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The Immortal Prince (Hardcover)

by Jennifer Fallon (Author)
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First in the Tide Lords series, this complex saga, like Fallon's earlier Hythrun Chronicles, intertwines several vividly realized plots. One follows Arkady Desean, the Ice Duchess of Lebec and a scholar of ancient Amyranthan lore, as she interrogates Cayal, a hanged man who inexplicably did not die. She soon encounters legends of the immortal Tide Lords who created the human-animal hybrid slaves called the Crasii—canines to serve, felines to fight, amphibians to pull watercraft—and a thousand years earlier caused the Cataclysm that nearly destroyed the world. Arkady's husband, Duke Stellan, guards his own deadly secret as he maneuvers through palace intrigues and inter-kingdom clashes. Royal spymaster Declan Hawkes secretly aids renegade Crasii and preserves the Cabal, humanity's only protection from the Tide Lords. With snappy dialogue and deft characterizations, especially of her sympathetically drawn canine Crasii, Fallon neatly pulls the story threads together into a multihued tapestry of myth, deceit and ambition. (May)
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"Fallon begins her latest epic asking the question of how an immortal, tired of immortality, might find his way to death? With her vivid style and snappy dialogue, Fallon embarks on a rollercoaster ride of mortal and immortal machinations, as the ruthless and immoral Tide Lords emerge from a thousand years of hiding into a world where everyone has attributed the stories of their existence to myth. Everyone, that is, but the mysterious and secretive Cabal, who watch and wait in the shadows, searching for a way to protect humanity from the Tide Lords’ return."-- Nexus on The Immortal Prince
 
"Well crafted entertainment."--Kirkus on Harshini
 
"Readers with a taste for detail and complicated plots will enjoy this story."--VOYA on Wolfblade
 
"Fallon sets the stage for another lively fantasy saga full of intriguing characters, smart dialogue and twisty plotting."--Publishers Weekly on Wolfblade
 
“A warm and intriguing book with all-too-human characters who draw you in more deeply with each page.”--L.E. Modesitt, Jr. on Medalon

"A well-executed fantasy with complex characters and entertaining style."--Kirkus Reviews on Treason Keep

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5.0 out of 5 stars Order This Book Today, Feb 27 2007
After reading Jennifer Fallon's 'Immortal Prince' one thing is clear. This could be the most important Australian fantasy release since Sara Douglass' Axis Trilogy which began in with 'Battleaxe' in 1995.

Fallon is at her very best. Gritty and dynamic, the book reveals a feast of tragedy and magic, politics and action. The strengths readers have come to expect from her writing have not disappeared. Characterisation. Plot. Dialogue. Intrigue. Betrayal and Detail. All undeniable and none detract in the least from the pace of the story.

The premise of the 'Immortal Prince' seems simple enough: an immortal, Cayal, seeks a way to die. (What is so clever is Fallon's willingness to enforce the meaning of the word `immortal' literally, someone who is unable to die.) Imprisoned after a failed hanging, the authorities do not take Cayal seriously when he claims to be an immortal Tide Lord. Someone must investigate.

That someone is Arkady, a mortal historian doing her best to prove to the world that Cayal is a liar. Any readers tired of seeing `trophy' female characters will be impressed with Arkady. Real people inhabit Fallon's world. Arkady is beautiful, assured, powerful - and trapped. She is living a lie and her struggle for recognition and fulfilment is waged across the book in a thread more engaging, possibly, than the earth-shattering story of the Tide Lords.

At the heart of great writing there are usually two things: a brilliant story and a style that reveals that story, without getting in the way. The writing is inconspicuous enough that reading the Immortal Prince is like having a movie transmitted to your mind. But equally impressive, is the realisation that, even as you read, it is possible to appreciate the quality of writing.

And what a world it is. One thing lacking in some fantasy works, despite having a believable world, is the history. Fallon has woven a detailed and complex history into the narrative of this story, making the 'Immortal Prince' something piercingly real, without having to sacrifice the wonder that fantasy readers come to expect. And, being able to balance that sense of wonder (take the Crasii or Cayal's personal history, which has a classic mythology feel) with the cold, ugly face of politics, is no mean feat.

Remember how the magic in Eddings' 'Elenium' was offset a little too strongly by the religious, political and bureaucratic detail? Not so with the 'Immortal Prince.' There is a fine balance between the many powerful elements of her work. It is possible to feel overwhelmed by the odds set against the `mere' mortals of the story, but there is a defiant sense of hope. Fantasy does not often deal with quitters, and neither does Fallon in the first book of the Tidelords.

The 'Immortal Prince' is unrelenting. The lives of Fallon's characters pull you in. You come face to face with enemies and friends, people you hate, people you love and people you want to be. And that is the most devious thing about Jennifer Fallon's work, (more devious than Dirk, perhaps) you really get to engage with the characters, her control of point of view is masterful.

And don't worry about the time between release dates for this series. Read the Immortal Prince as soon as you buy it; it is one of those rare books that you will read again and again.

Feb, 2007
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