Asi jsem ideální cílovkou pro tuhle knihu - nejsem ani naprostý laik co se světa TES týče (cca vím jaké mezi sebou mají jednotlivé frakce vztahy, co a kde je Black Marsh, Morrowind, Skyrim, proč argoniánci fakt nemusejí dark elfy apod.), nicméně nejsem ani natolik zdatný odborník, abych vnímal př...
I am a huge elder scrolls fan. I have played every game in the series to some extent, excluding the side titles like "Redguard, Battlespire, and ESO." So when I heard that there was a book about it, I got excited! I bought it on kindle and started reading. What I found was no where near my expect...
Being a huge fan of The Elder Scrolls universe, I was pretty excited about these books existing. The Infernal City was pretty enjoyable, easy to read, easy to follow. Lord of Souls was hard to finish. By the end, there are quite a few miscellaneous characters and storylines that really don't c...
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone Series I am always surprised that this series does not get anymore attention, because it deserves more. I picked up the first book, The Briar King, on a whim. I was looking for something to read to pass the time and just picked it up at the bookstore because it soun...
"You two are better than the sum of your parts"Jedi are being hunted across the galaxy, by Yuuzhan Vong, by Peace Brigaders, and by those believing the Yuuzhan Vong when they say they will stop the invasion if they have the Jedi. Those most at risk are the young Jedi students on Yavin 4.When Luk...
I have fond memories of this trilogy from my youth. Or, more likely, of parts of this trilogy, both because in my rebellious heyday I read things out of sequence like it was nobody's business (because it wasn't) and because my library is very fond of buying books 2 and 3 but not book 1. So I can'...
This was a much more "fun" read than its predeccesor, if a little less intellectual. I enjoyed the steampunk-y world set up in "Newton's Cannon," and after the intense finale of that book, it made sense to have everything in the sequel be a disorganized, chaotic mess. I never thought I'd read a "...
Book 3 of the Age of Unreason takes place 10 years after a Calculus of Angels. Ben Franklin has returned to America after saving Venice, founding a secret society called the Junto whos purpose is to protect against warlocks possessed by angels, demons, or malekim as modern scientists refer to th...
Après trois tomes de destructions massives, que pouvait-on encore espérer d’un auteur souhaitant terminer avec style son épopée ? Personnellement, j’aurais apprécié une conclusion aussi inattendue que certaines prémices de ce pavé. Malheureusement, il semble cette fois-ci que Keyes, contrairement...
For the 1st hundred or so pages.......the Prelude was quite interesting, but the rest was hard for me to get into. I was reading this in short spurts and it was hard for me to get into as it jumps around from character to character and sometimes I felt like I wasn't quite understanding what was w...
Monsters, gruesome sacrifices, dark sorcery, swordsmen devoted to honor, and a young woman being driven into the arms of her potent destiny are set loose in The Charnel Prince by Greg Keyes. This second novel of his Kingdoms of Thorn and Born epic fantasy series benefits from the setting develope...
Long before the Babylon 5 space station brought Humans face-to-facewith alien races, they discovered an extraordinary breed among their very own . . .The year is 2115. Shock waves follow in the wake of astonishing news: science has proven the existence of telepaths. Amid media frenzy, panic, and ...
In The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Greg Keyes has crafted a brilliant saga of magic, adventure, and love set against a backdrop of clashing empires and an ancient, reawakened evil. Now, with The Born Queen, Keyes brings his epic to a masterly close, gathering the strands of plot and character int...
They seemed to come from someplace in the middle of her, a place where everything had been seared out. Soon she would be nothing but skin, and fall in a pile on the floor. “I’m sorry, Glim,” she said in their private cant. “Umbriel is pleased,” Rhel said. “What’s going to happen to him?” she aske...
Anakin fought in grim silence. Their initial charges carried them into the midst of the warriors, but unlike the group they had just bested, these weren’t scattered around a room, unprepared for a fight. Anakin and his companion were soon forced back toward the first vivarium by the six warriors ...
He wasn’t rough or anything, but she still didn’t like it. She pushed him back, irritated. “You said we could go flying,” she said. “There’s lots of ways to fly, baby,” he said. “Well, I want to literally fly,” she said. “In this plane.” “Maybe,” he said. “Maybe in a little while.” She had sort o...
They went in!” Hoku spared Homikniwa a startled glance. The little man rarely spoke in expletives, rarely registered real excitement at all. “More balls than Coyote,” Homikniwa continued, darting an appreciative glance at Hoku. “She must be one hell...
Now that they were near, he could see more of the engines—three vast pits that must be the exhaust vents of ion or even fusion drives. It smacked of the Empire, when everything came in deluxe sizes. Was this whole planet some sort of super-weapon? It had destroyed the better part of a Yuuzhan Von...
Brand,” she began, trying to stay in control, to keep her voice even and professional. “I’m sorry to tell you that your father died today. He had no pain and was… at peace.” She paused and added, “I’m sorry for your loss.”She reached for the switch, to leave the lie where it lay. Odds were Brand ...
Despite the bullhorn he held, it took him several tries to get their attention, and for a moment he thought they were going to charge him. Then someone in front shouted his name, then someone else, and before he knew it, it became a steady beat. “Dreyfus… Dreyfus… Dreyfus…” He raised his hand, an...