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Crown Of Stars 03 Burning Stone (Hardcover)

by Kate Elliot (Author)

3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 768 pages
Publisher: DAW (April 19 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0886778131
ISBN-13: 978-0886778132
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.3 x 5.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

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There is nothing more tragic than legitimate ambition comprehensively thwarted. Kate Elliott's fantasy sequence has a bleak sadness even in its moments of triumph, simply because her heroes and heroines seem as if they are never going to get the chance to be all they could be. Alan, suddenly adopted heir to the local noble, is obliged to marry an anorexic princess whose hobby of heresy extends to fake stigmata; royal courier Liath and more than slightly deranged royal bastard Sanglant find that their love stands in the way of the King's dynastic plans; the prattish monk Ivar runs away from heresy proceedings and hides among a princeling's boon companions and catamites. And while the nobility juggle marriages and churchmen bicker about doctrine, invaders amass on the borders and the world seems booked for cataclysms both political and metaphysical. Elliott has not yet become as popular as she probably deserves--she has a real sense of what even an imaginary medieval world should be like in its pompous scholarship and simple piety, and her characters are interestingly fluid; place Ivar in a cavalry charge, and he does quite well. This third volume sustains the pace and grim tone of its predecessors in the Crown of Stars sequence. --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk

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Third entry in the Crown of Stars series following Prince of Dogs (1998) and King's Dragon (1997). The kingdoms of Wendar and Varre are riven by sorcery and strife. Young King's Eagle Liath feels the magic potential burgeoning within her, but she's torn emotionally by her love for Sanglant, King Henry's immortal, outcast bastard son, and the child she will soon bear him. Liath's sorcery calls her to investigate a portal to the land of the Aoi, the magical country where Sanglant's mother was born, and from where she will eventually return in search of the child she abandoned. King Henry, meanwhile, wrestles with the familiar problems of the kingship, including invasions by the Quman and by the nonhuman Eika and their terrible dogs. A solid addition to this respectable series. And, at this whopping length, it should keep the most avid fans happy for a few days. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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2.0 out of 5 stars More Californian than Celtic, Jan 2 2004

By	"lucecilla" (Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crown Of Stars #3 Burning Stone (Mass Market Paperback)

Kate Elliot has lost herself in a world of her own making, where the characters, plots and intrigue proliferate without any narrative structure or point. The personalities of the characters slip into the one-dimensional, losing much of my sympathy in the process. With far too many subplots, mysteries and creatures; Elliot exhibits no discipline. Her writing too, is schizoid: one minute the language is arcane seventeenth century English, and the next minute it's more Californian than Celtic. And way too girly. Granted, the idea of a matriarchal medieval society is a seductive one, but do we have to hear quite so much about 'gorgeous tunics'? I'm quite sure your average medieval male wouldn't use that kind of language, let alone give a toss what the wench was wearing.

Kate Elliot, if she disciplined her writing and reigned in her imagination a little, could be an excellent storyteller. In order to do that, each book must stand as a novel in it's own right, and central themes should link a beginning middle and end. There is no sign of this in 'The Burning Stone'. There are also glaring and highly annoying editorial mistakes, such as one sentence where the pope-like 'skopos' is refered to as ruling from Rome, which doesn't actually exist in the world Elliot has created.

In short, she's not a bad writer. But she desperately needs a good editor and half-way decent proof-readers.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I loved it! but just a tad too long....., Feb 13 2003

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I read this book in about 2 and a half days. I loved it. I would recomend this series to any fantasy lover, but the series does have it's bad points though. There are like fifty characters running around doing stuff and it is slightly confusing. The book is exactly 801 pages long including the epilogue. It might sound discouraging to slow readers, but the wait is worth it. The book is exciting and full of action and battle stuff for people who like that. Then there is odd dash of romance thrown into the book. I have already hooked a bunch of friends on this series too and I hope this helps!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and complicated read, May 19 2002

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This review is from: Crown Of Stars #3 Burning Stone (Mass Market Paperback)

Kate Elliot continues to write superbly in this third installment of her series that combines elements of reality and fantasy. As she proceeds to write her books they do tend to get complicated with various plots taking form and new characters popping up, however she stays true to her main story. In the end readers are left wanting to pick up the next book and begin reading. This reader wishes she would concentrate more on the main characters Liath and Prince S., but the reader also realizes that they are just two fascinating characters that are art of a larger story involving not just their romance and their discovery of their origins, but a major build up of politics, intrigue, and myth becoming reality.

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1.0 out of 5 stars What Happened?????
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