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Title: To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts ISBN: 1-59222-023-1 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ms. Wurts is the true peak of Fantasy envisaged by Tolkien
Comment: 'To Ride Hell's Chasm' is a unique gem of a novel - Reading it is a vivid experience that challenges, entertains and enriches and I find it very hard to put the book down each time I read it.
Ms. Wurt's characterisation is phenomenal. She draws us into a deep relationship with each of her characters, and captures their spirit, will and intent in a beautiful, crisp, multi-layered prose comparable to Austen.
Her research and attention to detail gives her settings a believable, grounded reality. Her plots twist and turn without pause, driving her characters to make constant difficult, ethical choices that push the reader to constantly rethink assumptions.
Woven throughout the story is her unique vision of magic - no-one renders it into writing quite like Ms. Wurts does and with such depth, subtlety and spiritual richness- one could almost imagine it possible.
I heartily agree with the comment: "Wurts is a true Bard."
Get all her books! They are richly, vividly imaginative and captivating, and very intelligently written.
Rating: 5
Summary: Splendid Fantasy! If only this has been a trilogy!
Comment: To ride Hell's Chasm is simply spellbinding. The plot is there and definitely the novelty, the magic and the excitement. The myriad characters of humans, sorcerers, demons and of course the horses and the world they live in are brilliantly conceived. My salute to Wurts for her vivid imagination. However for me, it is the protagonist, the warrior Mykkael who truly shines. I find myself engrossed with his purpose, his sorrows, his die-hard loyalty, his dignity, his courage and finally his emotional triumph.
My only regret is that this splendid fantasy has not been crafted into a trilogy. The references to Mykkael's past life definitely justify this approach. The first of the trilogy could have been about Mykkael's birth, youth, ostracism from his tribe, the second concerning his life as a mercenary tormented by the horror of fighting sorcery culminating to his loss and finally the third, the story "To ride Hell's Chasm" itself. However with the ending Wurts has weaved I guess I have to say goodbye to Mykkael. I will definitely miss this amazingly intriguing and enigmatic character and the world he lives in. Still the conclusion is satisfying as Mykkael finally gets his just rewards. Truly an amazing read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Why did she rush the ending?
Comment: This is a quality book for the reasons given amply by other reviewers. However it lost a star from me for two reasons: the ending is rushed, and I got sick of how the main character, crippled almost to immobility early in the book, suffers a continual unrelenting onslaught for most of the rest of the book, without ceasing to be an amazing killing machine. It was just too much! As the cliche goes, sometimes less is more.
Having said that, it's still a better fantasy book than many so buy it, read it and enjoy it!
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Title: King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows, Book 2) by Raymond E. Feist ISBN: 0380977095 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man, Book 3) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 0553801546 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Fortress of Grey Ice (Sword of Shadows, Book 2) by J. V. Jones ISBN: 0765306336 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: New Spring (A Wheel of Time Prequel Novel) by Robert Jordan ISBN: 0765306298 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Outstretched Shadow (The Obsidian Trilogy, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory ISBN: 0765302195 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 08 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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