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Inquisition is as effective a second volume of a trilogy as Heretic was an opener; Anselm Audley recomplicates his take on political intrigue and the role of religion with some real understanding of the mechanics and psychology of power. His Hamlet-like narrator-hero Cathan is ineffectual because of his rational virtues, but some of the villains who walk all over him have hardly less brilliance; his friend turned fanatic enemy the Inquisitor Sarhaddon is a gifted orator whose subtle misrepresentation of historical fact, backed as it is with overwhelming brutal force, provides a goodish reason for many minor characters to capitulate to his church. The magician/emperor Orosius sneers at Cathan as he tortures him from afar for indecisiveness and respect for others--Cathan's reaction is to worry about whether his family resemblance to Orosius indicates some moral corruption yet to surface in him. Even Cathan's female allies, Palatine and Ravenna, get irritated with his reasonableness from time to time. Audley's sequence works some interesting spins on stock sf and fantasy tropes; what makes it interesting, though, is the worried sceptical tone of its narrator. Not only the plot here, but the style, are effectively character-driven. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A world as well-realised as DUNE, from a teenage sensation On the storm-wracked waterworld of Aquasilva, supreme religious power is held by the Domain, dedicated to the element Fire. But this must change. One of the agents of change - albeit unwillingly - is Cathan, son of a count, who travels to inform his father of the discovery on a cache of iron in their territory. But on the way to the clan congress which his father is attending, Cathan stumbles upon a plot to unleash a new age of fundamentalism. As new alliances are made, Cathan and his allies also discover dissidents ('heretics' in the Domain's eyes) and begin to see the truths behind the political and religious beliefs which drive their land - and their world. All across the world, change is being fought and ruthlessly suppressed by the Domain and its holy warriors, the Sacri. A weapon must be forged to fight them, and Cathan discovers at first hand how long and difficult that struggle will be. An outstanding fantasy novel, with echoes of Frank Herbert's Dune sequence, introduces one of the genre's most exciting voices of the new millenium. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Inquisition is as effective a second volume of a trilogy as Heretic was an opener; Anselm Audley recomplicates his take on political intrigue and the role of religion with some real understanding of the mechanics and psychology of power. His Hamlet-like narrator-hero Cathan is ineffectual because of his rational virtues, but some of the villains who walk all over him have hardly less brilliance; his friend turned fanatic enemy the Inquisitor Sarhaddon is a gifted orator whose subtle misrepresentation of historical fact, backed as it is with overwhelming brutal force, provides a goodish reason for many minor characters to capitulate to his church. The magician/emperor Orosius sneers at Cathan as he tortures him from afar for indecisiveness and respect for others--Cathan's reaction is to worry about whether his family resemblance to Orosius indicates some moral corruption yet to surface in him. Even Cathan's female allies, Palatine and Ravenna, get irritated with his reasonableness from time to time. Audley's sequence works some interesting spins on stock sf and fantasy tropes; what makes it interesting, though, is the worried sceptical tone of its narrator. Not only the plot here, but the style, are effectively character-driven. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A world as well-realised as DUNE, from a teenage sensation On the storm-wracked waterworld of Aquasilva, supreme religious power is held by the Domain, dedicated to the element Fire. But this must change. One of the agents of change - albeit unwillingly - is Cathan, son of a count, who travels to inform his father of the discovery on a cache of iron in their territory. But on the way to the clan congress which his father is attending, Cathan stumbles upon a plot to unleash a new age of fundamentalism. As new alliances are made, Cathan and his allies also discover dissidents ('heretics' in the Domain's eyes) and begin to see the truths behind the political and religious beliefs which drive their land - and their world. All across the world, change is being fought and ruthlessly suppressed by the Domain and its holy warriors, the Sacri. A weapon must be forged to fight them, and Cathan discovers at first hand how long and difficult that struggle will be. An outstanding fantasy novel, with echoes of Frank Herbert's Dune sequence, introduces one of the genre's most exciting voices of the new millenium. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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