Flesh and Spirit - Carol Berg • BookLikes (ISBN:9780451461568)

Flesh and Spirit

by: Carol Berg (author)

A stolen book of maps plunges a renegade sorcerer into a world of secret societies, doomsayers, fanatics, princes, and madmen. Yet only in the twilight of myth does he discover the truth of the coming dark age and the glorious, terrible price of the land's redemption . . . and his own.
Volume 1
The rebellious Valen has spent his life trying to escape his family legacy. But his fate is sealed when he winds up half-dead, addicted to an enchantment - which leads him into a world he could never possibly imagine...

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Format: papier

ISBN: 9780451461568

Publish date: maj 2007 (data przybliżona)

Publisher: Roc Trade

Pages no: 418

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Magic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Paranormal, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Adult, Collections, Dark Fantasy, Wizards

Series: Lighthouse (#1)

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YouKneeK rated it

9 years ago

http://YouKneeK.booklikes.com YouKneeK 4.5 Review: Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse Book 1 of 2)

text Review: Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse Book 1 of 2)

I thought the first half of this book was four-star material. I was interested in it, I liked the characters, and I found myself thinking about the story when I wasn’t reading it and speculating what might happen next. Somewhere around the halfway point, fortunately during the weekend, this turned...

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hearth/myth: Rursday Reads rated it

10 years ago

http://lacantwell.booklikes.com hearth/myth: Rursday Reads 4.5 Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse 1) - Carol Berg

text Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse 1) - Carol Berg

Flesh and Spirit is the first book of a duology that concludes with Breath and Bone.The main character is Valen, a man running from his destiny. He is a pureblood, which means he has magical ability, and he is also the youngest son of a family of famous mapmakers. But he was unable to learn to read,...

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traciloudin rated it

14 years ago

http://traciloudin.booklikes.com traciloudin 0.0 Flesh and Spirit

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This book is mostly boring, and when it's interesting, it's often grotesque. I'm not a big fan of stories where the main character is a druggie anyway, even though this is an interesting addiction, to be sure.

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

15 years ago

http://ethiercn.booklikes.com Chris' Fish Place 3.0

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More 2.5 stars for me.Berg can write. Her prose is rich. Her world building is great. She gives the right amount of detail. She starts the story in a good place.Sadly, I had trouble keeping people straight. I kept forgetting who was who, and Valen's style of telling the story can at times dista...

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