Adrian Cole
Autor/a de The Crimson Talisman
Sobre l'autor
Sèrie
Obres de Adrian Cole
Heart of the Beast 2 exemplars
Face To Face 2 exemplars
The Horror Under Penmire 2 exemplars
Dark Destroyer 1 exemplars
The Frankenstein Legacy 1 exemplars
Treason in Zagadar [Kull] 1 exemplars
Transmuto the Metamorphic Myrmidon 1 exemplars
Only Human 1 exemplars
Obres associades
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Tales From the Magician's Skull: Special 2 — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Cole, Adrian Christopher Synnot
- Data de naixement
- 1949-07-22
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Bideford, Devon, England, UK
Malaya - Professions
- writer
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 42
- També de
- 41
- Membres
- 731
- Popularitat
- #34,741
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 8
- ISBN
- 78
- Llengües
- 1
The Shadow Academy, set in a sparsely populated Grand Britannia, in which fortress cities on the coast such as Petra Dumniorum in the West Country guard against an attack from mainland Evropa that never comes, and the rulers from Central Authority in Londonborough ban historical research, so no-one really knows what did happen in the Plague Wars that devastated the world over a century ago. The plot is driven by a secret society's desire to study the past and free the country from the Central Authority's rule, and the Central Authority's attempts to crush dissent and thwart its enemies.
It has an interesting premise, although I could have done without the weak love triangle sub-plot, and I would have liked to know a little more about the wider world. Grand Britannia has reverted to forest with the population in widely separated towns, but has there really been no contact at all with Evropa since the Plague Wars? Erish pirates from Ireland make an appearance in the story, so surely there would have been some contact with French traders or fishermen at least. I would be interested in reading a prequel set at the time of the Plague Wars now that I have some idea about what happened to devastate the world and decimate its population.… (més)