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 Emissary - Fiona McIntosh
Description: ISBN 1841494615 / Author: Fiona McIntosh / Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Publisher: Orbit / Odalisque Ana is resigned to life in Percheron's famed harem and has little more than a blood-soaked veil to remind her that Spur Lazar, the man she loves, is dead. What's more, she is ... more  Emissary - Fiona McIntosh ... closely watched by the scheming Grand Master Eunuch, Salmeo, and the cunning and cruel Valide Herezah. The Valide, unhappy at Ana's influence over the young Zar, contrives a shrewd plan to bring about the beautiful young woman's demise. But greater forces are at work ...The demon Maliz has taken the guise of Percheron's Grand Vizier in order to stalk Iridor, the traditional accomplice of the Goddess. And a war is brewing. A long-time enemy, Galinsea, intends to exact a vicious blood price for the death of its crown prince, LucNewest Review: ... the Grand Vizier Tariq and both he and the Valide are out to cause harm to odalisque Ana, one to maintain the power of the ... more ... Gods and one to maintain her own power within the harem. Yet there is more, as the neighbouring province of Galinsea is out to declare war, as Spur Lazar was important to them for reasons that are only now becoming clear.
It is to McIntosh's credit that every time I tried to think how I could explain the story I got confused, but on reading it that never happened. Her major characters are so individual that there is never any danger of getting them confused, even though they all interact with each other on many diffe...more |
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Emissary - Fiona McIntosh: Not to be E-Missed (990 words)
by IainWear - written on 27/04/08 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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Starting with the second book in a trilogy is always dangerous. Frequently it's just a holding book, between the setting up of the first book and the climax in the third and you struggle to follow what's going on, especially if there is no explanation. That was the situation I found myself in early into reading "Emissary". There is clearly quite a lot has happened in the first book, affecting the lives of major characters and causing the deaths of others. These were referred to, but the story behind it was lost to me which was, in this case, even more of a disappointment than usual as it seemed so fascinating. The story follows the ...
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