- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Eos (HarperCollins); First Edition edition (Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380978008
- ISBN-13: 978-0380978007
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,462,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Raymond E. Feist:
'File under guilty pleasure'
Guardian
'Get in at the start of a master's new series'
Daily Sport
'Well-written and distinctly above average… intelligent… intriguing.'
Publishers Weekly
' Epic scope…vivid imagination…a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy.'
Washington Post
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Third in the massively successful new Krondor series inspired by Feist’s global bestselling computer game Return to Krondor.
A DROP IN THE OCEAN?
A raid upon the high seas signals an attack of unprecedented magnitude by the forces of darkness. For the holiest of holies, the Tear of the Gods has been lost to the Temple of Ishap. After a raid planned by Bear, one of the most brutal pirates to sail the Bitter Sea, goes dramatically wrong, the colossal gems sink below the waves.
So begins a story of the Tear of the Gods, the most powerful artifact known to the Temples of Midkemia. For it allows the temples to speak with their gods. Without it, they are lost for a decade, until another gem is formed in the distant mountains.
Squire James, William, and Jazhara, new court magician, must seek out the location of this gem, with Brother Solon, a warrior priest of Ishap, and Kendaric, the sole member of the Wreckers’ Guild with the power to raise the ship. They are opposed by the minions of Sidi, servant of the Dark God, who seeks to possess the Tear for his own ends, or to destroy it, denying it to the forces of light.
This third tale in The Riftwar Legacy is a breathless race for a priceless treasure. It’s a race against time, against the myriad sinister and competing evil forces desperate for the all-powerful prize, and ultimately against the fundamentals of nature, which in Midkemia can be as formidable as the Gods themselves
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
How sadly appropriate that this work should bear in its title the word 'tear' for it is surely a threnody, a lament for the skill of a man who was arguably the greatest fantasy writer of our time after Tolkein.
Feist's great ability was to describe his worlds in intricate detail and to bring forth characters that sprang from the pages in their realism. When magic and fantastical acts occured the reader could accept these without question. A talking dragon, a rift in space, a goblin, all were as believable as a taxi in London or New York.
His characters were real people and he made them interact with each other just as real people do, it did not matter that they were fighting the forces of darkness and evil aided by magic.
'Tear' on the other hand presents us with a plot so shallow that it is not worthy of the name. The work is so full of gratuitous slaughter that it lacks the moral depth of earlier works. The characters are automata, poor Squire James is but a shadow of his earlier self. Even the syntax is second rate and just how many 'deft blows' must one expect in one book?
Was this book really written by the same Promethean author who gave the world 'Magician'and 'A Darkness at Sethanon' - come on Feist you can do better than this!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After the Serpentwar saga, which was particularly enjoyable for beginning to move the series in new directions, Feist has decided to return to an earlier period of Midkemian history and to older, staler situations. With this installment, Feist has once more sacrificed his imagination and slavishly - not to mention tediously - carved out another book based on a computer game.
The plot and tone never escape the simplistic and no new ground is covered... The book is a morass of cliches and caricatures, including the feisty (no pun intended) young magician heroine, a tough (and Scottish sounding, sorry that's Dwarvish in Midkemia, isn't it?) warrior priest who oozes old-campaigner style advice and the cowardly character who overcomes his fears long enough to be useful. Oh and I nearly forgot the dastardly, dastardly villain.
And then there are the fight scenes. Lots and lots of fight scenes. After every couple of pages of tedious dialogue or exposition, Feist seems to feel obligated to produce another identi-kit style battle sequence, occasionally changing the nature of the opponent, but never the level of stupidity.
Ultimately, this book has nothing more to offer than padding out the scraps of information given out during the Serpentwar and something to prop up the coffee-table...
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The trilogy started with Krondor: The Betrayal which was taken from a computer game and showed all the signs of its origins.
Krondor: The Assassins was something of a return to form with a reliance on some of the more familiar Feist characters such as James and William.
However Tear of the Gods is more akin to Betrayal as again it betrays its computer game origins. The book is a series of set pieces much as you would find in a fantasy RPG on your PC. The characters walk around, meet someone, are given quests and then go and have a fight.
The basic story is quite good, but it needed to be fleshed out more with increased characterization.
The series does shed some light on some of the events in the Serpentwar Saga and for that I would recommend this series to devotees of Feist, however for the casual reader, they would be more advised to read the Riftwar Saga or the Empires Trilogy
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Tear of the Gods review
As usual with this author, this is fast paced. I don't feel this series has been one of his best. I suspect writing for a game may not have helped. Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by Mr. R. Greenwood
Desperate
I hate to say this about one of my favourite authors but this book is tripe! It uses some well loved characters and introduces some important ideas for later books/series but it... Read more
Published on 21 July 2009 by Scifi king
Grim!!
The three 'Krondor' book's were very bitterly disappointing and Tear of the God's is the worst of the bunch. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2007 by G. Peters
S'okay
This definately is not his strongest work by any means. Iv'e never played or read anything about the games these books are based on. Read more
Published on 28 July 2007 by Matthew Hudson
computer game adaptation number two
As with Krondor the betrayal this is based upon the story laid out in a computer game licinsed from feist own works. Read more
Published on 3 April 2006 by genejoke
Not the best of Feist's work, but not as bad as some imply
It's already been emphasised in other reviews, but the Riftwar Legacy isn't the strongest of Raymond E. Feist's sagas. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2006 by "thegoodhumourman"
Shed a Tear for this God awful book.
THE STORY:
The powerful holy relic, the Tear of the Gods, has sunk to the bottom of the sea. Those loyal to Prince Arutha have to prevent the Tear's recovery by the servants... Read more
The powerful holy relic, the Tear of the Gods, has sunk to the bottom of the sea. Those loyal to Prince Arutha have to prevent the Tear's recovery by the servants... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2005 by Ian Tapley
Wow!
How did he get this published?! I always considered writers to have a little more integrity than to put out something based on their name alone. Guess I was wrong, huh?! Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2003
Not as good as the Other 2.
Having read all three Krondor books (but not played the games) I have to say that this is the weakest. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2003
What has happened to Feists talent?
What a disappointment!!! I am a major fan of Feist and his riftwar series are my favorite books of all time. However the riftwar legacy series seems to get worse with each book. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2002 by The Doc
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