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Summary: A great book!
Review: I got to the Death Gate books from the computer game. I started playing it and I loved the idea so I started reading the books and I havn't regreted it for a moment. Fire Sea is a great book, advancing you further into the plot. When I read "Elven Star"(book 2) I thought the plot was getting very dark, but it was nothing compared to this book: It shows you the Horrible things that happened to the Sartan's "wonderfull" plan for the worlds and tells the story of a dying world where there is only a handfull of living people where there were once thriving kingdoms. The books gives more info on the history of the world and more info on the whole story, though there are many things that you still don't understand. All in all, a great book! I can't wait to read the next one.
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Summary: An excellent and thought provoking story.
Review: I have read two other books of the Death Gate Cycle and this one is the most memorable. Haplo and his hated nemis by heritage become unlikely traveling companions to a depressing underground world that I can only describe as living Hell. Sent to investigate this world by his master, Haplo arrives in Abaraach to investigate it's inhabitants and finds it inhabited not only by that hated race, the Sartan, but by their dead, who have become grizzly resurected hellish abominations. Necromancy quickly capture's Haplo's interest and he seeks to learn this forbidden art and take it back to his master, until the companions are captured by the remnants of the living inhabitants. The saying "some things are better left buried" takes on a whole new meaning later in this book as the poor souls of the dead trapped in indescribable agony inside grizzly remains of their bodies are rallied together against the living, whom they outnumber. I won't give any more of it away, but I will say that in it's own sickening way, it is funny when the whole place goes insane in the end and Haplo and his Sartan "friend" have to fight to escape. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and who has plenty of imagination.
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Summary: It just gets better and better...
Review: I just finished reading this book about an hour ago. It was really awesome, but you have to have read the others to understand. *If you haven't, you may get confused by the following.* I really sympathize with Alfred because I can see how much necromancy hurts him, how much it hurts the dead, and how much it can hurt everyone on Abarrach. I also felt really super sorry for Jera and Jonathan. I cried, even! I was glued to this book and read it all in two days! I'm liking how Haplo and Alfred are at least starting to get along. I also agree with Anna about the last line-- way funny, and very interesting... thought provoking... I can't wait to read the next book!
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Summary: An all-night reader!
Review: I just finished this book, like, five minutes ago. It was wonderful. I couldn't quite picture myself in the scene, wierd, but good. The way they pull all of their plots together is ingenious! It is also dark, with cold-blooded murders described coldly and matter-of-factly. I could have read it last year, though, and I'm only thirteen. I read it all last night, got up early, read this morning, and wrote this. It depresed me and made me think about how I think about stuff, but it was a good experience. I have to read the next one. The last line in the epilogue made me laugh out loud, not because it was comical but because of the authors' pure talent! Oh, it was too good.
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Summary: Probably the best one in a good series
Review: I read this book, and the rest of The Death Gate Cycle when it first came out and I was about 14 years old. (About 10 years ago I think). Back then, I thought it was the best series ever, etc etc. I've written reviews for the previous books in this series, so if you look for them, you'll find them.Fire Sea, the third book in this seven book series, is fantastic. I literally read it in one 24-hour period because I was so into it. It's been a week since I finished now, but I still remember how fantastic it was. I won't go into too much plot because other reviewers nicely summarize it. The book reunites Haplo and Alfred, the two main characters in the series. Alfred was not in the second book, and it's good to see him back. They are reluctant companions in a journey to an underground world where everything is dead. The world's source of heat and light is dying, and the once peaceful Sartan have become fragile shells of the once great people they were. Their magic has turned to necromancy, and anybody who dies is brought back to life as a walking zombie. This book succeeds for three reasons. First are the contrasting relationships in the book. Alfred and Haplo, ancient enemies by birth, need to learn lessons from the other, but don't think they do. Their survival however, depends on it. We see Haplo begin to doubt his Lord's motives, and we see Alfred begin to doubt his people. Jonathan and his wife are the epitome of the young, loving couple. The sheer emotion put into their story is worth your time alone. Secondly, there's almost no way you can predict what's going to happen. Unlikely characters become major players and do things you'd never expect, and small things mentioned early in the book become extremely important. Lastly, the back-story is finally told! At last, after three books, I was thrilled to be told at last how the Sartan and the Patryns came to be, of their Great War, and what the Chamber of the Damned was used for. Read those chapters carefully: there is stuff in there that I think isn't supposed to make a lot of sense now, but in the final books is absolutely essential. My only complaint for this book is that some of it, like many of the things in the series, is a little too contrived and is never explained very well. You never really figure our in the beginning how Alfred managed to get onto Haplo's ship. I get the impression the authors just wanted to get to the point and didn't bother explaining that, and a few other things. The ending to this book is simply amazing. Very few books I've read have the sort of suspense and drama that were in this one. Like The Empire Strikes Back, the good guys don't win and they only manage to escape. The last chapter and the epilogue ends everything perfectly. After reading the last sentence of the book, and finally understanding it's meaning, I was covered in chills. This could quite possibly end up as the best book in the series. I'll move onto the fourth book, and see if it can compare.
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Summary: A very good book
Review: I started to read the series just so I could have something to pass the time. When I read "Fire Sea" I became extremely interested in the series. It is by far the best in the series. Abbarach and its inhabitants are created with such detail that it almost seems as if they really exist. It has a little bit of every genre; that is what makes "Fire Sea" so great. The best thing about the book is how Weis and Hickman reveal much--but not too much--about the history of Abbarach. This is a great choice for anyone who wants to read a great novel. --SF
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Summary: best in the series
Review: I think fire sea is one of the best in the series.The tension really grows as Haplo&Alfred try to survieve in this world.
Is a book that reads smood and carries you down into your fantasies
this book is evenwell essensial in the series
a must for everyon
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Summary: A disappointment as far as Death Gate goes.
Review: I thought that Fire Sea was a good book, but I didn't like most of the characters, except for Haplo and Alfred. I also thought it was too morbid; the word 'Death' was used at least once on every page. The other aspects of the book were good, what I expected from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Some important things happened in this book that were carried on into the last ones in the Series, but otherwise it wasn't too enjoyable to read. There was a lot of action, but in order to enjoy this book, you have to like dark atmospheres.
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Summary: SO FAR THE BEST ONE OF THE SERIES!
Review: I thought the "Dragon Wing" was very good and "Elven Star" was ok, but "Fire Sea" I thouhgt was awesome. The world of Abbarach is a dark terrible world with equally so inhabitants. More is revealed about the conflict and characteristics of the Sartan and the Patryn. The authors do a great job of teasing the reader by setting up situations that make the reader belive that all will be revealed and then a sudden occurance interupts the whole process. So far the darkest book in the series and the most interesting. Already started the next book.
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Summary: Great Read!
Review: I very much enjoyed this book. It was my favorite in the series. And, of course, this is my favorite series of all time. Nothing really even comes close to Weis and Hickman's DGC. Well... That's just my opinion. I'm sure some book series out there comes close, but this is still my favorite. Great memories. :) Ah, Zifnab, are you God?
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