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A prequel to The Stone Prince and The Painter Knight, The Granite Shield is an equally rich action- and conflict-packed novel, replete with battles, politics, religious and Court intrigues, and focusing around a family gifted with the magic of the Flame, a power which can give its wielder the world or consume him.

Praise for Fiona Patton:

"All the complexity of an epic combined with the intimacy of plot and character that comes from excellent storytelling." --Tanya Huff, for The Stone Prince

"A fabulous new talent by the name of Fiona Patton lights up the DAW skies with a fascinating new fantasy...a marvelously detailed variation of the British Isles featuring strong, energetic characters and a rich tapestry of events to keep us turning the pages at a feverish rate." --Romantic Times, for The Stone Prince

"A strong debut...an epic tale of intrigue and battles, of betrayals and romances, of misunderstandings and magic." --Lambda Book Report, for The Stone Prince

"A rousing adventure, full of color and spectacular magics, and just a hint of romance in this intriguing world where men and women both fight and rule." --Locus, for The Painter Knight --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Ah, the Branion series. :), Mai 26 2004

Par	hyperjoy7 (Warwick, NY United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Granite Shield (Paperback)

If you've read other books in the Branion series and enjoyed them, then you're most likely going to enjoy this one, too (surprise!). You've got the Living Flame, Essus, the infamous "gender-free" society, hotheaded red-heads ... what more couldja want? :)

The development of relationships in this book - and all Fiona Patton's Branion books - is appealing. In The Granite Shield, I'd say the most interesting (and most focused upon) is the relationship between the two main characters, a pair of (half-)brothers with intertwined destinies. Another fascinating feature in the series is the conflict/relationship between Essus and the Living Flame. In this particular book, you get an interesting vantage point into that relationship through the eyes of a powerful seer.

As one reader noted, you probably won't see any great reason to choose one "side" over another ... and I think that's part of what Fiona Patton does very, very well. She doesn't give you a "good guys triumphing over the bad guys" plot - instead, you get what I'd call a more realistic view of conflict.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 A review, Janv. 2 2003

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This review is from: Granite Shield (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book a great deal, it was more dense tha I had anticipated but very entertaining, with three-dimensional characters.

My one problem was that, in all honesty, I didn't particularly see why I, as a reader, should be more in favor of Gwyneth over Branion, when Rhys didn't seem like a much more favorable choice than his father. The theocratic aspects were very interesting, but on a personal level, I thought that the main characters had something lacking. Ms. Patton's minor characters and adversaries were far more compelling. I found myself hoping for Drusus and Calliston to be victorious instead.

Even so, I enjoyed the overall tone and feel of the book and look forward to reading more of her work.

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2.0�toiles sur 5 Ick., Oct. 29 2001

Par	S. Wu "sjw" (MO) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Granite Shield (Paperback)

Tediously slow. The details are details for the sake of being details. The details in this book do not enhance and bring forth an awesome plot or anything like that. They're just there. Like great blocks of granite thrown by a giant's child, they're just there. They don't form a pyramid, a great monument, or anything. They exist just because--there's not much of a reason for such excessive detail. It's kind of like Stone Prince. Barely better. I had bought three of the Patton books because the covers looked interesting and the details, when skimmed, looked ok. However, after I read these, I couldn't stand them any longer and gave them to Pocketbook so they could deal with these things.

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