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de Storm Constantine (Author) "WHEN SHAN WAS fifteen years old, dark soldiers came out of the west, like a cloud of evil boiling over the soft hills of his..." En savoir plus
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In this second book of her Chronicles of Magravandias trilogy, featuring rites of passage, rituals and alternative sexualities used as everyday occurrences of statecraft, British author Constantine (the Wraeththu trilogy) has created a patchwork with no real unity of action, plot or perspective. At the start, soldiers of the invading Magravand, introduced in the first book, brutalize Shan, a young peasant boy. Shan is rescued by a half-human, half-mage, Taropat (aka Khaster), whose lover had earlier suffered a similar fate, and this dark past becomes both a training ground and a flaw in their relationship as Taropat transforms Shan into a worthy assistant. With the Magravand and its vassal kingdoms as background to their adventures, Shan, Taropot the mage and his human host, Khaster, among others, prepare for a quest to recover the Crown of Silence and unseat the Magravand king. Viewpoints shift with no apparent consistency. Each protagonist is "honed in the fires of experience" by homosexual rape, systematic torture or beatings. The tale eventually moves on to a ritual quest to seven lakes, where each quester undergoes a routine of self-discovery marked by tricks and clich‚s rather than any growth in spirit or knowledge. A successful quest story rests on the uniqueness of its politics, moral questions or characters. This novel falls short of the ideal. Nevertheless, this series is technically superior to most contemporary fantasy series and will be of interest to those who wish to read about politics and sex or who are Constantine fans.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.



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When the Magravandian armies destroy his village and leave him homeless and brutalized, 14-year-old Shan finds refuge with a mysterious man named Taropat who takes him to his forest home. Taropat teaches Shan the skills of magic and war in order to use the boy as an instrument of revenge and then turns him loose upon the world to discover the secret of a legendary artifact known as the Crown of Silence. As Shan grows in wisdom and cunning, he also learns the secrets of his mentor's past and its connection to his own shattered dreams. This sequel to Sea Dragon Heir continues the tale of Valraven Palindrake, expanding on the lost history of the conquered land of Caradore and bringing new dimensions of complexity to a tormented man and those chosen by fate to cross his path. This solid continuation of a gracefully told epic fantasy makes a good addition to most fantasy collections.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Uneven, with very good moments, Fév 26 2004
Par C. Meyers "cm4755" (Atlanta, GA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Crown of Silence (Paperback)
This book is so frustrating -- there are moments that are really very good. It's a classic journey of self-discovery (individual and group) and Constantine is a good writer at the sentence level. But, as has been mentioned here, the plot and character development is very uneven. All in all, it feels like it needed another few hours of baking.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Choppy waters with petulant characters, Janv. 8 2004
I really wanted to like this book more. There were some good ideas but whenever it started to get interesting it would digress into petulant sulky inner dialogs or catty exchanges between the characters. It has a strong self-discovery theme but sadly that seems wasted as the characters never really seem to evolve, only switch who is their new best-friend.

Constantine's writing flows beautifully and there are some wonderful images but any connection I felt to the characters was tenuous at best. By the end of the book the only character I cared to know more about was the indirect antagonist, Valraven Palindrake, and even he comes off as the bad boy in the clique that everyone either secretly loves or openly loves to hate.

If you are into soap operas then you may find some enjoyment in the characters and story but for my taste everyone was just a bit of a drama queen.

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1.0étoiles sur 5 Ther eis one word for it - "BAD", Janv. 24 2003
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This review is from: The Crown of Silence (Paperback)
This book was simply bad. It is disappointing after the first book. Crown of Silence is laborious , tiresome and drags on for ever. I don't think the author had any clarity about the story at this point. I wish I had read the reviews before I started reading the book. Crown of Silence was not essential to the story and could have been skipped.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A realistic Lord of the Rings
This book is wonderful.Storm explores the deep meanings of heroic fantasy's topics (the quest,the crownless king, the war between good and evil) whit rare wisdom and a dry wit... Read more
Publié le Mars 2 2002 par Ventura Angelo

3.0étoiles sur 5 The quest for the crown
Shan was living an idyllic life, until the arrival of the conquering Magravandians, who destroy his town and shatter his innocence about men of war. Read more
Publié le Janv. 16 2002 par blissengine

5.0étoiles sur 5 Great book!
Storm Constantine is truly a skilled author, and I have been reading her work since the first book of the Wraeththu series. Read more
Publié le Oct. 18 2001 par Richard Feldmann

5.0étoiles sur 5 Breathtaking quest...
Storm Constantine is rapidly becoming one of my very favourite authors. This book is the sequel to Sea Dragon Heir, which you should read first, although I didn't, and it didn't... Read more
Publié le Sep 17 2001 par aphraxxx

4.0étoiles sur 5 Outstanding writer!
Outstanding! I am new to Ms Constantine's work. I first read her in collaboration with Moorcock, Silverheart, which I bought as an import. Read more
Publié le Mai 5 2001 par jugadora

5.0étoiles sur 5 Now Comes The Telling: Mod Gothic at its finest.
Storm Constantine is one of the greatest of the great tale-tellers and this second volume in the series (and you really should read the first before you start this one) proves it... Read more
Publié le Avril 27 2001

5.0étoiles sur 5 Outstanding.
First off, if you haven't read Sea Dragon Heir yet, what are you waiting for? Go, read it. I'll wait.

Back? Good. The Crown of Silence continues the story begun in SDH. Read more

Publié le Mars 13 2001 par Aeirould

5.0étoiles sur 5 Very good read but not as good as the prequel
At fifteen, Shan lives a relatively contented life working along side his father gathering crops in the isolated village of Holme. Read more
Publié le Mars 2 2001 par Harriet Klausner

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