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The Queen of Sinister

por Mark Chadbourn

Series: The Dark Age {Chadbourn} (2)

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A new Dark Age has fallen across Britain; gods and monsters walk the land. In this new time, myth and legend has become realtity; nothing is as it seems. The plague came without warning. Nothing could stop its progress: the first sign of the disease is black spots at the base of the fingers; an agonising death quickly follows. But this is no ordinary disease . . . Caitlin Shepherd, a lowly GP, is allowed to cross the veil into the mystical Celtic Otherworld in search of a cure; her search takes her on a quest to the end of a land of dreams and nightmares to petition the gods. Caitlin is humanity's last hope, but she carries a terrible burden: a consciousness shattered into five distinct personalities . . . . . . and one of them may not be human. THE QUEEN OF SINISTER is the latest instalment in Mark Chadbourn's riveting 'Dark Age' sequence: a masterful blend of Celtic myth and Arthurian legend in a modern setting.… (más)

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The second in a trilogy of novels set in a Britain where the old gods have returned (the Fall). In this one, a young woman whose mind contains a number of other personas (and one who is not only a dissociated personality but something far more), is on a quest to save the land from a plague that is more than a plague. This story, like other quest stories, involves companions, some of whom are more than they seem immediately. There's also more than a not at Britain's multicultural identity today, which is good. Plus recognition that black British people are not all lower class, which is better. But the author also kills off a black character (which is par for the course, as he had the gay black man in the first volume castrated; makes one wonder if there's a theme here). (

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Fledgist | Feb 24, 2013 |

This is one of those simple fantasy books that would probably be enjoyed more if one were a teenager and less apt to be annoyed by the author's insertion of his little pieces of boring philosophy about mankind and heroes vs evildoers into the book. Repetitive insertion, too. I gave up and skim read to the end as the story just wouldn't grab me, much as I like a good dystopian tale. Everyone's dying from mystery plague after magic and gods have somehow risen and messed with the world (detailed in 1st of series, i didn't read it), brave young woman physician takes on epic quest to save everyone, mystical overtones, blah blah. Sounds promising, but not so much. (

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amanderson | Jun 13, 2011 |

Just finished.

It was completly what I needed in terms of a nice fantasy/post appocolyptic style book. Well crafted characters and very readable.

I RESENT however that it was not clearly labelled as being one in a series. I was looking for stand-alone books not trillogies. Not ongoing series.

It worked very well as a stand alone story, no complaints there. But when reading library books they should come with a warning: "This is book two in a series none of which will you ever be able to get your hands on so you will never really know how the story started or ended." (

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Ideiosepius | Dec 12, 2010 |

More of the same from Chadbourn. I still enjoyed it but I did feel at times I was being preached at (why do characters always make the same points about past civilisation vs future rebuild, usually several times per book)
I did find it a bit more jumbled between several characters and plots, and it did leave a lot of loose ends, which might be tied later or not. (

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iphigenie | Sep 12, 2008 |

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A new Dark Age has fallen across Britain; gods and monsters walk the land. In this new time, myth and legend has become realtity; nothing is as it seems. The plague came without warning. Nothing could stop its progress: the first sign of the disease is black spots at the base of the fingers; an agonising death quickly follows. But this is no ordinary disease . . . Caitlin Shepherd, a lowly GP, is allowed to cross the veil into the mystical Celtic Otherworld in search of a cure; her search takes her on a quest to the end of a land of dreams and nightmares to petition the gods. Caitlin is humanity's last hope, but she carries a terrible burden: a consciousness shattered into five distinct personalities . . . . . . and one of them may not be human. THE QUEEN OF SINISTER is the latest instalment in Mark Chadbourn's riveting 'Dark Age' sequence: a masterful blend of Celtic myth and Arthurian legend in a modern setting.

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