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Chargement... God Stalk (1982)par P. C. Hodgell
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The story opens with a young woman fleeing from a dark and terrible adversary toward a city where she hopes she will find safety. It is apparent there is a large gap in her memory and that she is very much alone as one thing she is sure of, even her own family had not cared for who she was and what she represented. She enters a bewildering city that appears to be dead but miraculously finds her way to a safe haven, an inn run by good people. During the course of the novel she will make friends, get some of her memories back, and simultaneously create havoc while trying to solve problems and be helpful. She is one of an alien people, the Kencyrath, who came to this planet hundreds (thousands?) of years ago to try and protect it from an entity known as the Perimal Darkling. I read this in a group read and therefore will say no more although I might come back when the read ends. Suffice it to say I liked the book enough to purchase the next one. I know there are six more beyond that and likely I will seek them out. It starts a bit roughly, but somewhere between page 70 and page 90 either it smooths out or I somehow "got" the setting and was thoroughly engaged from then on. **** Description from The Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature: ”Out of the haunted north comes Jame the Kencyr to Rathilien’s greatest city, Tai-Tastigon. From the hills above, the city appears strangely dark and silent. She arrives at its gates with large gaps in her memory and cat claws instead of fingernails. She’s carrying a pack full of strange artifacts, including a ring still on its owner’s finger… and she’s been bitten by a zombie. Wary, but in desperate need of a place to heal, Jame enters the city. So begins God Stalk, the first book in P.C. Hodgell’s Kencyrath series and one of my absolute, bar none, don’t-bother-me-if-you-see-me-reading-it, favorite fantasy novels.” A complex story in a multi-layered complex world with a very (what else?) complex protagonist. Jame struggles to fill in the gaps of her missing memory while also looking for the truth of gods and god-heads. She's been taught that there is only one god. However the city she enters is full of them and it's unclear whether they are the Creators or the Created. It's not my usual genre, but I'm intrigued enough that I've ordered the second book in the series. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Jame is a Kencyr. Kencyrs are not native to the planet where they now live. For thirty centuries they have been the weapon that their Three-Faced God has used against the power of the Perimal Darkling. And though they have fought well, the Darkling has come to planet after planet, and the Kencyrs have moved on. Jame knows this as she stumbles out of the hilly, barren Haunted Lands into the city of Tai-tastigon. But she knows little else. She does not remember where she has been or what she has done for the last ten years of her life. Her memory goes back only a week or two-to finding her home destroyed and all her family dead. In Tai-tastigon Jame begins a new life that seems to be at odds with all that the Kencyrs stand for. Kencyrs are honest and just, but Jame becomes an apprentice to the most renowned thief in the powerful Thieves' Guild. Kencyrs are confirmed monotheists, yet Jame explores the rituals and activities of the thousands of gods, templed and untempled, in this religious center; she even kills a god and then resurrects him. And at the inn, the Res aB'tyrr, where she lives, she finds herself using the most sacred dances of her people, dances she does not even remember learning, for the entertainment and sometimes the destruction of the inn's patrons. Within herself Jame finds power she does not want and doubts she defies her heredity to harbor. She moves through the rich and bloody stew of Tai-tastigon like a hot spice. Her probings, to find herself and to discover what her powers mean to her and her people, combined with influences already at work, very nearly destroy the city. And yet, they bring her face to face with a destiny she must accept. This is the first of several books. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Still have it 3 stars, because I feel like there world is interesting and I liked some of the characters, so maybe it's just me that doesn't like this style of fantasy. ( )