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The Diamond Warriors (The EA Cycle) (Hardcover)

by David Zindell (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager; Library edition edition (1 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0002247615
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002247610
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 770,370 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for Neverness: 'Zindell makes you think' New Scientist 'Philip K. Dick would have been proud to conjure up such philiosophies' Manchester Evening News 'A thick, lush, vivid, panoramic view of evolved humans in an evolving universe far in the future' Twilight Zone 'Excellent hard science fiction! a brilliant novel' Orson Scott Card, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction


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From the author of Neverness comes a powerful epic fantasy series, the Ea Cycle, as rich as Tolkien and as magical as the Arthurian myths. This is the climactic final volume. The world of Ea is an ancient world settled in eons past by the Star People. However, their ancestors floundered in their purpose to create a great stellar civilisation on the new planet: they fell into moral decay. Now a champion has been born who will lead them back to greatness, by means of a spiritual -- and adventurous -- quest for Ea's Grail: the Lightstone. His name is Valashu Elahad, and he is destined to become King. Blessed (or cursed?) with an empathy for all living things, he will lead his people into the lands of Morjin, into the heart of darkness, wielding a magical sword called Alkadadur, there to recover the mythical Lightstone and return in triumph with his prize. But Morjin is not to be vanquished so easily! This is the fourth and final volume of the epic Ea Cycle. The battle will be fought, mysteries unravelled, the courage of Valashu tested to its limit. The reason the Valari came to Ea from the stars will be made known.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A stale end to an increasingly poor series, 28 Jan 2009
This review is from: The Diamond Warriors (The EA Cycle) (Paperback)
This isn't the review I wanted to write as I am a definite David Zindell fan. Neverness was a magnificent achievement and the Requiem for Homo Sapiens an even greater one. Those four books married space opera, mathematics and philosophy with genuine literary prowess. They were amongst science fictions best works in recent decades.
His Lightstone novels? They have been a sad case of diminishing returns. The opening book (Lightstone) was at least a nicely written entertainment. Yes its characters felt like knock offs from Zindell's earlier works and the plot felt too mechanical (a quest to get magic stones to confront the greatest of evils (hmmm I'm sure I've seen that in final fantasy 1-6)) but the writing was so good that for most of the long sweep of that epic I could forget these short comings and simply enjoy what I was reading. However with each successive volume it became clear that Zindell was bereft of any good or new ideas of how to continue the story. By this final one I have to admit much of what I'm reading feels like outright plagiarism. I've little doubt that his apologists will tell me that the plot elements and conceits lifted directly from Lord of the Rings are meant to be an homage to that work. I don't buy it. I'd have taken that as a reasonable view when discussing the similarity of the character of Bardo in the Neverness to Shakespeare's Falstaff, but this is going way to far for me to be so easily accepting.
As I say this is all a real pity because Zindell can write and write beautifully. He has a rare gift for truly gorgeous prose. I hope he writes again, and will read whatever he publishes, but I'm fearful that what was once the brightest talent in the speculative firmament has now burnt out.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good read but not in the same league as the Neverness series , 12 Jan 2009
By nergelag (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
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Having fought my way through and enjoyed the previous three books in the Ea Cycle, I felt a little let down by this final book. From the writer's point of view I guess it was probably hard to avoid a fairly predictable conclusion to the series - find the Maitraya after innumerable close shaves and deprivations, have final battle with Morjin, win against all odds and live happily ever after. Zindell's style of describing the events through the experiences of Valashu is also a bit limiting, restricting his ability to add depth to the other characters and reducing the plot to a single storyline.

The Neverness series rates amongst the best SciFi I have ever read and whilst I would happily reccommend the Ea Cycle series as a good read, its not really in the same league as his earlier work.
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2.0 out of 5 stars David, it is time to move beyond first person perspective..., 4 Jun 2007
By The Ringess (Australia) - See all my reviews
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I am a one-eyed fan of David Zindell. He is a superb writer in a genre not noted for its literary contribution. He is a convincing world-creator. And his expansion of consciousness themes gels nicely with my own mystical humanism. But, dear oh dear, this book is a lost opportunity. And most of it comes down to first person narrative. What do I mean? The strength of the earlier books arise from the main protagonist and his relationship with his fellow questers. And yet in this book (which is clearly expected to bring a conclusion to matters) much of the climax occurs with the main character immersed in a battle so huge that he cannot possibly keep on eye on how his friends tackle their own challeneges. The outcome? Some of the key storylines/antagonisms/questions are answered away from his narrative, often to the extent of the outcomes feeling brushed over or poorly thought through. What a let down after four books. Perhaps an even worse sin than this: the story of the Maitreya is handled brutally and shallowly by Zindell in a manner I am not used to seeing him adopt. There are ways to crescendo tension that can make the heart pound, and the eyes tear. But any follower of this series is likely to be stunned at the sheer insipidness of the what happens to the Maitreya at the climax. I am speechless and, yes, that is a pun.

That said, seeing the Valari kings reach out as one and tell Valaushu that THEY are his brothers - brothers of the spirit - was almost worth the other foolishness. Almost, but not quite.

Such a shame.
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