- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Voyager; (Reissue) edition (2 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002246171
- ISBN-13: 978-0002246170
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.8 x 5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 896,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Katharine Kerr's SF novel Snare is an enjoyable, intelligent adventure set on a long-colonised planet whose history, ecology and communities are full of puzzling contradictions. Tantalising answers emerge but lead to greater mysteries. One society is Islamic, not the Islam we know but a splinter cult changed by the teachings of the Second and Third Prophets, softened by 800 years of adaptation to this world. Believers are sympathetically treated but their ruler the Great Khan is wrecking the economy with greed and bloodthirsty paranoia.
So regime change is indicated--there are secret plans to lure a forgotten Khan heir out of exile. This means long travel over grasslands dominated by horse-riding tribes whose female shamans practise magic--a magic which, underpinned by ancient technology and bioengineering, really works. One tribe is infiltrated by a member of the Khan's dread secret police the Chosen, who have strange, shameful talents of their own. Hazards en route include the ChaMeech, feared lizard-folk who are this world's original natives, with ecological and political crises of their own. Above circle light-points in the sky known as the Riders--certain forms of magical location and communication function only after the Riders have risen and before they set. One fanatical "sorcerer" wants to get back up there again, into orbit.
Who is the voice in the shaman's crystal, calling herself Water Woman? How is it that the sorcerer is remembered by some as greyly middle-aged, seen by others as young? What's the significance of countless tribal taboos or Banes, such as the rule against disturbing the glistening "spirit pearls" found in rivers? Are the splendid legends of the human First Settlers all lies, invented for excellent reasons which may no longer apply?
Kerr's characters are believable and likeable--they clash, change and grow as layers of mystery are peeled away. All ends satisfyingly. --David Langford
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‘Kerr does a marvellous job … a compelling standalone fantasy’ Dreamwatch
‘Kerr is a worldbuilder of the greatest ability and imagination’ The Alien Online
Praise for Katharine Kerr:
‘Kerr is a master of her trade… She has created a world that might very well go on for ever, and this one reader sincerely hopes it does’ Vector
‘One of the top fantasists of her generation’ Interzone
‘An unusually scholarly writer of fantasy.’ Telegraph
‘Much as I dislike comparing anything to The Lord of the Rings, I have to admit that on this occasion it’s justified.’ Interzone
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Snare is one of those books that works. The characters are believable and interesting, you care about them, and the plot is both interesting and enjoyable. I *really* wanted to know what was going to happen next.
As always the balance between descriptive text and plot narrative is well balanced... we get just the right amount of information to understand what's going on and don't get bogged down in pointless detail. The characters leap from the page, and the scenery unfolds around them.
I was expecting a great book, being a long time reader of the Deverry series and Katharine Kerr's other novels, and I wasn't disappointed. I couldn't stop reading it and lugged it about with me wherever I went until I'd finished.
Highly recommended to everyone, even people who would normally avoid the sf/fantasy genre.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The first few pages of this book I found rather dull, but after about page ten I was hooked. The book is about the Kazraki, Idres Warkannan, and his nephew Arkazo, who travel with a sorcerer across the Plains to Cantan to get back Jezro Khan, the Great Khan's younger brother. The Great Khan is basically evil and corrupt, and Kazrak needs Jezro to save them, otherwise pretty much everyone will slip into poverty. The Great Khan is suspicious of what Warkannan and Arkazo are ding, so he sends a member of the Chosen (a group of assassins) after them.
I loved this book - I read it in about 4 days. I barely put it down. It combines all the elements needed to make a good book - fantasy, mystery, romance and humour. I hughly recommend that you buy this book.
I loved this book - I read it in about 4 days. I barely put it down. It combines all the elements needed to make a good book - fantasy, mystery, romance and humour. I hughly recommend that you buy this book.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a great fan of this author's works; her Deverry books are some of my favourite re-reads. Snare is a change in style & content, but not too far to make it unpalatable. There are parallels with another series of fantasy books, but I won't expand that because it would spoil the enjoyment of reading this book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good stand-alone fantasy story
I really enjoyed this book so I would recommend it to people. A good stand-alone. Strictly not suitable for children.
Published on 1 Mar 2008 by Cherry
Slow starter, but worth the effort
Unusually with Katharine Kerr, I found this book quite hard to get into initially. Something of a slow starter, around a third of the way in, I suddenly found myself hooked. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2004 by Red
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