Description
Trade ReviewPraise for the Crown of Stars series:
“In the Jaran series, Elliott proved herself good at setting up
conflict on a grand scale…. Here she creates a complex fantasy world with intriguing parallels to European history, colorful characters, and plenty of action and magic.” —
Locus “The saga’s world is extremely well built, its pacing is brisk enough to keep the pages fluttering…. This certainly could become
one of the best multivolume fantasies—fans, take note!” —
Booklist“Elliott has a gift for creating grim, dark settings as well as swashbuckling action scenes (both magical and material) worthy of Rafael Sabatini. This is a
splendid piece of intelligent entertainment.” —
Publishers Weekly“A
solidly engrossing addition to a worthwhile series.” —
Kirkus
“Kate Elliott, an excellent fantasist, writes
lush and lyrical scenes and uses her characters to scale down cosmic events to a human scale.” —
Midwest Book Review
“Ms. Elliott continues to weave
an elegantly intricate tapestry of full-bodied characters who will fascinate and intrigue readers up to the very last page.”—
Romantic Times Magazine (now
RT Reviews)
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Strong plotting, thorough world building and sound characterization and character development make this novel a must-purchase for those collections that have invested in the rest of the series.”—
VOYA“Elliott has created
a world with depth and color and peopled it with a large cast of characters, all poised on the brink of a cataclysmic conclusion.”—
SF Chronicle“This is a very good climax to a very long series…. The writing is
clear and excellent, the universe is interesting, the politics and warfare believable.”—
SFRevu“Elliott has developed
as real a fantasy realm as any writer working in the genre, and the very complexity of the story contributes to its verisimilitude.”—
Chronicle
