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 Feast of Souls - Celia Friedman
Newest Review: ... idea of Magisters draining life source from others to perform their magic and witches having to drain their own life source ... more  ... to cast spells. The thought that to perform magic you either had to kill yourself or someone else was certainly different and reduced the chances of magic being a solution to every problem going, which happens a lot in the field of fantasy. There is even some time given over to the psychological implications of this as part of Kamala's teaching, which I found particularly interesting.
Even allowing for this, the story had enough variation to keep me interested. We get to follow Prince Andovan's attempts to find t...more |
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Feast of Souls - Celia Friedman: Not Quite a Feast, But a Decent Meal (962 words)
by - written on 19/07/08 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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Whilst I tend to read fantasy more than any other genre these days, my first love has always been the horror genre. So when an author promises me a fantasy novel with a dark twist, then I am always likely to be interested. "Feast of Souls" certainly offered this, with a couple of dark twists to the traditional fantasy themes. Prince Andovan is dying of a disease known as "the Wasting" and a large group of Magisters have been called together to try and find a cure. However, they alone know that the cause of this illness is their particular form of magic, which drains the life force of other beings to allow them to create spells. This ... Read the complete review
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