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Lessek's Key: The Eldarn Sequence Book 2 (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)

by Robert Scott (Author), Jay Gordon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (9 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575079525
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575079526
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 131,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"There are some good ideas here. Intelligent fantasy." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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The Larion spell table has been dormant for nearly a thousand Twinmoons. It waits in a forgotten chamber in Sandcliff Palace, the abandoned Larion Senate stronghold on Eldarn's North Sea. The spell table holds the power to see the people of the five lands safely through the oppression and brutality that have haunted them for generations, but without Lessek's key it is a worthless slab of granite - and Lessek's key itself is just a nondescript stone Steven Taylor and Mark Jenkins overlooked on the night they fell through the far portal into Eldarn. Retrieving the key and freeing Eldarn's people rests with Steven Taylor, the would-be sorcerer from Colorado, who is racing across America with Nerak, the fallen Larion dictator, hot on his heels. Steven must reach Idaho Springs and find Lessek's key before it falls into Nerak's hands and is lost for ever - and with it, the lives of untold millions, in both of Steven's worlds.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fills the time, but doesn't redefine a genre, 12 Oct 2007
By Ryan (Berlin, DE) - See all my reviews
The Eldarn Sequence has turned out, so far, to both delight and frustrate in equal measures. The books juggles a few nifty ideas... the fact that two different worlds would not share the same language (glossed over in the first few chapters of book 1, and resurrected now and then almost as an afterthought; the different systems for measuring length, weight and time (although with the amount of mental arithmetic you find yourself doing to convert avens and twinmoons back into earth time, you wonder why they bothered), but these ideas seem poorly executed at times. At times, there is a feeling that they've thrown every novel idea into the mix, hoping that at least some of them work.

Another flaw of the book is the splintered plot. In book 1 we followed the wisecracking, ethnically neutral pair quite closely. Now, with the not-quite-thrilling ending to book 1, the character base has been scattered over both worlds, and throughout the book we a flickering between several different groups, linked only by the thinnest of plot strands (most of these being dead characters).

But the book does make for a passable read. Plot revelations come thick and fast (although some are more believable than others), the age-old stalwart theme of good vs. evil is spun out to great effect, and the characters are well-rounded, with a lot of variety (although at times they do remind more of a stand-up comedy troupe than a rag-tag band of partisans).

I'll be reading through to the end, but this definitely won't be a book I'll be sorry to finish.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The second book in The Eldarn Sequence., 24 Oct 2008
This is the second book in the amazing Eldarn Sequence, here is a bit of the story.

We begin we Steven being transported back back to Colorado to find Leesk's Key and bring it back to Eldran, closely flowing in his footsteps is the evil sorcerer Nerik, who will do anything to find the key and unleash his master from the fold and also kill his biggest threat, Steven. Luckily for Steven his manages to find the key and escape back to Eldarn, but not without Nerik causing havoc and mayhem in his wake.

When back in Eldarn Steven manages to find his friends and continue his quest to find Hannah and also to destroy the evil that Nerik has created. Also on Eldarn Mark has to come to terms with the death of his lover and in doing so means to kill all of Neriks minions, in doing this he finds himself losing his mind and humanity. Across the other end of Eldarn Hannah and her friend are setting off on a perilous journey to Nerik's palace in the hope of of sending her back home to Colorado, but on her way she will face untold dangers and the loss of good friends.

This is a great story, plenty of action and adventure, magic and battles, demons and ghosts. This is by far the the best portal fantasy i've read to date, I would recommend it to any fantasy fan.

P.s, One thing I would like to point out is that this novel was written by a different author Robert Scott as the author of the first novel Jay Gordon passed away, this is why while both stories are great, there are very slight differences in the writing styles.

I hope this review was of some help to you.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Lesseks Key Reveiw, 20 Sep 2006
By Mr. R. G. Smith "Fantasy Book Worm" (Peterborough ,England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lessek's Key: The Eldarn Sequence Book 2: Book 2 of the Eldarn Sequence (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
I enjoyed the first book in the series, and looked forward to this one. The story is written in a good style, and the characters are developed well. However I couldn't help but feel that a lot of time seemed to be filled up with running round Eldern,basically covering the same situations as the first book. The start was good, the end was good - but the middle dragged somewhat. Overall a reasonably enjoyable book. I would still like to read the final book.
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