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The Charnel Prince (Mass Market Paperback)

by Greg Keyes (Author)
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The age of Everon is ending in the elegiac second installment of bestseller Keyes's fresh and imaginative high fantasy saga that began with 2003's The Briar King. Told in a inventive prose often as disturbing as it is beautiful, Keyes's sprawling multiple-viewpoint narrative explores a weird landscape fraught with "ancient evils and fresh curses." Black briars spurt up "like slow fountains" wherever the Briar King walks in the King's Forest. As the Briar King turns villagers into unholy monsters, creatures such as greffyns and manticores once deemed the stuff of myth attack anyone who dares challenge him. In a land on the brink of civil war, assassins have claimed most of Queen Muriel's family except for her gifted youngest daughter, Anne Dare, who escaped death with her servant Austra, and is now struggling to return home to fulfill a prophecy. Other well-drawn characters include Sir Neil MeqVren, the queen's protector, and Leovigild "Leoff" Ackenzal, a talented composer. Those who haven't read The Briar King may have problems at first following the plot, but Keyes's lyricism, pacing and deft handling of eternally important topics—the dance between church and state, man and woman, life and death—make this a thought-provoking entertainment.
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Events in Crotheny have taken a dark turn. The primeval force of nature called the Briar King is waking and taking back the land. Other ancient forces are also astir, and terrible creatures roam the countryside, devouring all that crosses their path and driving entire villages mad. Queen Murielle's hold on the crown fails as rival houses and a deeply corrupted church conspire to topple her or kill her with her husband and children. Prophecies say that a Dare queen must rule when the Briar King fully awakens or the world will come to a bloody end. And, in fact, war threatens as political tensions rise and fear pervades the land. Moreover, Anne Dare, Murielle's youngest daughter and the true heir to the throne, is missing, and the hope of finding her alive and well grows dimmer with each passing day. The excellent sequel to The Briar King (2003) continues to deliver impressive magical creatures, nonstop thrills, and engaging, believable characters. There will be more. Paula Luedtke
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent follow up to the Briar King!, Oct 6 2009
By Yavanna Scott "fantasy fanatic" (vancouver) - See all my reviews
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Once again Greg Keyes has done an excellent job. I always have to hold my breath a little before i begin book two of a series because their is so much potential for things to go awry but he has succeeeded in making a successful second installment. I find that sometimes it is hard with books that have multiple view points to have your interest carry through each character's perspective but the deft way in which Greg Keyes interwove the characters and the plot had me wanting to keep reading the character that i had been reading but being drawn into the next segment despite my own resistance.

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In the second book of the Briar King things heat up even further. Aspar white, Winna, and Stephen have been given a magicked arrow to kill the Briar King by the church. Encountering an array of fantasically horrific creatures and sights along the way they pursue their quarry even further into the forest and discover things about the church and the briar king that shake the core of their beliefs. In the mean time Anne and Austra find that that their pursuers are drawing even closer and they and their need to escape towards home escaltes even further. Neil McVren finds himself cast adrift by the queen to search for Anne and traces her to Vitellain where she is hiding. Sadly things continue to go badly for the noble night, and he finds himself trailing in Anne's wake once more. ...dum dum dum...to find out more you must read the book! good stuff!
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