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Bezig met laden... Held in de schaduw (2000)door David Gemmell
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A great ending to the Waylander trilogy. ( ) Substance: Waylander, after another long retirement, is once again forced by events to hate a hand in saving the world, leaving his comfortable and anonymous life as a wealthy land-owner to defend against the forces of evil. His investment counselor, Matze Chai, has a delightful supporting role. Style: Gemmell has an easy-reading style with well-paced bursts of action punctuating the calmer narrative, which itself is never dull. Pre09: Characters: Very believable and memorable. Love the Waylander. Plot: Pretty solid. World is crumbling and they have to save it. Magic is reasonable. Style: Gritty-ish. Classical fantasy. Good pacing. Nov09: Revisited, flesh out my thoughts. Characters: Well of course Waylander is the reason you are here, but this time Gemmell did so much more. The enemies are real people with real conflicts. There are other heroes (The two samurai are a great addition and a great contrast between each other.) The elder merchant is classic. And the young females actually don't make me go 'bimbo!' Plot: Solid. There's not even a siege this time! Sure, he pulls some 'multiverse' stuff out his ass, but it's tastefully done. And at the same time it's all a very logical takeover with a simple Waylander in the way of things. I found it enjoyable. Style: This is just blood-stirring epic action adventure. It's not epic because of the scale of the world, it's epic because of the scale of emotion. These people are real, and yet larger than life at the same time. Gemmell has a gift. It just seems that when he's writing about people other than Waylander he gets a little pompous and predictable. With Waylander, you know it will stay dark with questions of redemption mixed with a touch of badass action. Waylander is without any doubt one of the most fascinating anti-heroes ever created. Previous books follow the path from his creation as an assassin and his journey to achieve redemption with expert character development from Gemmell. In the final volume Waylander is set to journey across the sea in a final attempt to be alone and contemplate life; for he is old now, grey and ready to receive the Source. Gemmell has other plans for Waylander. Following on from the demon story created in a previous Drenai novel, Winter Warriors, Hero in the Shadows once more plunges heroes against magic, although Gemmell has crafted this tale with it's roots firmly in action and development of the new heroes, who fight alongside Waylander. The magic used here is insidious and the the body count just keeps rising! There are strong emotional currents throughout and Gemmell weaves action, tension, mystery, sorcery and the pull of emotions most expertly - Hero in the Shadows is a sublime read. The dialogue is Gemmell's sharpest too, with many wry smiles to be had with Waylander's dark retorts. Recommended to any fantasy reader, although previous Drenai novels (especially the Waylander ones and Winter Warriors) would create a perfect backdrop. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Waylander (3) Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Bastei LĂĽbbe Taschenbuch (28332)
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HTML:The ruined city of Kuan Hador reeks of dark mystery. Shunned by brigands and merchants alike, it is home to fearsome wild things and legends that freeze the bloodâ??tales that speak of slavering white beasts, locked behind a powerful wall of spells, who possess an insatiable appetite for death. Millennia have passed since they were bound, and the spell of imprisonment has begun to fade. Soon the foul minions will be free to wreak a horrible vengeance against all that lives. But no army waits to oppose them, only a ragtag group of unlikely heroes. Leading them is the mysterious Gray Man, an enigmatic figure with a blood-drenched past who has killed for principle and for paymentâ??a man of destiny known throughout the lands of the Drenai as Waylander the Slayer Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden.
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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