- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Aspect (Nov 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0446609838
- ISBN-13: 978-0446609838
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 2.5 x 17.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 195 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,512,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In an alternate-world Los Angeles, prosecutor/psychic Lee Enfield and her partner, Gelert, investigate the murder of an elf. They soon reveal a deadly network of ties among organized crime, multinational corporations, and planetary governments of the Seven Worlds--all working together on the "ethnic cleansing" of elves from the alternate world of Alfheim. Original.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
reads like a sequel,
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This review is from: Stealing the Elf-King's Roses (Mass Market Paperback)
This book reads like a sequel -- as if you had accidentally started reading with the second book of a trilogy, perhaps. The setting is a very complex sheaf of alternate universes. The universe in which we exist enters the story only as a brief way-stop near the end of the story. The other universes seem to be structured so that they are the realities whose psychic echoes inspire our mythologies. There's a Midgarth, which might be the source of the Norse myths, for example; and there's Alfen, home of some arrogant, immortal, and impossibly beautiful people. On the other hand, there's a Xiahon, which if it's meant to match a mythos, went right over my head. Indeed I suspect there are a lot of Duane-readers who don't have the background to recognize even as broad a clue as "Midgarth".All of what must be a very rich back-story is introduced in true SF style: never by direct exposition, only by passing references in the narrative. In reading SF, the pleasant riddle of figuring out what kind of world you're in, on your own without lectures from the author, is part of the fun. But here, I really wanted some exposition. Or, preferably, that hypothetical first volume of the series, a prequel with a simpler plot and a more leisurely exploration of the worlds of the "Five-Geneva Pact.".
5.0 out of 5 stars
Duane had done it again!,
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This review is from: Stealing the Elf-King's Roses (Mass Market Paperback)
Duane had done it again! This book was EXTREMELY good, though that is not surprising. I really enjoyed it.Like all hr other books I've read so faar.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting concept; lame ending,
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This review is from: Stealing the Elf-King's Roses (Mass Market Paperback)
This book has some riveting concepts: justice as a being who shows up in court, prosecutors who do thier own investigations, and an affectionate and protective but non-romantic relationship between work partners. It kept my attention until near the end when it became a major letdown. It seemed like it was finished way to fast, without a real good explanation of why it was ending that way. In fact, when I finished the last page, my main response was "Huh?" It seemed like Duane just wanted to finish it to meet a deadline, instead of taking the time to carry the extreme characterization and detail to the end for a longer but much more coherent novel. I was rather disappointed.
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