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false <![CDATA[The Born Queen (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, #4)]]> 1044058 5 In The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Greg Keyes has crafted a brilliant saga of magic, adventure, and love set against a backdrop of clashing empires and an ancient, reawakened evil. Now, with The Born Queen, Keyes brings his epic to a masterly close, gathering the strands of plot and character into a stunning climax that both completes and transcends all that has gone before. The Briar King is dead, and the world itself follows him to ruin. Aspar White, wounded and tired, must embark on one last quest to save the forest and the people he loves, but he has little hope of success. Anne Dare at last sits on the throne of Crotheny, but for how long? The Church, now led by the corrupt and powerful Marché Hespero, has declared a holy war against her, giving the king of Hansa the pretext he needs to unleash his vast might on the young queen and her unready army. But Hansa is the least of Anne’s worries. The Hellrune, war seer of Hansa, strikes at her through vision and prophecy. The Kept–last of the elder Skasloi lords–weaves his own dark webs. Anne’s teacher and ally in the sedos world might also be her worst enemy, and Anne’s own mounting strength compels her toward madness. Surviving these dangers and mastering her eldritch abilities are merely prelude to the real struggle. There are many–some with power matching or even exceeding Anne’s own–who are willing to kill in order to seize control. For whoever sits upon the throne will have the ultimate command to bring about the world’s salvation–or its apocalypse. 1030466 25 3 2008 The Born Queen (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, #4) total:267|5:49|4:105|3:89|2:20|1:4| 267 976 448 40 3 2 false false Fri Jul 11 12:52:27 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 12:53:47 -0700 2008
...throughout the entirety of (this) series, Keyes maintains (the story) with informed craft. The story rarely lags over its thousands of pages, and the many plot elements that he concocts are largely settled by the conclusion. He keeps a good handle on h...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 10 20:24:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 26 23:41:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:04:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:17:56 -0700 2009
My feeling is - in spite of the fact Mr Keyes is no stranger to quadrologies - that he intended to write a six book series or maybe even something longer ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 09:33:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 21:34:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 03:21:31 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 04:07:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 21:47:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 20:54:51 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 12:56:15 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 13:14:43 -0700 2008
The book is solid, and the stories of all the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 17 17:12:11 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 09:26:37 -0700 2009 1
In this series (which started with The Briar King and co...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 26 11:36:30 -0800 2008 Tue May 20 07:49:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 04:16:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:34:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 07:32:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:38:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:23:15 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:29:05 -0800 2008
The people that you care about through the whole series don't end up happy at the end, though the ending does fit w...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 24 18:30:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 18:33:19 -0700 2009
This was a very clumsy wrap up to the series. It's as though the huge plot he controlled so well in book 3 just got away from him, and he allowed things to just sort of drift to an end. Things get clumsily wrapped up in an epilogue, and do not reach the epic c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:33:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:38:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 14:00:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:02:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:41:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:43:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false true Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 20:25:46 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 20:27:05 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Nov 27 12:02:48 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 12:05:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 05:23:24 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 12:05:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:22:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 04:09:28 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1044058