Tag: Michael Stackpole

The New World

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The New World
Age of Discovery #3
Michael Stackpole
fantasy
2 stars
399 pages

The trilogy finishes, very quickly in my opinion. The problem I had with this series were the massive number of side characters, names/places/thing/positions in italics[which made them somehow special?] and he just wrapped everything up in 2 chapters. I was hoping for something a little more drawn out. Oh well. I’ll still be buying it.

Perchance to Dream and Other Stories

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Perchance to Dream and Other Stories
Michael Stackpole
Fantasy
2 stars

a series of short stories. Some interesting. Had one about the Dream Raids in The Dragoncrown War Cycle and one from Talion:Revenant. The 2 that stood out in a badway were one that told about the 4th Magi, who raised Judas, and one about God getting sick of everything and allowing all the other gods to make their play on earth, from the perspective of Loki and the Norse gods. Very mixed opinion.

Cartomancy

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Cartomancy
Age of Discovery #2
Michael Stackpole
fantasy
2 stars

sequel to A Secret Atlas. Very interesting, but crowded. Follows at least 4 different subgroups, can be a bit confusing. He took some from Eyes of Silver with names and some reincarnation ideas. Overall tho? Thoroughly enjoying it! Much better than his DragonCrownWar cycle.

Talion: Revenant

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Talion: Revenant
Michael Stackpole
Fantasy
89 / 5 Stars

I was reading it this time to answer specific questions from someone. Forced me to pay attention to much smaller details. It still held up like gold. This is a good book.

/edit 2013
That “someone” turned out to be my future/now wife 😀

Once a Hero

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Once a Hero
Michael Stackpole
fantasy
87 / 4 Stars

it got bumped down 2 points simply because I have matured. Still an excellent story, but now that I’m a tiny bit older, and have read more, it isn’t so without blemishes as I thot at first blush.

A Secret Atlas

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A Secret Atlas
The Age of Discovery #1
Michael Stackpole
fantasy
85 / 3 stars

instead of his medieval Europe type, we get a more eastern flavor, and some south american thrown in. Very enjoyable, but why do some main characters always seem to die? I didn’t enjoy that aspect.