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The Stone Light (Flowing Queen Trilogy) (Paperback)

by Kai Meyer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd (1 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405216409
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405216401
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 95,443 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Meyer's second entry in this surreal German fantasy has interesting concepts, but average prose. Merle speeds away from besieged Venice on the back of Vermithrax, a flying obsidian lion. The Flowing Queen, Venice's protective spirit whose essence currently lives inside Merle, offers commentary as they fly down into Hell, where Merle hopes to enlist aid from Lord Light. Back in Venice, Serafin joins a rebel band to battle Egypt's invading mummy soldiers. Helped by a sphinx, they attempt to assassinate the ruling Pharaoh. Merle's experience in Hell has an evocatively somber and oppressive atmosphere. She encounters massive stone heads whizzing through the air, insect-like creatures with grotesque shapes and a surgeon replacing hearts with glowing stone. Lord Light's real identity reveals a new enemy, more frightening than the conquering Egyptians or any individual: the Stone Light, craving new societies to conquer a la IT from A Wrinkle in Time. Meyer's prose style can feel aloof and awkward; however, the complex loyalties and unusual settings are memorable. (Fantasy. 11-14) (Kirkus Reviews)

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Merle, the Flowing Queen and Vermithrax the stone lion are flying to ask Lord Light for help to save Venice. As they soar over the ravaged landscape, they see Egyptians raising the dead to add to their mummy armies. They plunge into the depths of Hell, only to discover that Lord Light is not who he seems, and that Junipa has had a terrible operation performed on her. But perhaps the unknown power of the Stone Light - radiating intensity from the centre of Hell - can help them escape? They can only hope so as they flee the enraged inhabitants of Hell...Meanwhile, in a Venice overrun with mummies, Serafin the Master Thief has to turn Master Assassin. His target - the Pharoah himself. With a powerful sphinx and a mermaid on his side, can this daring plot possibly succeed?
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars this series just gets better, 1 May 2006
Fantastic read. I didn't think this would be better than the first but it is. An excellent alternative to the usual Harry Potter reads. Great stuff.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 18 Dec 2006
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Stone Light (Dark Reflections) (Hardcover)
WARNING: This book is the second in a trilogy.

Okay, so maybe I'm the only one who missed that. When I finally figured it out (the words "Book Two" on the cover were a good clue), I had to run out and buy the first one, THE WATER MIRROR. I read that one as fast as possible, so I could get to this one. The first book was fantastic and ended with a huge cliffhanger. If I hadn't already had this second book in my possession, I probably would have been quite frustrated. My point being, read THE WATER MIRROR first! There is a certain amount of knowledge that is assumed in THE STONE LIGHT. You might be okay without it, but the story certainly makes more sense with it. Also, if you haven't read THE WATER MIRROR yet, but intend to do so, you might want to stop reading this now.

Vermithrax, the flying stone lion, Merle, the orphan girl, and the Flowing Queen, who rather defies description, have escaped from Venice and the Egyptian army. Their troubles are far from behind them, though. If they want to save Venice, they'll have to locate the only possible ally they can think of, Lord Light. After the things the people of Venice did to Lord Light's messenger, though, he might not be so willing to help. Even if he does, what will be the cost? Before they can even really worry about all of that, they'll have to get to him. He makes his home at the bottom of Hell.

Back in Venice there is a small but strong rebellion growing. The kind of rebellion that could make enemies into friends, and even, just maybe, succeed. Provided the leader of the rebellion doesn't turn out to be the biggest enemy of all.

This is a good book, but I really wanted it to be a great book, like I thought the first one was. The characters are wonderfully, fully realized, the adventures are adventurous, the story progresses... It's just a very typical second book. There are more new questions than there are answers to the original questions and it feels like everything is just being set up for book three. Perhaps after the next book I can give you a different opinion of the trilogy as a whole. It's kind of like Star Wars, the old ones; everyone has an opinion of the separate movies, which is different from the whole.

Reviewed by: Carrie Spellman
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Stone Light, 18 Nov 2007
By S. Abel "bookworm" (Midlands UK) - See all my reviews
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I agree with Teensreadtoo. You do need to have read the first book of the trilogy (The Flowing Queen in the UK) before reading this one. It does seem to be a typical second book of a trilogy and lacks the impact of the first. That said, the fantasy setting of Hell is very evocatively described and the action moves on fairly fast, switching between the exploits of Merle and Vermithrax in Hell and the boy Serafin and his companions who continue their quest to overthrow the Egyptians in Venice.

Boys should not be put off by the fact that the heroine is a girl. There's plenty to appeal to boys in this story - fast pursuits, fantastic creatures, fights with mummies and a twist in the tale.

I hope the third book lives up to the promise of the first one.
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