The Hallowed Hunt (Chalion series)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060574747 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A story of kingship, of keeping faith beyond death, and the power of love" according to Kindle Customer. I see why some other McMaster Bujold fans have been somewhat disappointed in this book compared to her other works, but I think the issue is just a difference in tone. The Hallowed Hunt has an archaic and elegiac air, like Mary Renault's oldest stories (The King Must Die, The Bull from the Sea), or some of Guy Gavriel Kay's works (Tigana, A Song for Arbonne). As they are read, these stories take on a cool, almost remote grief, because they are told against a backdrop of grave loss: the dying moments of a culture no longer our own, now almost wholly lost in antiquity. (Whether that culture is sourced in archaeology. divine responsibility of kings Mike Garrison The Hallowed Hunt is not at all a sequel to The Curse Of Chalion or Paladin Of Souls and yet the new reader would almost certainly be missing quite a bit without having read those two books. The world of these books is something similar to but not quite like medieval Europe. But the religion is based upon a theology of five gods. And so is the series of books (the first one for the Daughter, the second for the Bastard, and this one for the Son).There are no common characters or even settings, as Chalion is a far-off land, barely known by the people of this novel. (So calling this the third "Chalion Book" is somet. Not her best book, by a long shot Carny Asada I am a fan of McMaster Bujold, but this isn't one of her stronger efforts. Roughly the first three-quarters of the book is people talking about things that happened elsewhere or years ago. I perked up when the ice bear was introduced, but it doesn't get much to do, either. Not recommended unless you feel the need to read everything she ever wrote.
For a monstrous malevolence holds the haunted lord in its sway -- and a great and terrible destiny has been bestowed upon him by the gods, the damned, and the dead.. A magnificent epic tale of devotion, possession, obsession, and strange destiny from the author of the Hugo Award-winningPaladin of SoulsLois McMaster BujoldThe half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile -- and Lord Ingrey kin Wilfcliff must transport the body to its burial place and the accused killer, the Lady Ijada, to judgment. With the death of the old Hallow King imminent and the crown in play, the road they must travel together is a dangerous one. And though he is duty-bound to deliver his prisoner to an almost certain death, Ijada may be the only one Ingrey dares trust
Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff, sent by the kingdom's sealmaster to fetch orphaned Lady Ijada to trial, soon learns they both unwillingly bear animal spirits received in forbidden power rites stretching centuries back into the primeval Weald. Bujold's ability to sustain a breathless pace of action while preserving a heady sense of verisimilitude in a world of malignant wonders makes this big novel occasionally brilliant—and not a word too long. All rights reserved. Though the book's complicated magical-religious structure requires considerable suspension of disbelief, Bujold brings to life a multitude of convincing secondary characters, especially skaldic warrior-poet Prince Jokol and his ice bear, Fafa. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. The absorbing third installment in Bujold's epi