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Quicksilver Rising (Paperback)

by Stan Nicholls (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager (4 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007141491
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007141494
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 922,291 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Quicksilver Rising opens the new "Quicksilver" fantasy trilogy by Stan Nicholls, best known for the "Orcs" sequence that rehabilitated those traditional bad guys as quest heroes in their own right.

In this Fantasyland, there's a standoff between unpleasant empires run along police-state lines, with "paladins" as heavy enforcers, brutal suppression of awkward truths, and zero human rights for the people in the street. One lunatic prince forever flees Death in a magic floating palace that wanders through his realm, uncaringly crushing farmhouses and orchards that get in the way. All this spawns a highly organised Resistance crossing imperial borders, whose long-term plans--most unusually--do not involve armed uprising. Meanwhile, far away, a warlord called Zerreiss is gobbling up townships, promising freedom, and seems to have the advantage of some mysterious affinity with this world's (literal) underground channels of magic.

Nicholls assembles a motley crew of misfits: a woman enforcer disgraced for insisting on the truth, a warrior from a despised race who's afflicted with an odd blessing-cum-curse, a wizard's apprentice whose master was murdered by paladins and who proves to have a very special talent, an unwilling prostitute on the run, and a famous tenor singer. All end up together in the Resistance, where they're drawn into highly illegal schemes to raise money and to sabotage the imperial record system with its dossiers on known dissidents. On the other side, the state has adapted magical glamours into tools of surveillance, oppression and torment, while even the rebel outfit is plagued with embedded spies.

Against this interesting background, there are numerous set-pieces of fast-paced but routine fantasy action: many sword fights, daring assaults on fortified houses, raids and rescues, Indiana Jones-style booby traps, and--something that now seems to be contractually required in commercial fantasy--a desperate flight through stinking sewers. This is all good fun, though, and the pages turn fast. --David Langford



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'Nicholls tells a story into which the reader is dragged as willing victim. He has an eye for action and character, keeps the pace high, plot finely tuned and pages turning; and in Quicksilver Rising has delivered a hugely entertaining read.' James Barclay
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Judging a book by its cover, 8 Feb 2005
This review is from: Quicksilver Rising (Quicksilver Trilogy) (Paperback)
They say never to judge a book by its cover, but that is exactly what I did. I saw the cover of this book on the back of The Third Alternitive magazine two years ago and thought that it would be something I would like. And I was right. This is an excellent book, one of the best in recent years.

It enters into the action straight away and is fast-paced, clever and sharp all the way through. The sequenses describing fights are breath-taking, superbly well written. The characters are well formed and believable. The story is the first in a trilogy, but it doesn't leave you feeling empty. You know you've read a book as it gets right into the story from the begining and stays there.

The use of magic as (possibly) a symbol of money, greed, power in modern life is a great stroke.

A most enjoyable read. Recomended.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Must read!, 31 Oct 2006
By Pieter W. lak (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quicksilver Rising (Quicksilver Trilogy) (Paperback)
Quicksilver Rising
Book one in the Quicksilver Trilogy
Stan J. Nicholls

Quicksilver Rising is the first book in the Quicksilver Trilogy. The main character of the book is named Reeth Caldason. Reeth is the last remaining warrior of his tribe who were massacred decades ago. Since he has been cursed with an uncontrollable rage which is a danger for his enemies and friends alike he's wandering around the world. His quest: find a cure for his curse and avenge the death of his fellow tribesman.

In the beginning of the book Reeth meets the young apprentice wizard named Kutch. Kutch master has just been murdered by a group of paladins, the so called guardians of the law. The young wizard seems to now more about a solution to Reeths problem. Teaming up they move out to the capitol city of Bhealfa in search of a secret magical society unaware of the dangers in front of them.

After writing "The Nightshade Chronicles" Stan Nicholls has succeeded in evolving as a writer. This is high fantasy as it should be written. As always Stan knows how to keep his readers turning pages wanting to know what will happen next.

Really enjoyed this one, can't wait to start reading part two of the trilogy. Might just be even better then Stan Nicholls much acclaimed "Orcs".

Pieter W. Lak

31 october 2006
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4.0 out of 5 stars QUICK SILVER TRILOGY, 6 Dec 2005
This review is from: Quicksilver Rising (Quicksilver Trilogy) (Paperback)
i don't think i have every enjoyed a book quite as much as this. Slightly slow to start with but after about chapter 5 i couldn't put it down. the use of magic is excellent and the author has a great way of making you feel like you are really there watching from the outside. The second book was equally as addictive and i am really looking forward to the third book in march.
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