- Hardcover: 528 pages
- Publisher: Voyager (6 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007157649
- ISBN-13: 978-0007157648
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 578,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for David Edings:
‘My ideal summer read… Having enjoyed the entire ten-book serial, I was delighted to be able to read this latest addition as it not only provides fantastic escapism in itself, but, being a prequel, will make my re-reading of the other books all the more fascinating.’
The Irish Times
‘All the verve and pace we’ve come to expect.’
The Dark Side
‘Offers an absorbing storyline and some memorable characters as, once again, the author touches all the right fantasy bases, with warring gods, political intrigues, supernatural creatures and appealingly human magicians involved in a titanic war over the course of seven millennia. Eddings fans will no doubt snatch this novel off the shelves while readers new to the authors’
world won’t find a more appropriate place to begin exploring it.’
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In the new epic fantasy from the masters of modern fantasy David and Leigh Eddings, the Ruler of the Wasteland challenges the Gods and wreaks devastation on their people.
The Dreamers are children teetering on the brink of divinity. They have the power to change the world with their dreams. And then they have to tell the Elder Gods what they have dreamed, or chaos will reign in the Land of the Gods, and great danger will be upon them.
The Elder Gods have defeated the Vlagh twice – with the aid of the Dreamers and the mysterious Treasured One who seems, worryingly, to be controlling them – but the unspeakable Creature of the Wasteland is on the fast track to world domination as the time approaches for the Younger Gods to take their place.
Now all the varied resources of the domains of the Gods are marshalled to bring a halt to the spread of evil. But there is pestilence and skirmishing, and suddenly the balance of power shifts.
The Ruler of the Wasteland has infiltrated another domain of the Gods, the land of short summers, where bison and deer roam. There th strange and marvellous crystal gorge, which can be no natural formation of rock, is destined to become a battleground of great beauty and great terror.
The enemy is closer to knowing the secrets of the Treasured One and the Dreamers are in grave danger of delivering a nightmare to the world of the Elder Gods.
A magical, on-the-grandest-scale, action-packed, totally engaging and characterful fantasy novel from the bestselling authors David and Leigh Eddings.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I totally agree with the majority of reviewers on this book, particularly 'sarjs' - I too bought only the first book then borrowed the second and this one, then I went one step further and gave 'The Elder Gods' away.
The characters are exactly the same as those featured in other of Edding's books (The Belgariad, Mallorean, etc.) just under new names, the plot for this series has dragged out far too long and it's hard to believe there's still another to go. Eddings once said in reply to a fan who wanted to know why he ended the Elenium/Tamuli series where he did that 'The fact that you wanted more is a fair indication that we hung it up at just the right time. The next logical step would probably have been, "Another Sparhawk story? Oh, God, can't he find something else?" ' (www.eddingschronicles.com) and this is exactly how I (and many others, it seems) feel about the Dreamers series.
It's disappointing to see work like this apparently just churned out by Eddings when there are so many other fine novels he's written, and whilst I acknowledge that there's only so much you can do in the fantasy genre before you start repeating themes/characters this really is dire. If this series and this book in particular were my first experience of Eddings then I would never have bothered buying another of his books.
I think I'll take sarjs' advice and go reread classic Eddings - I would highly recommend the Belgariad!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Nothing like Eddings used to be! I think even "The redemption of Althalus" was a bit better, although already very light. The second part of the book seems to be just cut and paste from previous chapters.
I loved The belgariad (and Malloreon), where the characters really looked like real stuff. I read all Eddings from then on, including the non fantasy. (by the way, High Hunt is excellent and features very much pre-Belgarion characters).
Unfortunately the books have now taken a more "commercial" tune ("the redemption" and now "the dreamers"). The descriptions stay superficial, just on the humorous side, the issue comes too quickly and frankly I found it quite boring. I liked the chapter from the Vlagh though, but that's not enough.
And yes, I agree with rabbit999, it is so predictable! I nearly regretted buying the book. I wonder what the next one will be. I think there will be one more book at least (the last war). Hey, maybe the Vlagh will win, that would be fun!!! (but not very Edding-esque). I need something more like The Belgariad to stay on the fans' side of the Eddings.
I loved The belgariad (and Malloreon), where the characters really looked like real stuff. I read all Eddings from then on, including the non fantasy. (by the way, High Hunt is excellent and features very much pre-Belgarion characters).
Unfortunately the books have now taken a more "commercial" tune ("the redemption" and now "the dreamers"). The descriptions stay superficial, just on the humorous side, the issue comes too quickly and frankly I found it quite boring. I liked the chapter from the Vlagh though, but that's not enough.
And yes, I agree with rabbit999, it is so predictable! I nearly regretted buying the book. I wonder what the next one will be. I think there will be one more book at least (the last war). Hey, maybe the Vlagh will win, that would be fun!!! (but not very Edding-esque). I need something more like The Belgariad to stay on the fans' side of the Eddings.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've read all of David Eddings books since I first came across The Belgariad over 15 years ago, and while I have usually enjoyed them a lot this is easily his poorest effort so far. The story was dragged out far to much, and on occasion you find yourself reading this book and thinking to yourself "Wait a sec, didn't I just read that" The characters are as usual described in great detail, but I think he spends to much time describing the history of new characters and not enough time getting on with the story about the war against the Vlagh.
I will read the final book to see how it all ends, but I will not buy it in hardback.
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Book came fast
Needed book in a hurry. I'd just read the earlier books and wanted to continue with series. It arrived very fast and was just what I wanted. I liked these books. Read more
Published 5 months ago by JaneK
Caution!
This is a review of "The Dreamers" series overall.
I'm an avid Eddings fan and have been for a couple of dozen years. Read more
I'm an avid Eddings fan and have been for a couple of dozen years. Read more
Published 9 months ago by T. Lewcock
A book too many?
I got this book with Dreamers 2 and 4, on the back of enjoying Dreamers 1. That completed the Eddings collection to date. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by Colin Tregloan-Reed
Flat, boring and a waste of time
There are so many things wrong with this book that I found it a waste of time and would not recommended it to anyone :
- the characters are caricatures : they're flat,... Read more
- the characters are caricatures : they're flat,... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2009 by Claire
Deja vu anyone?
First of all, let me say that I am generally an Eddings fan. I enjoyed the Belgariad, the Mallorean, the Elenium and the Tamuli. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2007 by Richard Adams
Life's too short to read another Eddings book
This is the third tittle in the Dreamer series. The basic plot involves the 'evil' Vlagh trying to takeover the four domains of the Land of Dhrall each of which is ruled by a god. Read more
Published on 3 July 2006 by Lord Varys
The Disapointing Crystal Gorge
I have long been a fan of the Eddings team, but I am finding the 'Dreamers' series a very unsatisfying read. Read more
Published on 28 May 2006 by Mike Lloyd
Comparative disappointment
I've read all of the Eddings titles so far and found them to be jolly good enjoyable escapes. Hence I was looking forward the journey of this latest book of The Dreamers. Read more
Published on 2 April 2006 by Nic.F
A cautionary tale . . .
I hope I'm not betraying the intent of this function, but I do feel the need to post a warning for those who may read, or have read, this book. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2006 by Thomas Foster
'Gorging' on Eddings
I found this book absolutlely riviting. I took it with me for something to read whilst travelling to Paris and back over a weekend. I could not put it down at all. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2006 by D A Savage
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