Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths ReviewsThe Gilded Chain begins the six book series The King’s Blades by Dave Duncan. (If one includes the companion young adult trilogy The King’s Daggers, then there are nine novels in this fantasy world.) The unique thing about The King’s Blades series is that...
Лира Принт реши да издаде четирилогията "Мъж на честта" в три книги. Прочетох първите две през (брех) 2005 г. и отдавна беше престанало да ми пука кога ще издадат третата. Но когато все пак го направиха през тази година, в духа на носталгията си купих и нея.Всъщност за мен "Мъж на честта" е една ...
Originally published on my blog here in February 2000.The culmination of Duncan's Great Game trilogy, Future Indefinite tells how Edward Exeter does what he has been prophesied as doing, what he has vowed never to do: challenging the god of death himself. This leads his friends to believe that he...
Review circa 2008 Tempted though I was to start this review by anointing The Alchemist's Apprentice my favorite fantasy novel yet, I don't think I can actually do that. For one thing, there are about 35 other Duncan fantasy novels with claim to that title. Duncan keeps getting better and better, ...
Voici enfin le dernier tome des Lames du Roi, trilogie qui nous est décrite par l’éditeur français comme le sommet du talent de l’auteur, Dave Duncan. Chacun des tomes peut être lu de manière totalement indépendante des autres. Toutefois, comme on le verra ci-après, la lecture d’Un Ciel d’Epées o...
This was a book I nabbed from a Humble Bundle long ago and forgot about. One day I dug it up and started reading, not knowing what to expect. I would say I was pleasantly surprised.This is a portal fantasy from the 80s about an engineer named Wallie Smith who is killed by encephalitis. At the tim...
Ah, the end of the King's Blade trilogy. I am truly saddened for it was a fantastic whirlwind of fun, and even learning! Duncan has singlehandedly taught me many new words. I mean, one or two words I don’t recognize in a book is normal, but 6 or 7 per is an experience I haven’t had since I was a ...
[7/10]In this Seventh Sword sequel, the swordsman is no longer 'reluctant' - Wally Smith refers to himself as Shonsu and he has accepted the role of Goddess Champion, even if he (and the reader) is still clueless about what the mission is actually about. All he has is a 'gnomic utterance': a puzz...
He had traveled the far south and seen devastation wrought by dragons. For so young a man, he had visited an incredible list of places. He had been to Faerie itself, bathing on its golden beaches, paying a silver penny for a ride on a hippogryff. He had met gnomes and dwarves and elves. He had ha...
Disclaimer: This isnt as much a review of the book as it is a report on my enjoyment of the book, and its probably more useful as a way to check on my tastes and quirks than to decide whether to read the book[return][return]It's terribly hard to write a book and I am conscious I couldn't even wri...