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The Knight of the Demon Queen (Paperback)

by Barbara Hambly (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager (2 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006483739
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006483731
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 697,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The second follow-up to Barbara Hambly's enormously successful Dragonsbane. John Aversin and Jenny have returned to the Winterlands, where Jenny's depression has deepened. Unable to help their son, Ian, through his own grief over separation from his demon, she returns alone to Frost Fell. Then, together with the great Black Dragon Morkeleb, they journey south to investigate rumours that someone has been raising the dead. Meanwhile, John is drawn into a dangerous bargain with the Demon Queen, whose formidable powers force John to begin a journey that will take him through a series of magical and terrifying Hells. Soon, John finds himself embroiled in worlds where he is clearly out of his depth, worlds inhabited by malevolent demons whose dark agenda sees them imprisoning the souls of the innocent in a bid for complete domination of both Man and Dragon.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I wish I'd known that this was part of a series., 20 July 2001
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Having enjoyed "Dragonsbane" I was excited about a sequel,"Dragonshadow",but I was unprepared for the lack of a resolution at the end. Seeing "Knight of the Demon King" I hoped to have some loose ends tied. It was a better book than "Dragonshadow" (I can only take so much mindnumbing awfullness) The Hell of Walls was a fascinating place.There seemed a glimmer of hope for Jenny's healing and her relationship with John. I found the whole book a real page turner. However I couln't believe it when I got to the end and found..another cliffhanger. Surely it would not be too difficult to put "Second of a trilogy" or similar on the cover.
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3.0 out of 5 stars disappointing sequel, but good bits, 6 Jun 2007
By Elsie Piddock (Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Knight of the Demon Queen (Mass Market Paperback)
Dragonsbane was an amazing book, and a little while ago I happily acquired the 2 sequels Dragonshadow and Knight of the Demon Queen. I read Dragonshadow which had far too much about demons rather than dragons, and seemed rather uneven. I delayed reading this one as I didn't want more demon stuff! but have now done so.
It reads a bit like a book Barbara Hambly didn't want to write. There was some interesting stuff about Jenny - the witch in Dragonsbane who got much more magic in Dragonshadow and then lost it at the end - going through the menopause. Some of the action seemed really surreal and there were certainly inconsistencies with the first book. It rather came to life when John Aversin (Thane of the Winterlands and partner cum husband to Jenny, father of their now 3 children) ended up going through various hells to a futuristic city land (aka Hell of Walls but not truly a hell) more analagous to our world. He was befriended by a group of nerds who wanted to be wizards. Meanwhile Jenny was off trying to rid herself of demon possession memories and save her son and others, sometime turning back into a dragon, finding demon possession problems all over the place. She returned to prince Gareth to warn him about the demons but then seemed to completely forget about this and move on to trying to deal with a plague - I won't tell you about the ending but don't expect to enjoy it!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Well written, not for the suicidal, 21 Jun 2002
By A. Chalklen - See all my reviews
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I like Barbara Hambly's books. She writes very well and evokes her characters and the worlds so that you can empathise with them. Her characterisation of a latter day America as the Hell of Walls is powerful, but I couldn't really get into this book compared with her others.

While not quite in the Michael Moorcock or David Gemmel league of wiping out 99% of the population, her books do tend to be fairly depressing for about two thirds of their length before evil is finally overcome.

Unfortunately, this one tends to take it to extremes. I like to see the good guys winning some of the time. If I was of a suicidal nature I would probably have topped myself by the end.

If there had been an end....

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bleak but fascinating
Knight of the Demon Queen continues the darker trend begun in Dragonshadow and is at times difficult to read. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Grim but logical progression of story begun in Dragonshadow
With a cliffhanger ending for both storylines, one hopes this is not the last book of the series. I did find it hard to read, particularly the struggles of Jenn to come to terms... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Hard to finish.
Hambly has definitely lost her touch. Dragonbane has wit, humour & interesting characters. This has none of these. Read more
Published on 26 July 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Surely things can't get worse for John and Jenny ....
I wish that Barbara Hambly had not written sequels to Dragonsbane which is a lovely book and obviously written as a single. Read more
Published on 7 May 2000

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