The tides of avarice: a Sagaria legend - by: John Dahlgren - book review

In the world of Sagaria - a place not so different than us, unlike almost all animals can talk and have to have about the same status in society, there are adventure... but usually not for lemmings. Outside the sleepy village of Foxglove, there are not many lemmings and a calmer, their place in the world is often overlooked. The only adventure know the most lemmings is the large exodus, where they selected by the great spirit over the mighty huge rocks into the land of doom, set out never to return. This is not quite good enough for Sylvester lemming sound, junior archivist and translator of the ancient tongues, but he sees other viable way in life. Also he is don't worry besotted with the charming and deliberate Viola Pickleberry, plenty of room in the head for others.

And then, one night, he and viola find a wounded ferrets in the River - worse still, a ferret wounded pirates - a treasure map and a warning that is true... too quickly

The first book in the Sagaria series by Swiss author John Dahlgren begins the tides of miserliness, and before you can say "Arrrr" it is out of the race. There is a lot to absorb in this novel - it runs on more than 400 pages and maintains a pace between lively to atemlos-but Dahlgren maneuvers through the history with wit and confidence, keep his characters and situations sent on the road lose without long game. Virtually all of his characters are richly drawn, even until late in the game extensions (Pimplebrains, a schweigsamer but Honorable pirate Beaver, is a good example), and the shading makes in their representations, which resonate with the deeper themes even on the rare occasion where some threatening the subtext to text to. However, even if buried dangerously close to the surface - like rise such as the importance of reason and rational approaches to the world of the dogma of the narrow-minded religions - managed some of the themes, Dahlgren Ligeia avoid and keep the story on a pitch of the ship.

Part of what makes the Dahlgren book so remarkable is the amazing sophistication which mixes the author and genre elements and sound without diving too far in one direction. While probably as fantasy - the book is classified animals talk, clothing and sailing boats tends to make that one given - there is more sea adventure than anything else, and a late Act makes development a strong argument for the position in a different genre altogether. More the book is just funny to the point. Despite some dark corners and the fact that the story still never away is afraid of violence, considers a sound which close perpetual irritated firmly in the hand in the Dahlgren; a large part of the explanatory prose and dialogue reveals an anglophile sense of humor, and the General voice of the book is playful, witty, similar to Douglas Adams or Tom Holt. For fans of wit, adventure or even pirate stories Dahlgren should book a welcome addition to the shelves.

Tested by: Nicole Sorkin, Pacific book review

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7 Scorpions: Revolution Make the Apocalypse ROCK!

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AppId is over the quota

When the action-packed, thrilling apocalyptic SF novel 7 Scorpions: Rebellion by Mike Saxton was published, it hit all of the right notes for fans of End-of-the-World-as-You-Know-It books. The novel was the first in a planned trilogy by Mike, and from the first sentence, I knew this was a series that would go down as one of the most spectacular SF trilogies ever written. Now, with 7 Scorpions: Revolution, Saxton has taken the action, suspense, and thrills of 7 Scorpions: Rebellion to a whole 'nother level.

The evil dictator Zodiac is back, more determined than ever to complete his massive Ziggurat and to unleash his "final solution" upon the shattered remnants of humanity. He is fiendishly evil, and his exertion of control over his lobotomized minions, the Grand Army, is proof if any were needed that Zodiac will stop at nothing to accomplish his goals of world domination. The only thing that stands in Zodiac's way are the rebels of Militia 28, but there are only so many of them in comparison to the multitudes of the Grand Army. How can they hope to defeat a seemingly invulnerable foe like Zodiac?

Militia 28, on its own, likely would not stand much of a chance against Zodiac and the Grand Army; fortunately, they are not alone in their opposition to Zodiac. The main protagonist and hero of 7 Scorpions: Rebellion is back, also. Night Viper's heightened strength, speed, fighting skills, and mental powers makes him a very worthy opponent for Zodiac. We learn more about both Night Viper and Zodiac in 7 Scorpions: Rebellion, and other secrets are revealed, like the purpose of Project Scorpion.

Zodiac has tried to hunt down and eradicate any nuclear weapons that America's military might have located around the country, which potentially could be used against him; but, he misses at least one. Militia 28 retrieves the nuke from it watery resting place, but then they come under immediate attack by Hellfire aircraft sent by Zodiac. Was it a set-up? Were Zodiac's troops just waiting for Militia 28 to do all of the hard, dirty work, and then just swoop in to both get the nuke and destroy as many members of Militia 28 as they can?

The novel opens up in the ruins of New York City. Scenes shift from following the plot and action of both Militia 28 and Night Viper, and we get to witness the devastation of the Brooklyn Bridge and even the Empire State Building as Zodiac's military might attempts to kill Night Viper and track him and Militia 28 using satellites. 7 Scorpions: Rebellion painted a bleak picture of mankind's future; but, 7 Scorpions: Revolution is even bleaker, and reading about this apocalyptic scenario is like getting first-hand visions of Dante's Inferno.

7 Scorpions: Revolution by Mike Saxton is full of twists & turns, and it is a satisfyingly action- packed and uber-violent sequel to the first book of the trilogy, 7 Scorpions: Rebellion. I don't want to reveal any more about the plot as I don't want to mention any spoilers, but I'll just say there are lots of shocks and surprises in store for the readers and fans of the first book and the series in Saxton's latest. I can hardly wait to read and review the third novel of the trilogy whenever it is published. If you're a fan of SF novels depicting a dystopian future and ones full of apocalyptic visions, but offering a glimmer of hope that mankind might arise from the ashes.

Reviewed by Douglas R. Cobb for http://www.bestsellersworld.com/

The heroes by Joe Abercrombie

This is the story of the hero, or more specifically what is for a hero or not. The heroes right, is in the same world as the first trilogy only slightly in the future of these events. Many of the characters from previous first law novels appear, but the whole story is a dissection of a three-day battle on the fields around the town of Osrung.

Joe Abercrombie gives us another fantasy book of passion, terror and war. It is heroic military fantasy at its finest. He manages to do one of the most difficult things; He brings the characters to life. In the hero, we get a part of the fight be instead of just reading. He maybe no Geppetto (Pinocchio's father) but by weaving together inner monologues with external actions, he gives the story an incredible immediacy, as is happening here and now.

The hero is written in a very interesting way. Right of the first battle scene of the storytelling technique is revealed. Joe Abercrombie takes a man point of view and follow him until he is killed. The story then jumps to the murderers we received, follow, until he is killed, and so on. We get to follow, what's going on in the head of a man if he breathes be counted. How does it feel to know that you will probably die in a matter of seconds? Does it hurt to get iterate through a blade or of a crossbow shot?

One of Abercrombie, my opinion of brilliant ideas, the book is around, is that experienced everything you need the gap fills you knowledge about a person like him between what he wants and what he really is. And if it is filled with dead bodies, what does it mean? You're a hero? So many men have heroism in her brain, but not in their hearts. The idea of Fame and glory overshadowed the reality of kill and be killed.

More points are the futility of the war Joe Abercrombie. The land where the battle takes place, are not much value, there are no riches, gold only be soon destroyed crops. There is no real reason for the fight. The purpose of the struggle in the hero is as fast as can be possible to stop just so that elsewhere fought other battles. I know it seems pointless, but also the most wars, when we start to think about.

The hero is at the end a bit dark and gloomy, but even more important is honest and funny. Whether you believe it or not, the human tragedy can be funny. Joe Abercrombie characters that will pursue heroism with an illegal term and single-minded persistence end deceived in their experience of life, unless they are also entitled or narcissistic to recognize that their achievements were presented only.

Say "to the honour for victory, to stay alive", but Joe Abercrombie says "I thought you were a decent man but I wandered, you're a hero."

The hero is available as a book and H?rbuch-http://www.fantasybookonline.com/