Eyes of Silver

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Summary: Interesting world, but very slow-paced
Review: Only the most hard-core speculative fiction readers will be able to stick with this book. The plot takes forever to get off the ground. It's very difficult to figure out who belongs to what country/alliance. While the individual characters and their societies are interesting enough, you don't care about any of them. None of this is helped by the book's jumping around between characters from chapter to chapter. This device wears thin even in books I like more. I wish I'd taken this one out of the library.

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Summary: Another great story from Stackpole
Review: This book is great, like all of Mr. Stackpole's books. My one complaint is name editing. In the first line of the first chapter, the main character, Robin Drury, had his name typod as Robert Drury, and then it went on to talk about Robin. I went over it a couple times, because I had no idea where Robert had gone or who this Robin guy was

Rating:
Summary: Good, but needs some editing
Review: This book is great, like all of Mr. Stackpole's books. My one complaint is name editing. In the first line of the first chapter, the main character, Robin Drury, had his name typod as Robert Drury, and then it went on to talk about Robin. I went over it a couple times, because I had no idea where Robert had gone or who this Robin guy was

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Summary: Crown Jewel of a Book
Review: With Eyes of Silver, Stackpole has done what has become nigh impossible in the last 30 years - he's told a compelling fantasy story in under 500 pages. Take that, Robert Jordan!

The universe of Eyes of Silver is a barely disguised recreation of 19th century Europe, with an England and a Russia battling over an Afghanistan - The Great Game replayed on a different board. "Napoleon" had been defeated a dozen years before, and "Genghis Khan" is prophesied to be reborn. Against that backdrop, Stackpole places characters we instantly like, and a plot with enough twists and turns to satisfy the most demanding readers.

Stackpole is best known for his incredible Star Wars X-wing novels. The same flair for crisp action he brought to those novels can be found here. If you enjoyed the X-wing series, you will not be disappointed with Eyes of Silver.

Rating:
Summary: Crown Jewel of a Book
Review: With Eyes of Silver, Stackpole has done what has become nigh impossible in the last 30 years - he's told a compelling fantasy story in under 500 pages. Take that, Robert Jordan!

The universe of Eyes of Silver is a barely disguised recreation of 19th century Europe, with an England and a Russia battling over an Afghanistan - The Great Game replayed on a different board. "Napoleon" had been defeated a dozen years before, and "Genghis Khan" is prophesied to be reborn. Against that backdrop, Stackpole places characters we instantly like, and a plot with enough twists and turns to satisfy the most demanding readers.

Stackpole is best known for his incredible Star Wars X-wing novels. The same flair for crisp action he brought to those novels can be found here. If you enjoyed the X-wing series, you will not be disappointed with Eyes of Silver.

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Summary: Another great story from Stackpole
Review: Yes, it is a bit hard to get familiar with the many characters and countries in this novel. But for those that stick with it for the first 100 pages or so, the pay off is BIG. It is a wonderful tale, with interesting characters and many great truths that we all need to hear.

For the reader who said it was full of typos, it was made very clear to me that Robin and Robert are the same person, Robin is his nickname, much like Mike is to Michael. If you read the whole book and not just the first chapter, I don't see how this mistake could have been made. If you are an intelligent, person who likes a good, well woven story, try this book and you won't be disappointed.