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World's End (Mass Market Paperback)

de Mark Chadbourn (Author)
4.3étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (3 évaluations de client)
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When Jack Churchill and Ruth Gallagher encounter a terrifying, misshapen giant beneath a London bridge they are plunged into a mystery which portends the end of the world as we know it. All over the country, the ancient gods of Celtic myth are returning to the land from which they were banished millennia ago. Following in their footsteps are creatures of folklore: fabulous bests, wonders and dark terrors As technology starts to fail, Jack and Ruth are forced to embark on a desperate quest for four magical items - the last chance for humanity in the face of powers barely comprehended.

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SALES POINTS 'One of the most accomplished new authors to have been published in recent years' Starburst A heady mixture of modern day and ancient magics, drawing in Celtic, Arthurian and Irish mythologies. "This story rattles along compulsively--with many a nerve-tingling frisson--to a chill and unconventional finale.' David Langford

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4.0étoiles sur 5 An epic alternative future, Jui 7 2004
Five years after its first publication I finally get round to reading Chadbourn's opener in the 'Age of Misrule' and find I should have read it back then. However, the bonus is that I can read the other two immediately after.
Opening in a London pea-souper, Jack Churchill and Ruth Gallagher arrive at the scene of a scuffle which rapidly becomes a murder that leaves them firstly unconscious then traumatised. On waking and then undergoing hypnotherapy they come to realise that the duality that is the world is about to end, that science is shortly to die and magic to regain it's place in the world. What follows is a manic car chase down the M4 as they are hunted by a dragon, one of the Fabulous beasts and then stalked by the Baobhan Sith.
Over the course of the next hundred or so pages we learn that Ruth and Church are two of the Five Brothers and Sisters of the Dragon, fated to save the world from the return of the Fomorii, the fantastically evil enemies of the Tuatha De Danann.

After meeting the third sister, the overly cynical Laura and being tasked by one of the remaining Tuatha De Danann to find the four objects of power (Stone of Fal, Sword of Nuada, Spear of Lugh, Cauldron of Dagda) by Beltane they find themselves being hunted across Southern England as a lantern of power directs them to each object. After quickly gaining the stone in Avebury, Church and Tom (an aging hippy who has visited the Otherlands and has become the five's mentor) are caught by the Formorri leader and tortured, before they escape with new brother Dragon, Veitch. Laura and Ruth meet up with the fifth brother, Shavri and narrowly escape capture by the Wild Hunt. All the while science continues to fail and the countryside is beginning to realise that the stuff of fairy tales is coming true, whilst the great cities slumber unprepared.
The chase truly begins as they move to Glastonbury Tor for the cauldron, or Graal, to Tintagel for the Sword and deepest Wales for the final spear before hurtling northwards through the Lake District. During the events each experiences their own personal odyssey as we are introduced to the special skills that make up the quintet. However, the sum is always greater than the parts. Having recovered all then losing the artefacts they defeat the Erle King and bring the objects together for Beltane and free the Danann who drive off the Formorri. The victory comes at price as the Danann claim an intent to stay on Earth and claim it for themselves and we conclude with the British government finally broadcasting to a nation the darkness that lies ahead.
Chadbourn's first of three is a sparkling read, weaving multiple Celtic myths together to reopen a Britain that has much of its folklore in mistier times. Providing a new future for the island nation and bringing together some peculiarly British characters (who do need some more work to become more rounded) it is a magisterial tour de force from this author that any fantasy fan will enjoy.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 What a read!, Fév 24 2004
Par Calno (Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Quebec Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: World's End (Paperback)
Well I found this book by going through my local second hand book store and was amazed by the way this story line. Mark Chadbourn's continuous melding of ancient mythological creations with today's technology is great. I can't wait for his second book to come out so I can buy it.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A Rollercoaster of Excitement, Mai 13 2002
Par LemurKat (New Zealand) - Voir tous mes commentaires
I whole-heartedly enjoyed this book. The characters especially linger in my mind for they were not what one would commonly consider heroes, they are merely people struggling with their own internal conflict and coming together against the greater evil.

The plot is not predicatable - although the characters do spend an awlfully large amount of time running away (which is reasonable given the unsurmountable odds rising against them). The seemingly excessive amount of vomitting and falling unconscious did detract somewhat from my intense enjoyment, but all-in-all, I found it a highly addictive, unpredictable read. And the ending is just the sort of ending I enjoy ^^ But I'm not giving away any hints except to say - I want the second book and I want it now!

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