- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Voyager; 1st Edition edition (3 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002247542
- ISBN-13: 978-0002247542
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.3 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (218 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 289,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Althalus was just a thief, and only a good thief by the standards of the backwoods and hick towns where he spent most of his career; a trip to the big cities of the lowlands almost proved disastrous for him, because he could recognise neither real threats nor even more sophisticated forms of wealth. Hired to steal a magic book, he finds himself imprisoned by a talking cat and subjected to the extensive education that will make him leader of humanity's fight back against a death god and his cadre of thugs. Much of what is best in The Redemption of Althalus has to do with the process whereby he recruits his team--a spoiled princess, a witch rescued from the stake, a barbarian warrior and a street urchin with the brain of a great strategist; once the team is in place and their fight back against conquest and sinister magic begins, victory is more or less assured and a matter of watching a thoroughly entertaining process. It is interesting to see Eddings working on a smaller canvas than usual--there is a fundamental niceness to his books that entirely gets its head here, along with an attractive sense of humour.--Roz Kaveney
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‘A graceful, fluid style of storytelling rare in fantasy writing’
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‘Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings’
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most amazing Single-Volume Epic ever written!!!,
By lyra_blue@hotmail.com (Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Redemption of Althalus [Leather Bound, Signed Copy] (Hardcover)
This was the first of my David/Leigh Edding book collection. I fell in love with the characters and the plot. It was/is one of those books that when you start reading it you cant put it down, Ithink it is fair to own that I read it in two days! I would have read it in one but my parents told me to stop reading for meals. The plot makes you want to read on and there is always a surprise around the corner. When I finished it I hungered for more, so I went to see if I could get any more of the books. It was a fruitful search and I would recomend this and all their books to any reader who enjoys Fantasy, romance and mystery.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointed first-time Eddings reader.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Redemption of Althalus (Paperback)
Having heard so much about the great fantasy writer who is David Eddings, I decided to check out this book. Thieves have always been my favourite kinds of characters, so things were looking good after the first few chapters. So far so good. BUT... things went rapidly downhill after the main character enters a 'magic house'. This story really does seem to be aimed more at the younger reader, with talking cats and magically appearing money. The worst thing for me though is the incredible lack of character depth. All the characters in the story are simply referred to by name and are rarely described physically, making the characters difficult to picture. Overall, this is a very disappointing book and has certainly put me off buying any other Eddings offerings.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Deja-Vu?,
This review is from: The Redemption of Althalus (Hardcover)
Well...what can be said, not bad but not great either.Being an Eddings fan and having read the Belgariad, Mallorean Elenium and Tamuli series I wondered what direction this book would go especially as it is condensed into one novel.Unfortunatly I found myself constantly remembering characters from Eddings previous books and it seems as if all that has been changed is the characters names i.e Flute-Emmy Sparhawk-Althalus, Andine-Ehlana etc etc. If, however, you have not read any of David Eddings books before then this would probably be a good one to start on as it will seem like a fresh and innovative story. Being an Eddings fan however I will still buy his books when they come out but i feel that if he is to remain as popular as he is he<and she> need to try and put some fresh ideas into their novels to keep old and new fans alike entertained.
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