- Hardcover: 496 pages
- Publisher: Daw Books (5 July 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0756403863
- ISBN-13: 978-0756403867
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,796,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Katharine Kerr and the Deverry novels:
‘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
‘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
‘An extensive and complete world, whose endlessly fascinating details grow book by book’ Starlog
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.Product Description
Book twelve of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.
The powerful dweomermaster Nevyn has been reincarnated, but young Neb knows nothing of his previous life. Orphaned following a cholera epidemic, Neb and his younger brother arrive at the desolate farm of their last living relative and soon learn that a worse plague lurks beyond the western border of Deverry.
The savage Horsekin tribes, spurred on by their new goddess, Alshandra, are raiding the villages and taking slaves as the first step in their plans to destroy both the nomadic Westfolk and the Deverrian farmers. Neb finds love and danger as he and his soulmate Branna are drawn inexorably into a war for the survival of the kingdom itself.
Although they have powerful allies in the Westfolk dweomermasters Dallandra and Salamander, they are also facing mighty enemies, enemies that they have fought before in the past lives that they no longer remember…
Intricately interweaving human and elvish history over several hundred years, Katharine Kerr's enthralling and moving tale of extraordinary characters living their many lives through exceptional times is epic fantasy on truly a grand scale.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I went on Katharine Kerr's website a couple of weeks ago, and it had along extract from the beginning of the book. I read it, and it wasamazing. It sees Nevyn and Jill reborn, but the same age and - after 500years - they finally fall in love and begin to discover their dweomerpowers together. Cullyn (previously Gerraent) is also reborn, and he fallsin love with the reincarnated Jill. We see Rhodry briefly in his newdragon form and Salamander non-crazy. Even though I've only read a smallamount of it, this book promises to be one of the best so far.
Format:Paperback
Great book, follows the original story well, even though the characters change each book. Just need her to hurry up and finish the rest now!
Format:Paperback
Ms Kerr does not dissapoint with her next instalment into the Land of Deverry. Her characters are still origionally 3 dimensional, and her style of writting is still so realistic that you can hear, see, and smell what is happening. Still the best Fantasy author out there
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With this book Katharine Kerr is starting a new phase in the Deverry story. We move on fifty years or so from the climactic ending of The Fire Dragon, and times have changed. Read more
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At long last
Having ben a fan of Kerr's for many years, it's been a joy to read Dragonmage 4, The Golden Falcon. The author describes her characters and their environment so vividly and in such... Read more
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