The Winds of Khalakovo
Format: paperback
ISBN:
978159780218 (1597802182)
Publish date: March 8th 2011
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
Speculative Fiction,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics
Series: Lays of Anuskaya (#1)
I have always been interested in stories with airships, though I can’t recall what story first introduced me to such a concept, I remember many examples. By airships, I do mean something like Spanish flying galleons, whether by magic or some complex steampunk technology. There are many famous exampl...
I'm done. Winds of Khalakovo is an epic fantasy with a steep learning curve. Not quite Gardens of the Moon, but it's up there. Initially that was confusing, then interesting as I feel into a varied culture and thoroughly detailed world. As I got a little bit less enamored with the world building I s...
A stellar debut with inventive turning the tables on tropes and traditional setting, inventive magic system, and strong characterization with a pretty large cast. Good tension and action and nice balance between three POV characters. Beaulieu announces to us all "I'm here and I'm here to stay." Enjo...
Goodbye, book. I don't quite know what I don't like about this book - it had interesting worldbuilding, an un-cliched narrative, decent characterization...and stupefyingly boring. Just mind numbing. Excellent mileage as an insomnia cure, here, but that's it. Maybe i'll try it again in a few years - ...
Simply stated, the only book to evoke the same je ne sais quoi that I felt while reading Dune for the first time, since the time that I actually read Dune for the first time.Very much a high fantasy in Clute & Grant's terms, the story has plenty of dunetude, but is not derivative, and involves the c...
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