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"Once there was only the land of Phesaotois, with a cold and baleful Stone at its magical heart. Much later came the land of Pheyarcet, younger and hotter, with its Well of Fire inextricably bound up with its ruler, the great Panurgus." "Then Panurgus died, touching off a bitter struggle between his sons that ended with Avril on the throne and Prospero, mightiest of sorcerers, in permanent exile." "All that was an age ago. Now Prospero, grown ancient and subtle, has found a new, third land: bright Argylle, with its primal Spring of clear water. Argylle is a fair realm in its own right; but the children of Panurgus never forgive and never forget." "And so Prospero decides it is an auspicious time to seize the throne of Phesaotois from Avril - thereby setting in motion a vast tale of war, romance, and espionage, of talking animals and mythic beasts, of metaphysics and primal creation, of mannerly drama and gritty military detail: an epic that can only end in a conflagration of blood and honor."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (més)
I am finally getting around to reviewing this. When I first read this book, years ago, I couldn't get past the first few pages. It was NOT like A Well Favored Man at all. However, on a second attempt, I found it to be so much better - how the different Magical Sources work are expanded on, as well the politics of the family.
This is a much different world than the more gentle Argylle. Freia is a wild thing, but innocent of the larger worlds and brutal customs. Prospero is wild, fierce, willing to sacrifice everything to get back at his brother who stole his throne. Than we have Dewar, a Sorcerer with mysterious intentions. These are not the same people in the Well Favored Man, but they have elements of who they will become. ( )
Not like the first book at all.: Which isn't a bad thing, just don't go into this book thinking it'll be like _The Well-Favored Man._ Willey goes back in time, long before Gwydion was born and Argylle transformed into the beautiful realm it had become in the first book.The tone is harsher, much more solemn, much more tragic. While I miss Gwydion's first-person viewpoint, Willey has a larger story to tell, and needs a grander canvas on which to paint it.
I supppose this could be read on its own without first reading _Well-Favored Man,_ but readers of the first book will be nodding their heads, seeing the seeds of later conflict and entanglements sown here. It was also gratifying to learn more about the touchstones of this universe only hinted at in the first book.
Disappointing prequel to The Well-Favored Man purports to illustrate the backstory leading to that book's events, but contains massive contradictions in incident and character. ( )
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"For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown." —Caxton
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It is a proverb often quoted but seldom applied, that all a gentleman needs to travel is a good cloak, a good horse, and a good sword.
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"A prince is a prince all his life," he said, "even as a son is. I will go with you, the latter to the former."
"Once there was only the land of Phesaotois, with a cold and baleful Stone at its magical heart. Much later came the land of Pheyarcet, younger and hotter, with its Well of Fire inextricably bound up with its ruler, the great Panurgus." "Then Panurgus died, touching off a bitter struggle between his sons that ended with Avril on the throne and Prospero, mightiest of sorcerers, in permanent exile." "All that was an age ago. Now Prospero, grown ancient and subtle, has found a new, third land: bright Argylle, with its primal Spring of clear water. Argylle is a fair realm in its own right; but the children of Panurgus never forgive and never forget." "And so Prospero decides it is an auspicious time to seize the throne of Phesaotois from Avril - thereby setting in motion a vast tale of war, romance, and espionage, of talking animals and mythic beasts, of metaphysics and primal creation, of mannerly drama and gritty military detail: an epic that can only end in a conflagration of blood and honor."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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This is a much different world than the more gentle Argylle. Freia is a wild thing, but innocent of the larger worlds and brutal customs. Prospero is wild, fierce, willing to sacrifice everything to get back at his brother who stole his throne. Than we have Dewar, a Sorcerer with mysterious intentions. These are not the same people in the Well Favored Man, but they have elements of who they will become. (