS book, you say? I'll get to the point. During that time I finally picked up "Song of the Beast" from the library. It was my intrest in suffering characters (FitzChivalry Farseer) that led me to this novel. From the very first time I was intrigued with the story line... A voiceless and emotionally as well as pysichally scarred Aidan MacAllister, beloved of the gods, finally let free from his horrendious prison, Mezadine, after 17 years, striving on a quest to find the truth behind his horrible imprisonment! One which stripped this valiant and beloved singer of his very heart......Demon Huntress
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Song Of The Beast (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm not going to give the 411 on all the details that happened in the story. Katmax1 did an excellent job in that and if you have any questions, please refer to that review. What I do want to impart is that Berg is a fantastic writer with some of they most rounded and interesting characters I have read. The world she creates is vivid and remarkably realistic for a fantasy world. It is easy to fall into her books because of these reasons. Most of the reviews I read had one major complaint -- the ending. I won't give away what happened, but for those of you out there who are apprehensive about picking up this book simply because your afraid of being disappointed in the ending, please do not let these few discourage you. I, for one, GOT the ending. I think most readers are picturing themselves as the characters and are thinking about how they would handle the situation and what they would do in the characters situation. Whereas, the two main characters are not like normal people and they had very tramatic experiences in their lives that would effect how they would handle situations. I thought Berg chose to end the story well based on the characters. She stayed true to her art. Frankly, I can't wait to read what she comes up with next. ;-)
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