- Paperback: 624 pages
- Publisher: Voyager (17 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000710846X
- ISBN-13: 978-0007108466
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,692,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The heroic fantasy novels of Sarah Douglass--and The Wounded Hawk is typical in this respect--are deeply in love with moral ambiguities and with heroes keep on trying to find the right thing to do despite the fact they often unclear about the situations they find themselves in. Like its predecessor in "The Crucible" series, The Nameless Day, The Wounded Hawk takes place in a truncated late Middle Ages in which the deposition of Richard the Second, the Peasant's Revolt and the career of Joan of Arc are taking place in the same time frame; Douglass's neurotic warrior-priest hero Thomas Neville is deeply caught up in the intrigues of a Bolingbroke who is something other than human. Like Joan, Thomas regularly has chats with the angels; unlike her, he has learned to distrust them deeply and cast his loyalties elsewhere. This second book takes the premises of the first book and places an ever more complex spin on them; Douglass is sparing with her revelations to a point that makes us genuinely keep guessing what the real truth is about the relationship of heaven, hell and earth, and exactly which characters are human or authentically semi-divine.--Roz Kaveney
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Praise for previous books in The Axis Trilogy:
‘BattleAxe is the best Australian fantasy novel I’ve experienced to date.’
Martin Livings, Eidolon
‘Enchanter is utterly enthralling and unputdownable.’
Karen Brooks, OzLit
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I started this book and was sooo unsure of whom to trust in the book, I stopped at the end of the first chapter and raced out and bought the first in the series, _The Nameless Day_. While _ND_ set the scene, I hadn't realised that Ms Douglass was screwing with my brain. Her narrators are unreliable; everyone's morally ambiguous.
It makes you question religion (a good thing, right?); it makes you think about the nature of love/marriage; and for all those angel lovers out there (gag) this makes you think there are bad ones too--or are they bad?
I set this book in one of the University courses I teach--my students love it too. Can't wait for the next one--and I HATE fantasy books...but this one is multi-layered and multi textured. Great research Sara--keep them coming.
It makes you question religion (a good thing, right?); it makes you think about the nature of love/marriage; and for all those angel lovers out there (gag) this makes you think there are bad ones too--or are they bad?
I set this book in one of the University courses I teach--my students love it too. Can't wait for the next one--and I HATE fantasy books...but this one is multi-layered and multi textured. Great research Sara--keep them coming.
Warning: if you found Harry Potter's books satanic/offensive DO NOT buy this one :)
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Following on from the Nameless Day, Thomas continues his mission to rid the world (or perhaps just England) of the devil. Hampered by King Richard who takes a dislike to our hero, and through Hal's desire for the throne, the devil in the story is not who Thomas thinks it is....
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sara Douglass's new book "The Wounded Hawk" is both fascinating, but also confusing. It continues the story of Thomas Neville and of Joan of Arc, beloved of God, in their Battle against evil. It contains the rich writing of Douglass, with its fascinating settings and people. However it bears no relation to historical reality (to which the author bears wittness too in the prologue of her first book). The book also loses its plot and descends into confusing counter plot as the book develops. Gone are the reassuring good-vs. evil of "The Nameless Day", now there is no reality, just confusing sub-plot piled upon sub-plot. Where, one asks, will it all end?
This is, as I said above a fascinating read, however, it does need tightening up a little. To read this book however, a good knowledge of the Nameless Day and of Middle Ages/ Reformation history is essential because of the Charectors.
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