Sean Randall reviewed Faery Lands Forlorn by Dave Duncan
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4 stars
Ah, joy. I almost underestimated him again, didn't I? read the first one, felt a bit "so so". look where that got me last time!
The tension is on, our heroes scattered throughout Pandemia, and alliances forged and broken and who to trust is never a certain thing.
We have our young queen, seemingly wedged between the mercies of a calculating sorceress and a rather sultry sultan with her kingdom far away and in the hands of enemies. Then there's the bloodthirsty goblin, who's holding his head high because prophecy has told him he's getting exactly what he wants. Our gestalt continue to seek words of power, and then there's Master Rap, thrown hither and thither, from thief to magician to sorcerer to sailor, all the while trying to find his queen.
The politics, the scenery and the power play between the Wardens all serve as excellent fodder, and as …
Ah, joy. I almost underestimated him again, didn't I? read the first one, felt a bit "so so". look where that got me last time!
The tension is on, our heroes scattered throughout Pandemia, and alliances forged and broken and who to trust is never a certain thing.
We have our young queen, seemingly wedged between the mercies of a calculating sorceress and a rather sultry sultan with her kingdom far away and in the hands of enemies. Then there's the bloodthirsty goblin, who's holding his head high because prophecy has told him he's getting exactly what he wants. Our gestalt continue to seek words of power, and then there's Master Rap, thrown hither and thither, from thief to magician to sorcerer to sailor, all the while trying to find his queen.
The politics, the scenery and the power play between the Wardens all serve as excellent fodder, and as the characters wend their way through a world so divided it makes one wonder just where everybody is going to end up and who's going to pull through it all. This book ends on Rap, "bound with ties of friendship" to the sailors, divided emotionally as well as by great distance from where he originally set out to be.
and the saga continues!