- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (9 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857989422
- ISBN-13: 978-1857989427
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 531,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Paul Kearney's ongoing fantasy series "The Monarchies of God" began with Hawkwood's Voyage and The Heretic Kings. Volume Three's title, The Iron Wars, aptly reflects the tough, bleak battles that dominate the book. In an alternate-historical setting where armies use both swords and crude firearms like arquebuses, the overarching conflict is semi-religious. Western kingdoms have two rival churches based on a Saint's teachings, while their Oriental foes believe only in the Prophet--a grim and long-hidden irony being that these two spiritual leaders were the same man. Magic exists in strange, grisly forms but is fading, hounded by the church yet occasionally biting back. One plot strand, a voyage to a legendary western continent, remains offstage throughout this book. The focus is on a brutally realistic war in which major characters have already died or been maimed, and where the West's most able military leader is not only fighting overwhelming odds but is continually threatened by his own side's betrayals, snobbery and factional plotting. At the climax there's an arousing, hopeless-seeming battle which doesn't so much end as pause for breath after too much slaughter. Evidently a fourth book must follow. This is strong stuff, not for the squeamish. --David Langford
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The Kingdom of Hebrion has been thrown into turmoil, following its release from the clutches of the Church. Its capital in ruins, its king in a coma, Isolla, Abeleyn's bride-to-be, and Jemilla, his scheming mistress, step into the power vacuum. Both are intent on taking control of Hebrion for themselves and a fierce power struggle ensues. To further complicate things, the explorer Richard Hawkwood returns to Hebrion with news of a new continent in the west and something terrible lurking in his ship's hold... This third book in the series continues the acclaimed saga of politics and religion in a world rife with magic, terror and war.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful series...get them all,
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This review is from: The Iron Wars (Monarchies of God) (Paperback)
I have now begun reading this series once again in preparation for Book 5 which is due out in August 2001. I cannot recommend this series more highly, it holds you bound until the last page. A variety of flawed characters and a wide array of monsters, both human and otherwise, make for true fascination. The first books may be hard to find, but you simply must hunt them down. What a journey....
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A truely BRUTAL book,
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This review is from: The Iron Wars (Monarchies of God) (Paperback)
From the moment you read the prelude to this book you will be wrapped into a twisted brutal world were no one is safe....This book continues a very dark fantasy tale that is roughly based on the fall of christianity in the middle east and the rise of Islam and the Turkish empire that caused so much fear in europe (also chuck in a bit of colombus' journey to discover the americas). I would have to say this is just about the darkest fantasy I have ever read.... even George R R Martin and Robin Hobb pale in comparison to Mr Kearney for the brutality that he unleashes on us, thou he fails to quite get the chartacter involvement that both the afore mentioned authors give us. This is not a weakness of the books thou just a different writting style.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice and complex.,
By plot hound (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Iron Wars (Monarchies of God) (Paperback)
This book focuses on the politics in the kingdoms, showing one incompetent king leading his people to disaster through arrogance while those around him try and manipulate the situation and another king being attacked by political opponents trying to take advantage of the destruction around them.
Some of the characters are given more depth here. Corfe is a good character as the haunted soldier and we start to see him rise to prominence here as he tries to not get bogged down in politics while the incompetent king is leading them to destruction. The character of Isolla is grown in this book, getting some extra depth as she helps Abeleyn fight the political struggle in his kingdom. There is little magic but there is plenty of action with a few battles as Corfe grows in strength. There are several surprises throughout and the ending leaves things well set up for the next book.
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