Simon Brown (1) (1956–)
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Simon Brown is highly regarded as both a practitioner of Feng Shui & a best-selling author. (Bowker Author Biography)
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With Clouds at Our Feet 5 kappaletta
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The Cup Of Nestor 5 kappaletta
Leviathan 4 kappaletta
Rain from the New God 3 kappaletta
Ajudication 2 kappaletta
The Final Machine 2 kappaletta
The Empire (in Dreaming Again - DANN) 2 kappaletta
Oh, Russia (in 2012 - KRASNOSTEIN) 2 kappaletta
All the Fires of Lebanon 2 kappaletta
Lonely as Life 2 kappaletta
Brother Stripes 2 kappaletta
Waiting At Golgotha 2 kappaletta
The Mark of Thetis 2 kappaletta
The Dissections of Machaon 2 kappaletta
Skyriders 2 kappaletta
Chlorine 2 kappaletta
Water Babies 2 kappaletta
Shadows 2 kappaletta
Chimera 1 kappale
Sister [short story] 1 kappale
Sammy goes to Toytown [short story] 1 kappale
Sweep [short story] 1 kappale
Tarans 1 kappale
The Dreaming Seas Beneath Cassandra 1 kappale
Reiteration 1 kappale
No Mans Land 1 kappale
The Garden 1 kappale
A New Song for Odysseus 1 kappale
Love Is A Stone 1 kappale
Along Came a Spider 1 kappale
Teacher of Righteousness 1 kappale
Sisters 1 kappale
Ring Ring! 1 kappale
The Mind's Eye 1 kappale
Love and Paris 1 kappale
The Hungry Spring 1 kappale
A Serpent in Eden 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998) — Avustaja — 442 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Avustaja — 224 kappaletta, 5 arvostelua
Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction (2008) — Avustaja — 95 kappaletta, 6 arvostelua
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Brown, Simon
- Syntymäaika
- 1956
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Australia
- Syntymäpaikka
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Ammatit
- Australian Electoral Commission
NSW Railways Department
novelist
editor - Organisaatiot
- Australian Skeptics (member)
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Aurealis Award (short story, 2009)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
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- ISBN:t
- 96
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Lynan was young and naïve, but he gradually grew into the true son of his father, a military leader determined to return to Grenda Lear and reclaim what had been stolen from him. Back home, his half-sister Areava, having succeeded to the throne after the murder of her older brother, committed herself to destroying the half-brother she believed guilty of the crime - never realizing that a most treacherous conspiracy involving a neighboring kingdom raged underneath her very nose. In the distant Oceans of Grass, Lynan united the nomadic Chetts and began a civil war that would eventually involve every province across the land of Theare. For the first half of the series, I worked under the assumption that every thing would work out in the end - Lynan was innocent of the crime that sent him into exile, after all. Then, in the latter half of Fire and Sword, Brown hit me with the literary equivalent of a one-two punch that left me reeling in absolute shock at the tragedy and horror unleashed upon all sides of this epic conflict.
Naturally, I could not wait to see how the storyline would evolve in this third and final novel of the trilogy. Even with my blinders now off, I really had no idea how this epic saga would end. Sovereign is filled with both the thrills and visceral horrors of battle. Bloodied by his first encounter with the army of Grenda Lear, Lynan and his Chett allies not only regroup, they expand their war plans diplomatically as well as militarily. Lynan himself is greatly changed, devolving into something both more than and less than human as the life-saving blood of a vicious wood vampire haunts and transforms him into a frightening spectre that fills his enemies - and eventually even his friends - with dread. The once-noble young hero becomes a bloodthirsty killer who displays no mercy to those who stand in his way. His closest friends and allies are powerless to contain him in his madness - not so long as he is prey to the torments of Silona the vampire.
One of the most compelling aspects of this story is the nebulous quality of good and evil on both sides of the conflict. One finds it hard to pull against Queen Areava and the noble prince Olio back in Grenda Lear, for they, like Lynan, are really just victims of the treachery that set the horrors of war in motion. Then there is Primate Powl, who attained his position by murdering the former primate. Despite the man's great sin, he becomes a tragic figure in these pages as he suffers the guilt of knowing he is not the religious leader he should be and searches earnestly for knowledge of his God. In the end, there are only a handful of truly guilty men, and the story finally comes full circle. As Lynan's army nears Kendra, the very capital of Grenda Lear, I honestly had no clue as to how Brown would resolve a story filled with so much pain and sorrow on all sides. Keys of Power is not just another fantasy series - far from it, with its incredibly complex characters, shocking plot twists, and powerfully emotional final showdown.
I only wish this series could have been expanded to some degree. Far too many fantasy series are stretched beyond their means over the course of multiple volumes, but the Keys of Power series only brushes the surface of several fascinating subplots, especially one concerning the true history of the land of Theare, and leaves the reader wanting more. I for one hope Simon Brown returns to Grenda Lear at some point, as I would love to see how a land so decimated by such a tragic and bloody war makes the difficult transition to the future.… (lisätietoja)