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Point of Dreams - Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett
Point of Dreams
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The city of Astreiant has gone crazy with enthusiasm for a new play, The Drowned Island, a lurid farrago of melodrama and innuendo. Pointsman Nicolas Rathe is not amused, however, at a real dead body on stage and must investigate. A string of murders follow, perhaps related to the politically... show more
The city of Astreiant has gone crazy with enthusiasm for a new play, The Drowned Island, a lurid farrago of melodrama and innuendo. Pointsman Nicolas Rathe is not amused, however, at a real dead body on stage and must investigate. A string of murders follow, perhaps related to the politically important masque that is to play on that same stage. Rathe must once again recruit the help of his soldier lover, Philip Eslingen, whose knowledge of actors and the stage, and of the depths of human perversity and violence, blends well with Rathe's own hard-won experience with human greed and magical mayhem. Their task is complicated by the season, for it is the time of year when the spirits of the dead haunt the city and influence everyone, and also by the change in their relationship when the loss of Philip's job forces him to move in with Nicolas. Mystery, political intrigue, floral magic, astrology, and romance--both theatrical and personal-- combine to make this a compelling read.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780312875893 (0312875894)
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Series: Astreiant (#2)
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Evaine's Books, Books and More Books rated it
3.5 Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett
The third installment of the Astreiant followed in the footsteps of the first two (Point of Knives and Point of Hopes) and was very, very good. We continue to follow our heroes, Nico Rathe, the pointsman and Philip Eslingen, the one-time solder on the latest of their mysteries. This one concerns ...
fruitcakes
fruitcakes rated it
5.0 Point of Dreams
Still hitting EVERYTHING I LOVE. Some of the theatre stuff got a bit impenetrable at times, but it didn't take away from the book.
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it
I'd hoped the sequel to Point of Hopes would be better, but alas. I had the same problems (too much minutia, not enough emotion, characterization, excitement) as I did with the first.
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