- Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Spectra (July 30 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553380710
- ISBN-13: 978-0553380712
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 218 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,359,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
A usurper backed by a fanatic religious cult holds power in Tir-Eron, capital city of the realm of Eron. Delivered from captivity through his link with the recently discovered gemstone magic, King Avall attempts to return to his city to reclaim his throne and free his land from tyranny. Dietz (Bloodwinter; Springwar) brings his epic saga of the land of Eron to a rousing conclusion that links together threads from earlier series books and leaves some room for future development. Strong characters and an inventive system of magic makes this a good choice for most fantasy collections.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
The fourth, presumably concluding volume of Deitz's Eron saga begins with King Avall's cause about to founder. The Ninth Face sect holds the king prisoner, his army has to try to rescue him, and that's not all. His sister, Merryn, is on a quest for the Lightning Sword, and his wife, Strynn, has to protect her unborn babes from a laundry list of enemies, magical and otherwise. Fortunately, Avall and his blind harpist, Kylin, escape imprisonment, rejoin his army, and proceed to collect the rest of the mystical talismans needed for victory. The whole saga ends in a flurry of good versus evil, and still there are too many words in proportion to the number of new events. At least Deitz has made those events absorbing, chosen his too many words well enough, and fashioned a world and characters that are sufficiently interesting to hold readers of the first three volumes to the end of this fantasy equivalent of a space opera. Roland Green
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Ends with a Whimper,
By not4prophet (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warautumn (Mass Market Paperback)
Tom Deitz deserves credit for being a true worldbuilder, for avoiding most fantasy clichés, and for always treating his readers like intelligent adults. "Bloodwinter" and "Springwar" are both considerable achievements, considering how Deitz manages a large cast of characters, a logically consistent form of magic, and a plot that's worth reading. The last two volumes, however, are an unnecessary add-on. The pacing lags, the characters don't develop any more, and the conclusion is far too predictable. "Summerblood" and "Warautumn" should have been merged together into one more succinct book, or better yet, never written at all.Avall, Rann, and five others have been magically transported to an island in the middle of nowhere. Merryn and Krynneth have been captured and imprisoned by rogue Ixtian warriors. Strynn and Div are trying to track them down. The army of Eron continues to lay siege to the Ninth Face at Gem Hold. Tyrill conducts covert operations against the priests in Tir-Eron. We rotate among these five different groups of characters for quite a while, because it takes quite a while for anything to happen. There are a lot of details that we could have done without. For instance, Avall and his followers plan to build a raft in order to escape the island: "In any case", he continued, "it's time we talked about getting off this island. It's a fine place as far as it goes, but we obviously can't stay here indefinitely. We'd already ruled out swimming to the mainland because that wasn't viable with you unconscious, Kylin, and because it would take forever to get any of our gear across. And that was before we saw what lives in the water. That leaves building a raft or boat." "A raft would be easier," Rann observed. "If for no other reason than because we could build one large enough to accommodate all of us and the supplies we have here a lot faster than we could build a boat that would accomplish the same things." Lykkon nodded. "And while there are plenty of trees on this island, they're either way too big to be workable, or too small. Whereas a raft-" "There's thick-cane down by the shore on the south side," Bingg supplied. "I saw it from up top. There's more up there, for that matter, but the growth onshore is larger, plus we wouldn't have to carry anything we made so far to set it afloat." As you can hopefully tell, this isn't exactly nail-biting, pulse-pounding drama. Does it get better in the second half of the book? A little, but not enough to justify such a big chunk of paper. I officially recommend that you read only the first two volumes and skip the final two. You'll have a much more enjoyable read while committing less money and less time that way.
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT AN EPIC CONCLUSION,
By John Poitras (mountain view ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warautumn (Mass Market Paperback)
I am disappointed in the conclusion to this series ..The series started out great with the first couple of books and I thought that maybe we have a storyteller to compete with Goodkind, Jordan and Martin.. NOT>... It is almost like the author lost interest in the saga and filled in the last couple of books with banalities... There was no anti-climax there was no build up to a climax in short NO SATISFACTION with the conclusion to this series.. I would not recommend this series now, but if you had asked me after reading the first two books I would have said YES!! Maybe the author spread himself too thin to give himself enough time to do the story justice...
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Ends with a Whimper,
By not4prophet - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Warautumn (Mass Market Paperback)
Tom Deitz deserves credit for being a true worldbuilder, for avoiding most fantasy clichés, and for always treating his readers like intelligent adults. "Bloodwinter" and "Springwar" are both considerable achievements, considering how Deitz manages a large cast of characters, a logically consistent form of magic, and a plot that's worth reading. The last two volumes, however, are an unnecessary add-on. The pacing lags, the characters don't develop any more, and the conclusion is far too predictable. "Summerblood" and "Warautumn" should have been merged together into one more succinct book, or better yet, never written at all.Avall, Rann, and five others have been magically transported to an island in the middle of nowhere. Merryn and Krynneth have been captured and imprisoned by rogue Ixtian warriors. Strynn and Div are trying to track them down. The army of Eron continues to lay siege to the Ninth Face at Gem Hold. Tyrill conducts covert operations against the priests in Tir-Eron. We rotate among these five different groups of characters for quite a while, because it takes quite a while for anything to happen. There are a lot of details that we could have done without. For instance, Avall and his followers plan to build a raft in order to escape the island: "In any case", he continued, "it's time we talked about getting off this island. It's a fine place as far as it goes, but we obviously can't stay here indefinitely. We'd already ruled out swimming to the mainland because that wasn't viable with you unconscious, Kylin, and because it would take forever to get any of our gear across. And that was before we saw what lives in the water. That leaves building a raft or boat." "A raft would be easier," Rann observed. "If for no other reason than because we could build one large enough to accommodate all of us and the supplies we have here a lot faster than we could build a boat that would accomplish the same things." Lykkon nodded. "And while there are plenty of trees on this island, they're either way too big to be workable, or too small. Whereas a raft-" "There's thick-cane down by the shore on the south side," Bingg supplied. "I saw it from up top. There's more up there, for that matter, but the growth onshore is larger, plus we wouldn't have to carry anything we made so far to set it afloat." As you can hopefully tell, this isn't exactly nail-biting, pulse-pounding drama. Does it get better in the second half of the book? A little, but not enough to justify such a big chunk of paper. I officially recommend that you read only the first two volumes and skip the final two. You'll have a much more enjoyable read while committing less money and less time that way. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT AN EPIC CONCLUSION,
By John Poitras - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Warautumn (Mass Market Paperback)
I am disappointed in the conclusion to this series ..The series started out great with the first couple of books and I thought that maybe we have a storyteller to compete with Goodkind, Jordan and Martin.. NOT>... It is almost like the author lost interest in the saga and filled in the last couple of books with banalities... There was no anti-climax there was no build up to a climax in short NO SATISFACTION with the conclusion to this series.. I would not recommend this series now, but if you had asked me after reading the first two books I would have said YES!! Maybe the author spread himself too thin to give himself enough time to do the story justice... |
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