From Library Journal
This prequel to the Majipoor novels explores the conflict in Lord Valentine's Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Award winner Silverberg is at his best in continuing the saga of this fantasy world. Highly recommended for fantasy collections.
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From Booklist
In his new novel, Silverberg returns to his most successful creation, the gigantic, metal-poor world of Majipoor. Nearly twice as long as
The Mountains of Majipoor (1995), its immediate series predecessor,
Sorcerers retreats to 1,000 years before the time of Lord Valentine--hence, a full 2,000 years before
Mountains. In the Fifty Cities of Castle Mount, the aged Pontifex Prankipin, a renowned statesman, is dying. He will be a hard act to follow, but Coronal Lord Confalume, next in line to be pontifex, is less than happy over the fact that his successor as coronal is Prince Prestimion, who is better known as a hunter than as a courtier. There is, however, more to the prince than meets the eye, and indeed, an oracle has called him to follow in Prankipin's footsteps as a mover and shaker, and he rises splendidly to the prophecy. This novel has more sorcery and court intrigue than action, but it is not slow paced. Moreover, Silverberg uses the length of this yarn to develop both major and minor characters. As for the setting, Majipoor is already so well developed that Silverberg can drop almost any sort of story into it. The horde of readers who know and love it will swarm library shelves for this book.
Roland Green
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