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The Lord of Necrond (The Book of Ond) (Paperback)

by Jane Welch (Author)
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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Earthlight (7 Feb 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671773461
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671773465
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 135,843 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The third of Jane Welch's Book of Ond trilogy, The Lord of Necrond combines high adventure and terrifying scenes of magical torture with a deeply moralised sense of responsibility to the environment. Corruption has spread to the afterlife (the wolfman of the earlier books has bribed one of his immortal judges); and is universal on earth (from endless betrayals of kin to incessant warfare and the pollution of the skies with the smoke from armourer's forges). Welch's central characters are deeply flawed individuals--Hal rarely thinks before using his strong sword-arm and his nephew Caspar, controller of the magic stone Necrond, has yet to learn the difference between caution and cowardly abstention from action. The process whereby they learn better is costly for them and those around them and it is never guaranteed until the end that they will succeed in saving their native land from the many threats that surround it. The obviously strong influences on Welch--Celtic mythology and the classic fantasies of George MacDonald--are combined with an entirely modern sensibility; at her best, she combines a dream-like sense of menace and occasional joy with some real moral toughness when her characters have to make the right choices. --Roz Kaveney


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Last volume of the Book of Ond. After the events of "The Bard of Castaguard", the young lords of Torra Alta must fight the evil in themselves as well as those who - through deadly steel, treachery or magic - seek to destroy them and the entire kingdom. The trinity of priestesses must be reformed.

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, 15 Nov 2003
I'd love to review this book but a quick look at the entry on Amazon will reveal why I can't. There is no price so Amazon won't order it - perhaps they want to sell the second hand one they advertise for over £80 first.
Don't both complaining to the publishers. Their website for contact doesn't work - it rejects all valid email addresses.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Sound conclusion to "Book of Ond" trilogy, 5 April 2001
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I was equally delighted and frustrated by this book, and indeed the whole Book of Ond trilogy.

The main stregnth of this book is the wonderful cultivation of the central characters' personalities, and the interplay between them. The ongoing rivalry between Hal and Spar is mirrored superbly by the development of May as a central figure from her position of a fringe player in the preceeding Runespell trilogy, and her relationship with Brid. In this series Jane Welch has created some of the most memorable and likeable characters in recent fantasy fiction.

Where I feel Ms. Welch fails to replicate the excellence of the Runespell trilogy is in the area of plot. Whilst Lord of Necrond and indeed the entire trilogy fulfills the essential criteria of all good fantasy series' I cannot help but feel that Ms. Welch has crammed too many events into this trilogy, whilst simultaneously failing to spend adequate time on most of them. There are several instances of events (both good and bad) which befall our intrepid characters and are resolved within a single chapter of the book. I would have enjoyed this book more if there had been fewer such events, but more time devoted to each. In this respect I prefer the works of such writers as Tad Williams, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan and J. V. Jones, who have perfected the use of periods of relative plot/character inactivity as counterpoint to their important plot events and discoveries.

That said, Jane Welch does conclude the book very well and wraps up a number of themes which run throughout the trilogy, whilst leaving sufficient loose ends for possible future development..............

Overall, this book will delight Jane Welch's legions of devoted fans and will not disapoint any reader of fantasy fiction. However, to those who have not yet discovered Jane Welch, I would strongly recommend they read the superior Runespell trilogy.

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