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Empress - Karen Miller

Description: ISBN 1841496774 / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Author: Karen Miller / Paperback / 688 Pages / Book is published 2008-04-03 by Orbit

Newest Review: ... of the bloodiest fantasy novels I remember reading for quite some time. The Mijak God demands regular blood sacrifices, in ... more

... much the same way as the Old Testament Christian God. If something important is to happen in Mijak, then the godspeakers make even larger sacrifices and omens are read in the entrails of slaughtered animals. Whilst I accept that this can happen, the constant and frequent detailing of these sacrifices did feel a little unnecessary and if anyone is a little squeamish, this could be a bit unsettling. In addition to this, the scope of Mijaki life is a lot narrower than in many fantasy novels. If they are not involved...more

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Empress - Karen Miller: I Wasn't Empressed (990 words)
by - written on 02/09/08 (Very useful, 83 readings)
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Karen Miller took the fantasy world by storm with her debut "Kingmaker, Kingbreaker" duology, with both "The Innocent Mage" and "The Awakened Mage" selling well and getting good reviews in many places, including The Bookbag. Whilst I missed those, I'd heard enough good things about her work to be excited about "Empress", the first in a planned trilogy of "Godspeaker" novels. In a part of Mijak known only as "The Savage North", a young girl is resigned to a life of beatings, hunger and being unloved and unwanted, largely for having been born female. She is saved from this life by the arrival of two ... Read the complete review