The Veil of a Thousand Tears (The Pearl Saga, Book 2)

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Summary: Builds on the first book
Review: Better than the first book. The cast of characters are expanded and fleshed out a little more. We see more development of a copule of the main characters and some minor characters from the first book step up. Also the scope of the story expands to include more than finding an artifact and saving the planet from doom. On the StuPage website I give it a B.

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Summary: An Engrossing and Ejoyable second installment in the series.
Review: I found the first novel of this series," The Ring of Five Dragons" a very interesting read. It was a mix of science fiction and fantasy, and really worked. It had solid characters, an interesting world and a reasonbly strong plot. There were a few cliches, but overall it was an original story that latched on and kept you interested.
This second novel, "The Veil of a Thousand Tears" is a strong continuation and carries the same fast pace and characterisation. We see the development of Riane as the Dar Sala-at, as well as the result of Giyan's actions during the first book. Lustbader wasted little time before launching into the plot, as well as intorducing new characters for the ride (my favourite was Kugan's problomatic sister Marethyn). One thing I really liked was that the characters stayed in keeping with the other novel, and there was a pleasing lack of repetion. Lustbader never strayed into repeating the course of the other novel.
If you enjoyed the first of this saga, then you will enjoy this one. And if you have not read this firstrate series yet, you are in for a treat, do yourself a favour and get the first one and start reading!!

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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I loved The Ring of Five Dragons. This book was a bit of a disappointment for me. It was well written and was pretty interesting, but it wasn't as good as the first book, and it was too...graphic.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I loved The Ring of Five Dragons. This book was a bit of a disappointment for me. It was well written and was pretty interesting, but it wasn't as good as the first book, and it was too...graphic.

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Summary: Yea Yea
Review: I thought the book was wicked awesome! I'm not gona tell you what it's about, you should have read the last one. I did'nt finish it just yet but I know it's gona be great, I can't put it down! I strongly recomend buying this book. I gata go finish reading it!

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Summary: Amazing
Review: I truly enjoyed reading this book. I just couldn't let go of it! Lustbader took me into yet another exciting ride and had stretched my imagination beyond it's limits. The first book of the Pearl Saga, "The Ring of Five Dragons," was fascinating and the way Lustbader intoduces new characters in his second book, "The Veil of a Thousand Tears," is truly astonishing! Eric brings all the characters of the two books to life, each has a unique personality (my favorite being Olnnn Rydddlin because of his determination to keep going despite being under a sorceress spell.) I have read many novels by Lustbader but these two books are by far the best yet. It's a must read saga.

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Summary: Another Masterpiece of the imagination!
Review: Lustbader continues to astonish me with his epic saga called the Pearl.He returns us to the planet of Kundala where the inhabitants, the Kundalans battle their oppressors, The V'ornn and their masters sinister Gyrgon.Our Heroine, Dar Sala-at, Riane with the aid of her mother Giyan, former V'ornn Rhynnon, Rekk and brave young resistance fighter, Eleana are in the fight of their lives when daemons are unwittingly unleased from their prison by Giyan when she saved Riane's life. Giyan is possessed by archdaemon Horolaggia and the only way Riane can save her is finding the veil of thousand tears and stopping the daemons from invading the entire planet. Lustbader's world building skills are more evident than ever as he transport us to his realm of sorcery and science, intrigue and betrayal as you watch V'ornns
intrigue against each other and their masters Gyrgons. This novel has some awesome action sequences and Riane's adventures will take her to a tyrant's harem and brutal battle against a vicious gyrgon. New characters are introduced like Marethyn Stogggul, rebellious sister of Kurgan the evil young regent of Kundulu. Sornnn SaTrryn, the V"ronn businessman and Marethyn's lover who secretly helps the Kundalan resistance.Konara Lyystra, the priestess who must conquer her fear as she watches in horror as the daemons invade the most holiest of sanctuary. Plot twists of this novel are ingenious as villians plots against each other and evildoers are resurrected from the dead courtesty of daemons.Lustbader's lyrical prose helps bring this epic saga to life! Pick up this book and return Riane's world of intrigue, romance, magic and adventure!

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Summary: Not my bag.
Review: Not a bad series but not really up my alley. If your a sci-fi fan you'll like it, but fantasy probably not.

Rating:
Summary: Huh?
Review: Van Lustbader can spin a good sentence, but the overall feel seems overly ambitious and hollow. There is just enough ring of falsehood to all the underpinnings of this world--the fakey science, the half-baked cultural explanations--that it left me with a feeling of cheese all over my skin. I am glad that there are those who enjoy his work. It shows a lot of effort and imagination, and for that I give him two stars. But overall, it feels oily to me.

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Summary: Back to His Original Love
Review: With Fantasy/Sci-Fi being his original writing roots, Lustbader's latest saga is truly awesome. I am a fan of all of his works, and this is definitely a refreshing change from the deep adventures of Nicholas Linnear. I could not put down this or the previous book, and I cannot wait for the next in the series to come out...