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The Ascendancy Veil: Book Three of the Braided Path: Ascendancy Veil Bk. 3 (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)

by Chris Wooding (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (11 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575077697
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575077690
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 86,340 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The war that is tearing apart the ancient Empire of Saramyr is reaching its apocalyptic conclusion. The Weavers have stepped from the shadows and taken control, the capital is a demon-haunted nightmare, the land ridden by pestilence. New, terrifying demons, immune to all but magic, have been unleashed on the cities and armies of the resistance movement. And the Aberrant hordes are seemingly without end. As the madness of the weavers takes hold their tactics become even more crazed and bloody, and thousands are dying on both sides. Someone must stop the weavers, someone must discover the secrets of what lies at the bottom of the massive pits they have dug across Saramyr. This is the final volume of what has proved to be one of the most original, exotic and exciting epic fantasies of the 21st century. Chris Wooding melds an extraordinary imagination with deft characterisation and a flair for gripping plots.


About the Author

Chris Wooding is only 28 yet he has already signed his first Hollywood film deal, been nominated for the Smarties award. He is the author of, amongst others, the Broken Sky series, The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and Poison. He studied English Literature at Sheffield and plays lead guitar in a band.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good ending to this series, 20 Dec 2005
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This review is from: The Ascendancy Veil: Book Three of the Braided Path: Ascendancy Veil Bk. 3 (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
The cover of the book claims that Wooding brings originality and exotisism to the world of fantasy through "The Braided Path" series. I both agree and disagree with this statement. There is all of the old stuff that deals with psychic abilities that reveal themselves in different manners in different people. What's new here is that many of the "Aberrants" are unlike other people physically. Some of them have gills and others have claws. "Normal" people deal with the physically deviant aberrants as they always have - through burnings, ostracism and other forms of cruelty. The irony of it all is that these aberrants have been created by the "Weavers", normal people who through bearing special masks have the power of entering the "Weave". The weavers are the worst persecutors.

In this book all loose ends are tied. Kaiku, Tsata, Asara, Mishani, Cailin and Lucia all find their paths in life.

Tsata returns to Saramyr, only to discover that the war is going on in full. He has brought with him 1000 Tkiurathi to aid in the rebellion against the Weavers. Kaiku is still with the Red Sisters, where she has increased her abilities greatly. But she is becoming disaffected with the Red Sisters, suspecting them of having less than noble goals if they win the war. Lucia is still in the grip of Cailin (the head of the Red Sisters). She is manipulated into bringing the spirits (whatever they are) into the battle. But this cannot be achieved without great cost.

Mishani and Asara are with Reki (the brother of the previous empress) - Asara as his wife and Mishani as an ambassador. Both feel the need of going back to Kaiku and the Order so they might know how to deal with their paths onward.

While the book was good, it did not bring many surprises. Perhaps I have read too many fantasy books for any of them to bring anything really new into the genre. The Ascendancy Veil was not able to keep my undivided attention. I had no difficulty putting it down and it did not keep me up reading. I did finish it though and that is something that I do less and less as time passes. So it does deserve its 3, but a 4 would be going too high.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, 22 May 2006
This review is from: The Ascendancy Veil: Book Three of the Braided Path: Ascendancy Veil Bk. 3 (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)
The Ascendancy Veil finishes off one of the best fantasy trilogies I ever read. And what an ending! There's no cop-outs here. Everything is tied up perfectly, and the ending is not your standard hero-walks-into-the-sunset thing we've seen a million times before. The Braided Path trilogy was the most original fantasy story I read in a long, long time, with no dragons or wizards or any Tolkein copycat stuff but a completely new and detailed world that really sucked you in. Brilliant!
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