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Echoes Of The Great Song
The Great Bear will descend from the skies, and with his paw, lash at the ocean. He will devour all the works of Man. Then he will sleep for ten thousand years, and the breath of his sleep will be death.
The prophecy had come true. The world spun. Tidal waves lashed the planet, and a new ice age dawned. The few survivors of a once great empire struggled to rebuild, to hold...more
The prophecy had come true. The world spun. Tidal waves lashed the planet, and a new ice age dawned. The few survivors of a once great empire struggled to rebuild, to hold...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
September 1st 1998
by Corgi
(first published October 1st 1997)
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Great Book.
The story of the final fall of a once great empire.
Synopsis:
The world has turned on it's ends, The poles have shifted, tipping the seas from thier bowls and changing the world forever.
With thier homeland under a glacier, and beset on all sides by barbarians, the remanents of the immortal Avatars have carved a new home. Protected only by the power of thier crystals the Avatars seek to create a new empire.
The crystals are failing and with them the Avatar's power and immortality. The Gr...more
The story of the final fall of a once great empire.
Synopsis:
The world has turned on it's ends, The poles have shifted, tipping the seas from thier bowls and changing the world forever.
With thier homeland under a glacier, and beset on all sides by barbarians, the remanents of the immortal Avatars have carved a new home. Protected only by the power of thier crystals the Avatars seek to create a new empire.
The crystals are failing and with them the Avatar's power and immortality. The Gr...more
Due to almost supernatural events life for a once vast, powerful, and intellectual nation seems to be running it's course. Soon there will be a new threat and those who still reign as near gods to the normal inhabitants are'nt to happy about it, and wont give up what they've still got without a fight. And boy are there some fights.
I realy liked this book because in many sences it was a tragedy, and a real struggle for the elite few to try and hold onto their former and glorious lifes, while thei...more
I realy liked this book because in many sences it was a tragedy, and a real struggle for the elite few to try and hold onto their former and glorious lifes, while thei...more
Another outstanding fantasy epic from one of the world’s greatest writers of heroic yarns. Echoes of the Great Song contains elements familiar from other Gemmell stories, and yet this is different, thought out to the finest detail, and told with passion and drama.
Gemmell pretty much mixes genres again, throwing in war, romance and mystery, but overall this is a story of adventure, with real flesh and blood heroes to guide us through the carnage.
Gemmell is fine at weaving political detail into h...more
Gemmell pretty much mixes genres again, throwing in war, romance and mystery, but overall this is a story of adventure, with real flesh and blood heroes to guide us through the carnage.
Gemmell is fine at weaving political detail into h...more
What I love about Gemmell's books, is that they can be read as stand alone novels. Don't get me wrong, a love a good fantasy epic series, with 20 odd books and thousands of characters, but sometimes there just isn't the time to invest.
I loved the story set out here - a race of super humans, immortal through the use of crystals, using them to heal, communicate, power weapons or other devices. The arrival of a similar race from another world (our own maybe?), makes them re-evaluate exactly what it...more
I loved the story set out here - a race of super humans, immortal through the use of crystals, using them to heal, communicate, power weapons or other devices. The arrival of a similar race from another world (our own maybe?), makes them re-evaluate exactly what it...more
I am a big fan of David Gemmell and his novels. His writing style is fast paced and he usually tells interesting stories with relatable characters I enjoy spending time with. Echoes of the Great Song mostly follows this trend with an enjoyable story that is grand in scale.
Unfortunately the story is not told with the flare I’ve come to expect from a David Gemmell novel and I suspect the ambition behind the story is the reason for this. Although I enjoyed the book quite a lot it does not compare...more
Unfortunately the story is not told with the flare I’ve come to expect from a David Gemmell novel and I suspect the ambition behind the story is the reason for this. Although I enjoyed the book quite a lot it does not compare...more
OK fantasy in which a bunch of dicks is threatened by another bunch of dicks, and must band together with the people they've been dicks to in order to save their world from utter annihilation.
Feeling rather rushed and shallow, I can imagine that if this had not been a stand-alone the reader would have been given enough time to get to know the world and the characters that fill it, but as it is instead we are in the company of a handful of stereotypes and caricatures and their thoughts, feelings...more
Feeling rather rushed and shallow, I can imagine that if this had not been a stand-alone the reader would have been given enough time to get to know the world and the characters that fill it, but as it is instead we are in the company of a handful of stereotypes and caricatures and their thoughts, feelings...more
Talaban, Ro, Rael, il pazzo Viruk, Avatar: saggi, dei, egemoni, tiranni.
Sofarita, subumana che riscatta il suo popolo e apre gli occhi agli Avatar.
Cas-Coatl buffo richiamo al dio precolombiano. Almeia dea di cristallo assetata di vita e sangue.
Chi ha il potere è convinto di essere un dio e che chi non l'ha sia subumano. Chi no ha il potere odia chi ce l'ha e trama per rubarglielo. Poi arrivano gli Almec, più forti di tutti, e allora gli Avatar e i subumani si alleano.
In fondo è tutto già vis...more
Sofarita, subumana che riscatta il suo popolo e apre gli occhi agli Avatar.
Cas-Coatl buffo richiamo al dio precolombiano. Almeia dea di cristallo assetata di vita e sangue.
Chi ha il potere è convinto di essere un dio e che chi non l'ha sia subumano. Chi no ha il potere odia chi ce l'ha e trama per rubarglielo. Poi arrivano gli Almec, più forti di tutti, e allora gli Avatar e i subumani si alleano.
In fondo è tutto già vis...more
This book is absolutely incredible!! I literally couldn't put it down the entire time i was reading. Gemmell is an amazing author who surprises me every time I pick up one of his novels. Echoes of the Great Song left me dying for more, it was definitely different compared to the other Gemmell novels I've read. It reminded me of the Tide Lords series by Jennifer Fallon , which was incredible in its own right. I HIGHLY recommend this book, as well as anything by David Gemmell to a lover of fantasy...more
David Gemmell's 'other' completely stand-alone novel (though, in most of his works, it's not really necessary to read them in order): the first being Dark Moon. Although this novel shares more than a few traits and similarities as that previous one (and several other of his works), I actually found this to be the better of the two.
A great book about an arrogant immortal race that is lead to side with mortals when a stronger and larger danger is upon them. A true Gemmell classic, which I feel could have been done better if lengthened out into a trilogy with more depth. However, as a Gemmell taster it was very enjoyable.
Apr 03, 2008
Brad
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Brad by:
Laura Gennings
This served as my introduction to David Gemmell and will not be the last book of his I pick up. The characters are memorable and the myth and magic of Echoes' world stand out in the crowd of sci-fi/fantasy. The story and action move along at a good rate and the multiple plot points come together for what promises to be a great climax. Most surprising is the manner in which one of the primary characters transitions from dispicable to admirable throughout the course of the novel. Unfortunately, t...more
This is one of the best stand alone books I have ever read. The whole story is great. Defo one to have on a desert Island.
Initially took a few chapters to get into it, but as the characters and storyline develop it becomes quite an enjoyable read.
I enjoyed the characters and the magic system but the plot felt choppy.
Aug 02, 2011
Alexandre
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Pas le meilleur livre de Gemme mais tout de même divertissant dans le genre. Dans ce roman fantastique, Gemmell revisite le mythe l'Atlantide avec la force et son style habituel. Je n'ai pus m'empêcher de voir en parallèle entre ces civilisations imaginaire et les peuples Maya ou Aztèque que nous connaissons.
Des héros plein de profondeur se partagent une intrigue haletante.
Un guerrier schizophrène, une reine de cristal , une civilisation en déclin, un empire qui s'étend pour assouvir la soif de...more
Des héros plein de profondeur se partagent une intrigue haletante.
Un guerrier schizophrène, une reine de cristal , une civilisation en déclin, un empire qui s'étend pour assouvir la soif de...more
If you're mad and awesome. You're in this book.
Mar 07, 2012
Darian
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2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
reviewed,
1-to-3-stars
In the beginning, it echoes of greatness. By the end, you realise it is indeed only an echo.
قهرمانان داستان: تالابان، جنگجوئی دل مشغول فاجعه، ابر سنگ، مردی از قبیله ی اسرارآمیز که در جستجوی عشق گمشده اش هست، آنو، تک مقدس خالق زمان، سوفارینا دختر کشاورزی که الهام بخش اسطوره ای شد و ... این بار دیوید گمل به نوعی افسانه های جدید را دست مایه ی داستان خویش انتخاب کرده است
Initially started off by finding this book difficult to get into and would of marked it down as one or two stars only. However once the wheels really started to fall of the wagon for the Avatars the book seemed to shift up several gears for me.
The glorious final stand was well written and had me rooting for the Avatars where previously I felt contempt for their whole ethos.
If like me you find this book difficult to start with please continue as it is worth it at the end.
The glorious final stand was well written and had me rooting for the Avatars where previously I felt contempt for their whole ethos.
If like me you find this book difficult to start with please continue as it is worth it at the end.
The story was fine, I suppose, compelling enough, but one nitpicky thing was that there are, in my opinion, too many new and hard to remember names in this one. I know all fantasy novels suffer (in some sense) from this problem, but it honestly yanked me out of the story fairly often.
I'm a huge fan of Gemmell's work and have probably read about 3/4 of his novels loving all of them to varying degrees...except this one. I don't quite understand why but it just didn't grab me like his other novels and I found it a chore to read. I found the characters uninteresting and the story took way too long to get going.
Most people seemed to have enjoyed this novel, and given that I have loved his other works, perhaps this one just wasn't for me.
Most people seemed to have enjoyed this novel, and given that I have loved his other works, perhaps this one just wasn't for me.
I read this from start to finish one Sunday evening. And enjoyed it immensley, it was my first Gemmell book and i was very impressed. Though when i read a good few of Gemmells books later, on the strength of the above, I found them very, very similar. In fact far to similar
This is classic Gemmell and his world building. This book seemed like it could have actually happened on earth long ago. You can tell Gemmell is really into the idea of a pre-historic civilization by the things that he writes about.
3.5 out of 5
As expected from Mr. Gemmell great heroic fantasy novel about dying race who think the are some kind of gods facing a superior enemy from out side and a possible revolution front inside
One of my two least favorite Gemmell books. I don't remember it very well, which I think is the problem. An enjoyable read, but nothing terribly memorable.
Gemmell was equally adept at series and at standalone novels. His imagination was giant. Highly recommended
Absolutely loved this story. Quick paced, to the point, and very satisfying. Almost a five star.
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David Andrew Gemmell was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explores themes in honour, loyalty and redemption. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sel...more
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