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Summary: One of the best!
Review: I think that Mercedes Lackey really outdid herself when writing this book. I love Karal and how well she describes what he thinks and feels when he comes into Valdemar.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I thought this book was great. It was also a bit sad, but I still loved it. You really have to read all the others before this though.
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Summary: Karal the Karsite in Valdemar.
Review: I've only read the "Arrows" series(the first and the last),and decided to check out this one.I enjoyed it even more.I like the plot,although reading about Charliss was boring and I did it just to have the background understanding.The characters seem to consistently encounter moral questions,and we see and follow their thought processes while they figure out the answer.At the same time it's nowhere near a boring preachy book,and the suspense builds up.As you can see from my title,Karal was my favorite character there.And him being an ambassador's assistant,and eventually the ambassador in a country that was traditionally Valdemar's enemy - it's interesting!:) It's definitely a good read!
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Summary: Ummmmmmmmm???
Review: I've read ALL of Mercedes Lackey's Valedemar series, and she's running seriously short of ideas.
I bought this book because I was interested--the others were decent and fairly interesting, and so I thought I'd try this one. I now think it should stand as the classic example of why authors shouldn't make serieses run on too long.
This book is four hundred and twenty-eight pages long, and everything that happens could be contained in about ten. We struggle through Karal feeling lost and lonely, An'desha feeling put upon and self-pitying, and everyone realizing that magic isn't the answer to everything. It gets so repetitive at the end that I was extremely tempted to just shove it in a corner of my bookshelf with the other two books in the series and not finish any of them, and I almost ALWAYS finish books, unless they're ghastly. This one came pretty close.
If you want to start out with Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series, read The Heralds of Valdemar (ARROWS OF THE QUEEN, ARROW'S FLIGHT, ARROW'S FALL) and Vows and Honor (THE OATHBOUND, OATHBREAKERS, OATHBLOOD) first. If you've read all her Valdemar books, read this just to fill in on what happens, but don't waste your money buying it.
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Summary: Great!!!
Review: It's a wonderful book! It was a little hard to get into at first, but the rest more than made up for it! I loved the character, Karal, because he thinks more than usual fantasy characters do. Plus, he's only 16 in the start of the book, where most fantasy main characters are about thirty. This book was great, to me, because of it's lack of blood and gore. It may not have much action, but I really liked how much people actually thought about things!!
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Summary: Continues where the Winds trilogy left off.
Review: Just as the final Winds book leaves you wondering what comes
next, this book comes to fill the void. Follow Espeth and
Darkwind into new areas and meet the Karsite priests who are
now visiting Seleney. If you enjoyed the Winds series, you
will love this trilogy. Even if you haven't read earlier Valdemar books, this one will lure you in.
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Summary: Continues where the Winds trilogy left off.
Review: Just as the final Winds book leaves you wondering what comesnext, this book comes to fill the void. Follow Espeth andDarkwind into new areas and meet the Karsite priests who are now visiting Seleney. If you enjoyed the Winds series, you will love this trilogy. Even if you haven't read earlier Valdemar books, this one will lure you in.
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Summary: A refreshing change
Review: Karse and Valdemar have long been enemies, each hating the other without ever really knowing anything about how each truly operates. Since Ancar of Hardorn's attempted invasions of each country, an uneasy alliance has been formed. Now Ancar is dead and his conquests along with him, but a new and more dangerous enemy has emerged: the mysterious and powerful Eastern Empire. Karse and Valdemar must decide what exactly their alliance entails. The Son of the Sun, Solaris, High Priestess of Karse, sends an envoy consisting of Ulrich, a black-robe priest, and his secretary, Karal, to Valdemar to negotiate the terms of the alliance. While the two countries work together to try to determine a way to defend against the Eastern Empire, a new and deadlier threat makes itself known, one so ancient and powerful that it may be impossible to stop... "Storm Warning" is the first book in Mercedes Lackey's Mage Storms Trilogy. I absolutely loved this book. It was a refreshing change after reading the Mage Winds Trilogy. The story seemed much more about the characters than about the events, which really gave it a more human feel. Similar to Mage Winds, it had alternating perspectives, which made me want to keep reading. The characters, as always, were wonderful to read about, particularly Karal. He is one of the most remarkable Lackey characters I have encountered yet (and this was my fifteenth Valdemar book). I absolutely loved him. He was an extremely compassionate, caring, sensitive individual, almost on the same level as Talia of the Arrows Trilogy. I was able to feel every step of his journey as if I were there with him. An'desha developed nicely, and I'm anxious to see what will become of him. It was also nice to see enemies that were entirely human as opposed to insanely fanatic mages bent on revenge. Charliss wasn't completely without honor, and Tremane was a decent human being who just happened to be born an Imperial. I also enjoyed learning the Karsite perspective. It was interesting to look at Valdemar through the eyes of its enemy and to see Karse painted as something other than barbaric. Bottom Line: An amazing story with a delightful lead character. A must-read for any Valdemar fan, but make sure you read Mage Winds first.
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Summary: A refreshing change
Review: Karse and Valdemar have long been enemies, each hating the other without ever really knowing anything about how each truly operates. Since Ancar of Hardorn's attempted invasions of each country, an uneasy alliance has been formed. Now Ancar is dead and his conquests along with him, but a new and more dangerous enemy has emerged: the mysterious and powerful Eastern Empire. Karse and Valdemar must decide what exactly their alliance entails. The Son of the Sun, Solaris, High Priestess of Karse, sends an envoy consisting of Ulrich, a black-robe priest, and his secretary, Karal, to Valdemar to negotiate the terms of the alliance. While the two countries work together to try to determine a way to defend against the Eastern Empire, a new and deadlier threat makes itself known, one so ancient and powerful that it may be impossible to stop... "Storm Warning" is the first book in Mercedes Lackey's Mage Storms Trilogy. I absolutely loved this book. It was a refreshing change after reading the Mage Winds Trilogy. The story seemed much more about the characters than about the events, which really gave it a more human feel. Similar to Mage Winds, it had alternating perspectives, which made me want to keep reading. The characters, as always, were wonderful to read about, particularly Karal. He is one of the most remarkable Lackey characters I have encountered yet (and this was my fifteenth Valdemar book). I absolutely loved him. He was an extremely compassionate, caring, sensitive individual, almost on the same level as Talia of the Arrows Trilogy. I was able to feel every step of his journey as if I were there with him. An'desha developed nicely, and I'm anxious to see what will become of him. It was also nice to see enemies that were entirely human as opposed to insanely fanatic mages bent on revenge. Charliss wasn't completely without honor, and Tremane was a decent human being who just happened to be born an Imperial. I also enjoyed learning the Karsite perspective. It was interesting to look at Valdemar through the eyes of its enemy and to see Karse painted as something other than barbaric. Bottom Line: An amazing story with a delightful lead character. A must-read for any Valdemar fan, but make sure you read Mage Winds first.
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Summary: predictable and drawn out
Review: Mercedes Lackey is a good story teller but the storm series but after reading the last of the herald mage series and the arrows this story was very predictable. Disaster! Miraculous solution! Worls saved. It shouldnt have been a 3 book series.
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