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Ladataan... The Right Hand of God (2005)Tekijä: Russell Kirkpatrick
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The conclusion of a superb feat of epic storytelling.Can the Company save their world? The Company and the Arkhimm have scattered far and wide in their quest to warn Faltha of imminent invasion by the armies of the Destroyer. They now have possession of the Jugom Ark, the flaming Arrow of legend which, it is believed, will defeat their enemy. When Leith carries the Ark into the city of Instruere, thousands of people flock to him to fight for Faltha in the coming war. But Leith is finding it difficult to accept people's faith in him and his role as custodian of the Ark. Until the events of 2,000 years ago finally play out in the present ... Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The other bit of tokenism that annoyed was the Children of the Mist. I don't know if non-New Zealanders would pick up that they were based on Maori (complete with bits of dialogue in Te Reo, which I really loved). The trouble is, the main character we meet as a representative of the people was even more of a stereotype than the female characters. Dark-skinned savage? Check. Goes off about honour? Check. Has a big club? Check. One of the most interesting aspects of the series was the points it raised about colonialism. Which were completely undermined by making Te Tuahungata such a cliché.
Another problem I had was that I kept hearing the echo of other fantasy series behind various sections – a common grumble with fantasy. Although it was less annoying here than it can be (don't get me started on His Dark Materials), it was something that interfered with the pleasure I had in the story. Strong echoes of both Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time and Tad Williams’s Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series, and even stronger echoes of CS Lewis's Narnia books. And if the arrival of the southern fleet seems familiar but you can't place it, reread The Return of the King.
My final complaint was that the ending was too pat. Too much was resolved without anything actually happening to bring it about. Deus ex machina is one thing, but this felt more like the author realising he'd left three or four dozen loose threads, and no ideas left about how to tie them up. (Not helped by Orbit sticking a couple of pages of Kirkpatrick's next novel in the end of the book!) Again, the annoying thing is that Kirkpatrick obviously has good ideas, and is capable of good writing.
Having said all that, it's an interesting debut, and did deliver things it promised – just not all of them.
I will keep my eyes open for his next books. ( )