Oh my gosh. Its all over. I cant believe it. Even if there were only two books, the journey and conflicts seemed quite long. I have to say I absolutely loved every bit of it. I absolutely loved the concept about how incarceron is so small in the Realm, but seems so big for the people that live in...
Hmm, where to begin? This book was very badly written. I had to force myself every step of the way just to finish it.The book is pretty slow but there was a time halfway through the novel when things got exciting until it eventually dropped again and resumed it's slow, agitated state. In general,...
I actually found other overall plot more compelling than Incarceron (though apparently I was the only one), some parts of it still annoyed to no end. The main issue is the same problem I had with the first one: the author doesn't keep the point of view consistent in a single paragraph. She'd cons...
Well written with very compelling characters. Even while I want to smack Galen upside the head I want to know what's going to happen next. The author has created a rich fantasy setting, with a twist I don't think I've ever read before. I'm nervous about reading the remaining; I don't see how t...
The Relic Master is science fiction / fantasy at its best, tightly plotted and beautifully written. We are introduced to the world of Anara through the eyes of Raffi, an apprentice to Galen of the Old Order, outlaws that are intimately connected with the world around them, practice magic and fol...
I really tried to finish this book, but it just couldn't. It is written beautifully; the imagery is great, but there are too many characters with clashing personalities. Plus, each character has their own snippet of a different story, so the point of view changes at least four times per chapter. ...
My first thought upon finishing this book - "Boy was that convoluted!" In this work of maybe fantasy/maybe science fiction, tons of different storylines converge around a black mirror and a creepy manor house. If you enjoy quick reads or straightforward plots, this is not for you - but if you enj...
Not, after all, my favorite book by Catherine Fisher, but there is much to admire here - as there is in all her books. 17-year-old Rob lives in Avebury, a place often swarming with archaeologists and new age hippie types. He encounters both one fateful August. The archaeologist, Clare, has uncove...
This is a modern re-telling of The Fisher King, and Parsifal. Cal, running away from his drunken schizophrenic mother, is on his way to his uncle's house where his uncle has grudgingly offered him a trial job in his accountancy firm, and he gets to take a course at the university one day a week...
I've read several books by Catherine Fisher, including the Relic Master series and the Incarceron duology. I've had mixed reactions to her writing in the past. Generally, I have wanted to like them and loved the set up of place and character and world and so on, but felt like the end of the serie...
4.5 starsThe Lost Heiress picked right back up where The Relic Master left off. Raffi, Galen, and Carys discover that there is hope for magic to return to their world. Hope in the form of their slain emperor's granddaughter. While Carys has zero choice but to return to her life as a Watcher, alon...
This review first appeared on my blog: http://www.knittingandsundries.com/20...Galen Harn is a Keeper, otherwise known as a Relic Master. He is part of the Order that is tasked with keeping the relics of the Makers safe. Raffael Morel (Raffi) is his scholar, an apprentice of sorts, who left hi...
"I get one down in a second if you wait."Disclaimer: Due to circumstances, I'll keep this one short. The Margrave is the last of the Catherine Fisher's Relic Master Series that was rapidly released during the summer of 2011. It's been a while since I've actually had the time to pick up the series...
Volume Three of the Book of the CrowGalen has spent the winter in Sarres, building a power-base round the symbolic leadership of the Interrex. But as Relic Master, he knows that to face the mysterious Margrave he needs to seek out the Coronet of Flain to complete his powers. Also, Galen and Raffi...
Gudrun was waiting for them. She was standing with her back to the fire; the smoke of it hung about her in the dark spaces of the hall. No one spoke. Kari leaned with his back against the door, hands behind him; then, slowly, he walked out into the firelight. Jessa stayed where she was. He stoppe...
He knew pain and shame and bitter loss. As he walked, all their shadows clustered at his heels.Book of the Seven Moons“I’M THE STRANGER,” Solon said quietly. “So I feel I should speak first.”They sat around the table in the great wooden room. From the garden the sun streamed in, lighting the tall...
He had wealth and land, and everything he turned his hand to prospered. And yet, late one night he came to the house of the priest and said, “Father, absolve me, for I am a great sinner.” He sat by the fire. The holy man said, “God forgives all, my son.” ...
Often the same men are responsible for both. A History of the Late Revolution in France,by Maxim Chevelin SARAH STOOD IN the kitchens with flour up to her elbows. As she kneaded the dough, she sneaked a rapid gaze around. There must be over fifty se...
In the gracious spaces of Queen’s Square a few linkboys led groups of men toward the gaming houses; a carriage with outriders paraded solemnly by, the warmth from the horses’ steamy backs touching my face. But down in the insalubrious alleys, the city stank. How could Forr...
CRYSTAL EAGLE, DARK SWAN Who can chart the vastness of Incarceron? Its halls and viaducts, its chasms? Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison. --Songs of Sapphique *** Finn had been flung on his face and chained to the stone slabs of the transitway. His arms, spread wide, were w...
We will live as men should live, and the land will be tilled for us by a million yeomen. Above us the ruined moon will be our emblem of the Years of Rage. It will flicker through the clouds like a lost memory. KING ENDOR'S DECREE Finn lay deep in a softness of pillows so comfortable that his whol...