When magician Seymour saves Bard Bryon from the hounds of death, the two are forced to flee to the king's palace, the one place where they hope to find sanctuary from countless enemies. And along the way Seymour learns that Byron is possessed by the white mists of power, perhaps the long-prophesied bringer of doom to the world. Original.
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From Publishers Weekly
This fantasy of manners has two concurrent plots. In one a brash bard named Byron is condemned to death by Lord Dakin but is saved by Seymour, an inept magician who had escaped Dakin's wrath years earlier. The pair travels to the palace in hopes of being employed as the King of Kilrot's entertainers, but Seymour suspects there is far more to Byron than he is telling. The second plot involves Adric, heir to Kilrot's throne, who is brought on a visit to the city of Anda by one of his father's advisers, only to get lost in the unfamiliar urban environment. Forced to work as a stable boy to survive, Adric hears an announcement of his own death. He and a fellow stable boy then set out for the palace to reclaim his birthright. The link between the stories is unexpected and elegantly handled. Rusch, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , moves at a whirlwind pace through the political intrigue, constantly switching perspective to different characters, most of whom are trying to figure out Byron. Rusch manages to integrate a remarkable amount of plot as well as beguiling characters in a fine first novel.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Magic, intrigue, and a young man's search for his destiny mark the fantasy debut by the editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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First of all, let me start off by saying that I agree with the reviewer who states that if you mean to read this book, don't read the review titled "One of My Favorite Books!" The plot device is one of the only good things this book has going for it, and giving it away turns the book into a complete waste of time.
Now, I would give the book more than one star if I wasn't trying to drag down the overall rating a bit. I'd give it two stars, maybe. It wasn't the worst book I've ever read. . . but it was close. The writing was almost amateur in style. Believe me, I've read writing by college freshmen better than this.
The ideas behind the book aren't bad, but the presentation is. Also, there was at least one scene that served no real purpose in plot or character development. At least the author doesn't use it this way, as far as THIS reader can tell. And there are some scenes that seem thrown into the story at random, like the one revealing that Lord Kensington is the guilty one. (people who haven't read the book shouldn't learn too much from that comment, I hope.) And it is so difficult to fit the different pieces together that you can't prove or disprove the way the author makes them fit together. I find it very hard to like most of the primary characters; the bard Byron is cold and it is hard to like the man, whose name recalls the Romantic poet, George Gordon, Lord Byron, and the name makes it just that much harder to like him.
Prince Adric is spoiled and naive, and he can't understand the world outside of the palace any better than he understood the world inside the palace.
In fact, there are very few characters in this book that I really like very much. I liked Seymour. . . most of the time.
So, you can read this book if you like, but there are many, many books out there that are more worthwhile.
Now, I would give the book more than one star if I wasn't trying to drag down the overall rating a bit. I'd give it two stars, maybe. It wasn't the worst book I've ever read. . . but it was close. The writing was almost amateur in style. Believe me, I've read writing by college freshmen better than this.
The ideas behind the book aren't bad, but the presentation is. Also, there was at least one scene that served no real purpose in plot or character development. At least the author doesn't use it this way, as far as THIS reader can tell. And there are some scenes that seem thrown into the story at random, like the one revealing that Lord Kensington is the guilty one. (people who haven't read the book shouldn't learn too much from that comment, I hope.) And it is so difficult to fit the different pieces together that you can't prove or disprove the way the author makes them fit together. I find it very hard to like most of the primary characters; the bard Byron is cold and it is hard to like the man, whose name recalls the Romantic poet, George Gordon, Lord Byron, and the name makes it just that much harder to like him.
Prince Adric is spoiled and naive, and he can't understand the world outside of the palace any better than he understood the world inside the palace.
In fact, there are very few characters in this book that I really like very much. I liked Seymour. . . most of the time.
So, you can read this book if you like, but there are many, many books out there that are more worthwhile.
By lecanis
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This is one of my faves... anyone into fantasy should check it out... has some great plot twists.
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With this book, Kurtz become one of my favorite writers. She was able to blend the past and present so well together that the reader wasn't even able to recognize that that was what she was doing. The plot itself was stunning with the idea of a lost prince coming back as a grown man to claim that which is rightfully his.
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