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Cargando... Portal of a Thousand Worlds (edición 2017)por Dave Duncan (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Good plot and interesting premise, but didn't have any likable characters and was a bit slow at the start. ( ) Portal of a Thousand Worlds was my first approach to Dave Duncan’s prolific production, and it ended up being a surprisingly involving read. The novel can be labeled as historical fantasy and is set in an alternate version of China, probably in the late 19th, early 20th Century: the rebellion of the Bamboo Banner adepts sounds quite similar to the real Boxer rebellion that flared up between 1899 and 1901, and here it serves as a useful time indicator. The story follows several narrative strands that move, slowly but inexorably, toward the final confluence [...] Read the full review at SPACE and SORCERY BLOG A fascinating premise of an alternate history China with a mild fantasy twist, but it's tough going as a read. There's a lot of great material--assassins, imposters, corruption, betrayal--and what could be a great cast of characters. The trouble is a lot of is that some of the emotional heft is missing, so it can be more difficult to truly engage with the many plots and characters, but I still found myself intrigued enough to continue. The writing style is smooth and polished, which makes it an easy read nonetheless. This makes "Thousand Worlds" a fun beach/vacation read with a novel premise--I'm always a big fan of non-European-centric fantasy settings. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The looming threat of a once-in-a-millennium magical event sends nineteenth-century China into violent chaos in this epic alternate-history fantasy. Author of the Seventh Sword series Dave Duncan transports us to Imperial China in an alternate nineteenth century--an Asian epoch not unlike the Boxer Rebellion era--with a spellbinding tale of rebellion, political intrigue, larceny, seduction, shape-shifting, dark magic, and murder. These are troubled years in the Good Land. Ten centuries have passed since the last time the Portal of a Thousand Worlds opened, bringing chaos, upheaval, and radical change to the then-ruling dynasty, and now the mystical gateway is rumored to be on the verge of opening once more. Only the Firstborn--he who has been reincarnated through countless generations and remembers all he has ever learned--knows what the future holds, but he has been imprisoned for refusing to comply with a repressive imperial government's wishes. Now, those hoping to seize the opportunity for wealth and position are hatching sinister plots. And as the cold-hearted dowager empress closely guards a fateful secret, and a rebel army led by a fanatical zealot gathers strength under the Bamboo Banner, the cataclysm approaches. . . . The recipient of two Aurora Awards and numerous Locus and Endeavour Award nominations, Dave Duncan is an acknowledged master of sword-and-sorcery adventure on par with George R. R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. A sprawling epic with a colorful cast of royals, thieves, prostitutes, gods, warriors, dragons, assassins, merchants, and mages set against the backdrop of a volatile alternate Asia, Portal of a Thousand Worlds is a magnificent work of invention from one of the premier fantasists of our day. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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