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Stands a Shadow (The Heart of the World #2)
by
Col Buchanan
In "Farlander," the first book of the Heart of the World series, readers met Ash, an aging master assassin of the famed order of Roshun, and his apprentice Nico, a boy who always managed to be in the wrong place at the right time. Ash and Nico were sent on a suicidal mission to fulfill a contract against the favored son of the Holy Matriarch, the ruler of Mann. The assassi...more
Hardcover
Published
July 1st 2011
by Tor Books
(first published 2011)
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I picked up Col Buchanan’s Stands a Shadow, kindly sent to me by Julie Crisp at Macmillan. On the back of the dust jacket is a quote that runs ‘Two pages into Farlander (the previous book) I was hooked ... I’ll certainly be reading the next book, for I have a feeling it’s going to be even better. Nice one Mr Buchanan’ by a guy called Neal Asher. So was this even better? I didn’t find myself being immediately hooked for any of a number of reasons: my hangover was getting in the way, because I cou...more
The sequel to ‘Farlander’ sees the Holy Matriarch of Mann ordering a risky invasion of the Free Ports. Her plans are the complete conquest of the fortress city of Bar-Khos, whose walls have held the empire at bay for ten long years of siege.
Ash is an ageing Roshun assassin who is determined to avenge the previous victims of the Matriarch. Che the Matriarch’s personal Diplomat and also a trained killer of the state is questioning his own path in all of this.
With the battle for the Free Ports inte...more
Ash is an ageing Roshun assassin who is determined to avenge the previous victims of the Matriarch. Che the Matriarch’s personal Diplomat and also a trained killer of the state is questioning his own path in all of this.
With the battle for the Free Ports inte...more
After reading the first book of Col Buchanan's Heart of the World series, Farlander, I was left with mixed feelings. For the most part I had enjoyed the book. If I were to have used one word to describe it however it would have most likely been: Average. I did find it enjoyable enough however to want to see where Mr. Buchanan was going with his story.
Man am I glad I picked up the second book. Stands A Shadow is better in every way compared to the first book. Don't get me wrong, the first book w...more
Man am I glad I picked up the second book. Stands A Shadow is better in every way compared to the first book. Don't get me wrong, the first book w...more
La verdad es que dado que me gustó bastante en cuanto al estilo el libro anterior, este tenía pinta de que tenía difícil mejorar de una manera realmente visible. Y me ha defraudado y gustado a partes prácticamente iguales. En el sentido literario, tengo que decir que es incluso mejor que la primera parte. En el sentido de acercarse a mis gustos, no tanto. Y sin embargo, desde ya tengo que decir que espero con ansias la tercera parte de esta saga. Probablemente a muchos no os suene, pero la prime...more
This second book follows directly on from its predecessor Farlander.
Ash, the Farlander of the previous book is in Q'os seeking retribution for the murder of his apprentice Nico. As a Roshun assassin such a search for personal vengeance is against everything that he has been taught. His target, the Holy Matriarch of Man leaves Q'os at the head of an army , her plan is to conquer the fortress of Bar-Khos, a city that has been besieged by the Mannians for ten long years. Ash follows, waiting for hi...more
Ash, the Farlander of the previous book is in Q'os seeking retribution for the murder of his apprentice Nico. As a Roshun assassin such a search for personal vengeance is against everything that he has been taught. His target, the Holy Matriarch of Man leaves Q'os at the head of an army , her plan is to conquer the fortress of Bar-Khos, a city that has been besieged by the Mannians for ten long years. Ash follows, waiting for hi...more
Lorsque Livraddict a proposé ce partenariat avec les éditions Bragelonne, que j'en profite pour remercier, j’ai sauté sur l’occasion de lire cette saga qui me faisait de l’œil depuis la sortie de Farlander, il y a plusieurs mois. J’ai donc enchaîné la lecture des deux volumes du Cœur du monde, mais ayant été relativement déçue par le premier, c'est un peu avec des pincettes que je me suis lancée dans Entre chien et loup.
Contrairement au premier opus dont j’avais beaucoup apprécié les parties con...more
Contrairement au premier opus dont j’avais beaucoup apprécié les parties con...more
I was skeptical, reading this second in the series. For some reason, given how long it had been since reading the first, I had thought Buchanan's work not outstanding.
I was wrong. He actually tells a pretty damn swell story, and I can't help but think there is a scattered smattering of literary themes within his work. Reading 'Stands a Shadow' I was reminded of why I had sunk into the first, but was more glad at that this work seems stronger/more cohesive/more involved in multiple characters tha...more
I was wrong. He actually tells a pretty damn swell story, and I can't help but think there is a scattered smattering of literary themes within his work. Reading 'Stands a Shadow' I was reminded of why I had sunk into the first, but was more glad at that this work seems stronger/more cohesive/more involved in multiple characters tha...more
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Jan 14, 2013
Tim
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes the style of books in my list.
Recommended to Tim by:
No one
Shelves:
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Col Buchanan's second book continues the story of 'Farlander'.
Ash continues his adventures against the followers of Mann. Although, to be accurate, Ash is less of a central character in this volume, despite the fact the storyline is entirely driven by Ash's desire for personal (frowned upon, when one is a Roshun) revenge.
The story is, again, well constructed, well described and verbally illustrated. The characters are sufficiently vague to be intriguing, yet sufficiently 'filled' to solicit affe...more
Ash continues his adventures against the followers of Mann. Although, to be accurate, Ash is less of a central character in this volume, despite the fact the storyline is entirely driven by Ash's desire for personal (frowned upon, when one is a Roshun) revenge.
The story is, again, well constructed, well described and verbally illustrated. The characters are sufficiently vague to be intriguing, yet sufficiently 'filled' to solicit affe...more
This is the second book in The Heart of the world series. The Empire of man is realling after the attempted assassination of the prince of there kingdom, and the high matriarch herself is out to take over the world. This book follows a young harlot who has decided to stop doing drugs and being...well a harlot and signs up for the army. She helps in the war against the matriarch who is now attacking her city and who's armies years before killed her family and her original town. Also follows who i...more
If you like the logistical and tactical sides of your fantasy conflict, then Stands a Shadow is a must read. Buchanan pens the conflict as though he were the war-scribe with open access to the general's table. A brilliant read that is likely only made better by reading through Farlander, which I intend to do very soon.
Read the full review of Stands a Shadow at Mithril Wisdom.
Read the full review of Stands a Shadow at Mithril Wisdom.
Great development of a world. Very well-developed characters that I grew to love and hate. I will definitely look for the next installment of this trilogy.
Shows a much more deft hand than his strong debut. Still great characters and still a tendency towards slow narrative but still a great read.
wondering where thwy are going to go with it now
Even better than the debut novel.
Not a bad second book
I finally finished (in the sense that I turned and scanned all pages) this one after more than a year since I started it; standard fantasy that came too late for me as it is nothing special and I feel the genre has mostly exhausted its interest for me; no plans to read more in this series as I simply could not care about anything in this one
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Akasha (Mes petits crimes et délits)
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