Empire in Black and Gold
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780230736481 (0230736483)
Publish date: July 25th 2008
Publisher: Tor Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Childrens,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
Juvenile,
Steampunk,
Heroic Fantasy,
Sword And Sorcery
Series: Shadows of the Apt (#1)
Series: Shadows of the Apt #1 After reading Children of Time, I wanted to read some of Tchaikovsky’s other stuff, and especially for an early novel this was quite good. It’s also the start to a massive ten-book series. This world is populated by a multitude of human races with insect and arachni...
It's not the book, it's me.This story just didn't work for me. I didn't care enough about the characters and honestly I put it down and picked it up several times and it was a bit of a trudge through it. I don't think that I would be a good reader for the rest of the series. I will look for the aut...
Mam słabość do kiczowatych okładek powieści fantastycznych. Naprawdę. A wzięło się to stąd, że zaczęłam czytać tego typu literaturę, gdy w Polsce skończyła się szarobura komuna i wydawnictwa zaczęły kusić kolorem z półek księgarskich. Byłam naprawdę młodą nastolatką i do dziś pamiętam zakupione osob...
I'm sure every reader knows the feeling of starting a book you're skeptical about and being pleasantly surprised. Empire in Black and Gold was that and so much more. I had continually pushed it down on my TBR list because the whole insect idea just didn't click with me. Eventually I caved thinking t...
So, initially, I thought it was going to be The Lord of the Rings, but with Bug-People. We read that Gandalf sends four young hobbits from the Shire to Bree, where they are to meet Strider. Strider is scary. They are attacked by the roving agents of the Enemy. Some escape, and some don't. The c...