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Summary: One Hidden Treasure of a Novel!
Review: I hadn't heard of Geraldine Harris when I found volume three of this series in a Lexington bookstore. The title impressed me, however-The Dead Kingdom, and I bought the book based on a nice comment printed on the dust jacket. Over the next couple of years I accessed the internet and scoured stores for the other three installments by Harris. They proved elusive, or available but expensive buys on the net in those days. Persistence pays, however, and I found them. I began reading with the first volume, this book: A Prince of the Godborn. Godborn sets up the story, filling us in on Harris's world, providing an image of the main character, the godborn prince of a besieged kingdom. It seems some neighboring warrior tribes are threatening attack, and the Prince of the Godborn must act heroically, undertaking a quest that'll by no means be easy: to recover the keys to 7 ominous citadels, scattered pell-mell across Harris's landscape. The quest expands across the four books, the Prince encountering the kingdoms and citadels one by one, until the final, sobering encounter, as he ascends the enigmatic seventh citadel. FYI- The four books that tell this story are the following: A Prince of the Godborn, The Children of the Wind, The Dead Kingdom, and the Seventh Gate. A great series in my estimation, and a story I completed in back-to-back readings of the four books.
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Summary: Greatest book ever written (after the other volumes)
Review: It's ironic that I bought the four books, in a bookmarket last year because they were at 1.500 escudos (what makes something like 7.5 dollars), the four of them. At the moment I was having the post-Tolkien Fantasy idolatration and that's what made me buy it, but after reading it I understood that it is much more than a mere Fantasy story, it is about people, religion, culture, mythology and the deepness of the mind itself. There's only one thing I regreet, not have read it more carefully because these is a book full of ideas, and "understandigs" of the human kind (I don't know if I should have putten these in the kids section because I'm 13 but they only let me age myself till 12 there). And another thing, if someone knows about a site or a community connected to the Seven Citadels please mail-me to mailforthe@earthlings.co.uk .
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Summary: It begins........
Review: Kerish-lo-Taan, third prince of the emperor, and one of the Godborn, has been chosen to fulfill the ancient prophecy of releasing the savior of Galkis. Seven keys held by seven sorcerers will unlock the seven gates imprisoning him. With the five kingdoms of the south united, and corruption within Galkis, it seems hopeless. With the help of his half brother, Forollkin the warrior, can the seemingly frail and childish Kerish complete his destiny?
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Summary: The first of my four best-loved books
Review: Many years ago, after I'd read about Hobbits, wardrobes to Narnia, tesseracts, and wizards in Earthsea, I picked up this particular novel. I found myself instantly enchanted. Just before my stint with Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, L'Engle, and Le Guin, I was a mystery and horror reader, but these authors pulled me very firmly into the world of fantasy fiction.Harris' first book about the exploits of Prince Kerish took me into a vibrantly colorful world filled with magic and danger. The threat that faced his kingdom made me curious about this world I was reading about, and I had a VERY firm idea of what Kerish, Forollkin, and, later, Gidjabolgo looked and acted like. I love the way the author describes the different nations in the world, and she individualizes each character and each country that Kerish and his half-brother come into contact with. It's very hard to talk about this particular novel without bringing up the series as a whole. Suffice it to say that this novel is an excellent beginning to a series that to this day helps me keep a sense of wonder about me. I recommend it highly to all ages, and it disappoints me greatly that we haven't seen this reprinted now that Harry Potter has brought wizards and magic to the forefront of mass market publications.
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Summary: Prince of the Godborn
Review: the "prince of the godborn" is the first in a series of four books, set in a realm of warriors,magic,warring nations and epic battles. the story follows the quest of a prince as he pursues an ancient profecy that might lead to the salvation of his nation. that very loosely is the plot i really don't want too go into any more detail, it sounds like your standard fantasy novel....but you couldn't be more wrong the series is story telling of the very, i can't stress that word enough...very highest order. the depth of the main charicters is painfully real . the depth of the story itself, still makes me pause and think... deeply, 16 years after reading the series. ...if you have to beg,borrow,steal or sell your soul (only kidding...i think) to get a chance to read the series...do it!!!
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Summary: not bad!
Review: This is the first volume in probably the most beautiful fantasy series ever, and it's out of print. The whole series is out of print, in the USA as well as in Great Britain as well as in Germany (oh, it was quite a lovely translation, which is rare enough). It simply is not fair. I have never again encountered a hero as wonderful (and handsome) as Kerish lo'Taan, and a plot that left me closer to tears. If you should manage to get these books (all four of them - and if you spend decades with searching [I took four years], it's woth the efford) - don't expect them to be funny, or happy. They don't even end happy, and hardly a fantasy series dares to do that. I did not expect it when I read it the first time, and it nearly broke my heart. It took me some years (and quite a number of bad books) to realize that »The Seven Citadels« were the fantasy cycle to leave greatest influence on my own writing, if not on my way of thinking. Life is not fair. Get used to it ...
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Summary: Full of Magic
Review: This novel was full of all sorts of magic. Through the use of her skills of describing Mrs. Harris brings to life a world of magic, adventure, and action. I can tell that this is the first in a line of spectacullar novels.
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Summary: Full of Magic
Review: This novel was full of all sorts of magic. Through the use of her skills of describing Mrs. Harris brings to life a world of magic, adventure, and action. I can tell that this is the first in a line of spectacullar novels.
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