Lord of Emperors
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0043RSISW
Publish date: October 5th 2010
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 580
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Speculative Fiction,
Alternate History,
Canada
Series: The Sarantine Mosaic (#2)
An excellent sequel.
Sequel to Sailing to Sarantium. I loved the way Kay structured the book, and the world, and the characters. I was a little dubious about the very very end, which needed a bit more set-up to work for me. But overall, LOVE these two.
I do not always understand why some characters ended up doing some certain things. This book, or more accurately this duology, sometimes, does not make sense to me at all. 3.5 stars, just like [b:A Song for Arbonne|104085|A Song for Arbonne|Guy Gavriel Kay|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/...
I was quite satisfied with the ending. But getting to it was a lot of work. This book and its predecessor seem to just start so incredibly slowly, I find it incredibly difficult to motivate myself to get going. Kay details background for so many minor characters that only appear once in the story, a...
The characters I related to best surprised me in this second half of the Sarantine Mosaic duology. I wept more than once for a chariot racer and for an obsessed, vengeful woman. Crispan, through whose eyes most of this tale was viewed, did not touch any of my heart strings. Both this novel, and i...
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