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Bezig met laden... Bridge of the Separator (2005)door Harry Turtledove
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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. Arising from his Videssos canon Mr. Turtledove has written a backstory for the Prelate of Skotos, Rhavas of Skopentzana. Competent but not exciting. ( ) Unless you are so engrossed in Videssos that you have to know all the thoughts rumbling in Turtledove's mind as to why things are what they are in the books he wrote previously. Don't read this book. As said in other reviews, it is backstory. Grim backstory. For the dark side. But who cares? Are we not supposed to be connected to our stories. Don't we want some conclusion that leaves us with peace. Here we have something that fills in a gap that did not need it. Turtledove is a historian first and maybe something nagged at him to write it, but it makes Videssos seem less than it was before this book. This is a bit of a surprising departure for the Videssos books. Unlike previous books that dealt with either the lost Roman legion, or the various Avtokrators and successors, this one deals with a priest of Phos, and his strange adventures. As usual, Turtledove has done his best at creating a believable realistic world. The plot of this one is a little strange though. Sample Chapters: http://webscriptions.net/chapters/1416509186/1416509186.htm geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Rhavas was a good, holy, and pious man-and the cousin of the Avtokrator. He would probably have become ecumenical patriarch of the Empire in the capital, Videssos the city . . . if his world had not suddenly and tragically fallen apart when the Empire of Videssos erupted into civil war and the Khamorth barbarians swarm over the borders. As the home he loved was brutally sacked, Rhavas had to flee for his life, then make his way through lands swarming with fierce nomads and with soldiers loyal both to his cousin and to the rebel. He may never see Videssos the city again, let alone preside in its High Temple. He has always followed Phos, the god of light and goodness, Videssos' god, and despised evil rival Skotos. Those who fall off the Bridge of the Separator during judgment in the afterlife tumble down to Skotes' ice forevermore. But when evil seems to have swallowed the whole world, what is a cleric who reverences logic as well as goodness supposed to believe? It's a harder question than Rhavas wishes it were . . . particularly when he discovers that his wishes-or curses-now can kill. Has evil Skotos chosen Rhavas as his agent? And can Rhavas resist the temptation to strike anyone down who gets in his way? 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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