Once again Julian May leads us to a completely boring story with a lot of wasted potential and many flaws in workmanship.In the last book of this trilogy the characters continue to take incomprehensible actions, but this time it leads to the death of many of them. The author does not seem to lear...
This book could have been very entertaining, if not for the it´s many flaws. The story in it self was entertaining but all the problems I stumbled over ruined it for me.The tale begins with a very rushed introduction and almost completely ignores the origin of one of the most important characters...
The overall series deserves four stars, even though I've given the third and fourth book three stars. I enjoyed the continuity, the exquisite world-building, enhanced by the cool geological descriptions. The detail of the survival of the humans in the Pliocene and their various trades and special...
Why is this book called 'Magnificat'?The final installment in both the Galactic Milieu Trilogy and the eight book series which began with The Many-Coloured Land - the first book of the Saga of Pliocene Exiles - this is essentially a prequel, but has elements of an epilogue to the entire series as...
‘The dominion of the Tanu has been broken. In the aftermath of cataclysm, Aiken Drum seizes his hour to grasp control of the Pliocene world.There are those, human and Tanu, who rally to him – and those who fear and hate him. The Grand Master, Elizabeth... the mad Felice... the goblin hordes of th...
This is probably the third time I have read this book, possibly the fourth. It seems that it is a natural continuation of a cycle which begins with The Many-Colored Land and ends up with The Adversary. Inevitably, I want to read more and Intervention follows, which is also an excellent book.Sadly...
This is a possible alternative starting point to Julian May's universe.It is possible - but starting with The Many-Coloured Land would be a much better idea, unless you can't get hold of it. See my review here.OK, so this is the alternative. The Saga of the Exiles dealt with the adventures of a...
Ironcrown Moon is the story of people chasing other people, who are in turn chasing other people, ad nauseum, across the countryside. Which is maybe a bit simplistic. I mean, there is more to it than that. There's a threat to the royal ruling family. There's a bad guy making a deal with a group h...
The 21st century was drawing to a close, and metapsychic humankind was poised at last to achieve Unity to be admitted into the group mind of the already unified alien races of the Galactic Milieu. But a growing corps of rebels was plotting to keep the people of Earth forever separate in the nam...
This entry feels more fantastical than the first, although science definitely still factors in. It is richer in action and intrigue and perhaps a bit less focused on character development.This is a difficult book to sum up, since so very much happens. It’s an action-packed chunkster, providing ...
"The Unity is love and fulfilment and an end to loneliness. Manion was right when he told you you'd find peace with your own kind." But Marc said, "There's no room in the Milieu for persons whose dreams diverge from the norm-much less persons whose mental potential exceeds the narrow course prede...
"From what I've been told, most of the Tanu cities are down around the Mediterranean, with this northern country left pretty much to the Firvulag.""A very warm climate is more to the Tanu taste. I believe that the division of territory between the two groups reflects a very ancient pattern, perha...
KATLINEL: And much as you love Combat between equals, Father, you have scant heart for the senseless slaughter of the Hunt, or the perversion of the Low Melee that has come about since the advent of torced human fighters, or the unsporting tactics used against the Foe in the High Melee itself. LE...