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'Shows McKenna at her best, combining politics, violent action, and a concern for the domestic... it's fundamentally about clever people, trying to do their best, in swift-changing circumstances.' --Paul Cornell
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The country of Lescar was born out of civil war. Carved out of the collapse of the Old Tormalin Empire, the land has long been laid waste by its rival dukes, while bordering nations look on with indifference or exploit its misery. But a mismatched band of exiles and rebels is agreed that the time has come for change, and they begin to put a scheme together for revolution. Full of rich characters and high adventure, this novel marks the beginning of a thrilling new series.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm a long term Juliet fan, I've been buying her books on the day of release for more than a decade and I've never been dissapointed by her stories. Then I started Irons in the Fire and I wondered what had gone wrong. The first chapters dragged and I didn't care much about any of the new characters. The only thing that kept me reading was the hope that Livac and Halice would pop out of a bucket and get the book back on track.
Somehow though the book drew me in; a few hours into reading I noticed that I had started to carry it around the house with me, reading while I made tea and chosing to read rather than answer the phone. By the time I finished it at 4am I was back in awe of Juliete McKenna's skill at world and character builiding and truly greatful that she has continued to think about her work and keeps taking her books in different directions, rather than churning out re-hashes of old themes.
Somehow though the book drew me in; a few hours into reading I noticed that I had started to carry it around the house with me, reading while I made tea and chosing to read rather than answer the phone. By the time I finished it at 4am I was back in awe of Juliete McKenna's skill at world and character builiding and truly greatful that she has continued to think about her work and keeps taking her books in different directions, rather than churning out re-hashes of old themes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Together with "Blood in the water" and "Banners in the wind"this book makes up the latest Mckenna trilogy about The Lescari Revolution.
Mckenna fans, familiar with her work from EINARRIN will know what to expect, and will not be disappointed.
For anyone un familiar with Juliets work...prepare to be entertained. ! .
Well constructed plot lines carry believable characters at a pace that is both pedestrian enough to be incredibly detailed, yet fast enough to be gripping.
Blood in the Water (Lescari Trilogy): 2Banners in The Wind (Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution): 3
Mckenna fans, familiar with her work from EINARRIN will know what to expect, and will not be disappointed.
For anyone un familiar with Juliets work...prepare to be entertained. ! .
Well constructed plot lines carry believable characters at a pace that is both pedestrian enough to be incredibly detailed, yet fast enough to be gripping.
Blood in the Water (Lescari Trilogy): 2Banners in The Wind (Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution): 3
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Authors either thrust the reader into the heart of the matter with their worlds or inevitably take their time to carefully build the world around the characters and its with this second option that Juliet has gone with the first offering in a new series by her for Solaris.
Whilst it is skilfully and beautifully created it is incredibly slow, plodding pace that is there to set the sequence of events within along with bickering politics that will unfortunately turn many a reader off from her writing style.
However, if you happen to love a carefully built plot that will lead up to events demonstrating that she plays for keeps then its going to be a series that will snare your imagination as you await the next novel in the series. With luck (and with most of the background established within this offering) the plot will pick up pace and the careful character creation will go on to prove a resounding success. But for me personally, I'm going to hold off either giving this a big thumbs up or a thumb across the throat (as the Roman's did) until I get to see where the next novel leads.
Whilst it is skilfully and beautifully created it is incredibly slow, plodding pace that is there to set the sequence of events within along with bickering politics that will unfortunately turn many a reader off from her writing style.
However, if you happen to love a carefully built plot that will lead up to events demonstrating that she plays for keeps then its going to be a series that will snare your imagination as you await the next novel in the series. With luck (and with most of the background established within this offering) the plot will pick up pace and the careful character creation will go on to prove a resounding success. But for me personally, I'm going to hold off either giving this a big thumbs up or a thumb across the throat (as the Roman's did) until I get to see where the next novel leads.
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