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Pilgrim (Unter dem Weltenbaum #5)
Book Five of the Wayfarer Redemption
The Star Gate is destroyed and the Star Dance is dead. Icarii Enchanters, gods, and humans alike are helpless as the TimeKeeper Demons lay waste to Tencendor.
There must be hope left, but no one knows where to find it. Death lurks in every twist of the Maze, but only those who have the courage to endure death can learn the secrets of the...more
The Star Gate is destroyed and the Star Dance is dead. Icarii Enchanters, gods, and humans alike are helpless as the TimeKeeper Demons lay waste to Tencendor.
There must be hope left, but no one knows where to find it. Death lurks in every twist of the Maze, but only those who have the courage to endure death can learn the secrets of the...more
Paperback, 672 pages
Published
May 2nd 2006
by Tor Fantasy
(first published 1998)
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My general review of the Wayfarer Redemption series:
A lot of prophecy-based fantasy I've read revolves around good overcoming evil, usually with relatively little in the way of serious struggle or loss. The Wayfarer Redemption series blows that approach out of the water.
These books are gritty, gruesome, graphic, intense and filled with content that will keep your blood stirred. The good guys fall short of grace, the bad guys are misunderstood and the most redeemable, punished and flawless charac...more
A lot of prophecy-based fantasy I've read revolves around good overcoming evil, usually with relatively little in the way of serious struggle or loss. The Wayfarer Redemption series blows that approach out of the water.
These books are gritty, gruesome, graphic, intense and filled with content that will keep your blood stirred. The good guys fall short of grace, the bad guys are misunderstood and the most redeemable, punished and flawless charac...more
Oct 09, 2010
Donna
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2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fantasy fans
Recommended to Donna by:
my sister, Dionne
The second installment of this trilogy is a slight imrpovement on the first. In this book, Sara Douglass focusses more on story development than the shock value of Sinner, although she continues to pursue the uncomfortabe incest route.
I also felt that Pilgrim, like Sinner, was very contrived. Douglass sets up scenarios quite well, but when asking herself 'why?' these scenarios occur, it seems she hastily answers 'just because!' without giving any proper resolution to what she chooses to occur.
I also felt that Pilgrim, like Sinner, was very contrived. Douglass sets up scenarios quite well, but when asking herself 'why?' these scenarios occur, it seems she hastily answers 'just because!' without giving any proper resolution to what she chooses to occur.
Reading Pilgrim was heavy going for the first half, with demons ravaging the land and the future looking extremely bleak - I had to force myself to pick up the book and read the next chapter. But Drego gradually transformed into a hero I really cared about, pulling tricks and powerful magic out of his cool cloth sack and bringing hope and love back into the story.
This is becoming a common pattern with the Sara Douglass books I have read so far. I get to a point where I am just about to give up o...more
This is becoming a common pattern with the Sara Douglass books I have read so far. I get to a point where I am just about to give up o...more
Caelum SunSoar, StarSon of Tencendor, is running from his nightmares that have plagued him all his life at the hand of DragonStar SunSoar aka Drago. Drago is living his own nightmare at the hands of the Questors or TimeKeeper Demons. Drago thought them to be his friends and StarLaughter his lover but that is not so. They want to use Drago to go thru the StarGate for their own purposes. They burn out Drago's Icarii blood to jump closer to the StarGate. Caelum like many other with Icarii blood use...more
This is the start of the last part of the Axis series, it didn't roll nearly as well as the first three.
So far this isn't as good as her first series, and it's much more confusing than the first book in this series (Sinner).
Overall, it's 10 times better than Hades Daughter so I'm going to finish it.
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Updated - just finished the book. It's eventually pulls you in. I'm now looking forward to the final book in the series.
I was telling my spouse last night that although I've enjoyed these, I don't know if I'd recommend them. I can tell that these are pretty trashy books. There is also a lot of violen...more
Overall, it's 10 times better than Hades Daughter so I'm going to finish it.
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Updated - just finished the book. It's eventually pulls you in. I'm now looking forward to the final book in the series.
I was telling my spouse last night that although I've enjoyed these, I don't know if I'd recommend them. I can tell that these are pretty trashy books. There is also a lot of violen...more
My general review of the Wayfarer Redemption series:
A lot of prophecy-based fantasy I've read revolves around good overcoming evil, usually with relatively little in the way of serious struggle or loss. The Wayfarer Redemption series blows that approach out of the water.
These books are gritty, gruesome, graphic, intense and filled with content that will keep your blood stirred. The good guys fall short of grace, the bad guys are misunderstood and the most redeemable, punished and flawless charac...more
A lot of prophecy-based fantasy I've read revolves around good overcoming evil, usually with relatively little in the way of serious struggle or loss. The Wayfarer Redemption series blows that approach out of the water.
These books are gritty, gruesome, graphic, intense and filled with content that will keep your blood stirred. The good guys fall short of grace, the bad guys are misunderstood and the most redeemable, punished and flawless charac...more
OK, I figured out what mostly doesn't work for me about what's going on in this series.
The series was presented as fantasy, but then in the last book there were hints of science fiction. In this story the science-y bits get stronger, and just don't work for me. Then there's the strong dose of "everything is fated to happen" added in. The whole thing just gets more unbelievable as the chapters move on.
And, y'know, there's still a lot of whiners.
The series was presented as fantasy, but then in the last book there were hints of science fiction. In this story the science-y bits get stronger, and just don't work for me. Then there's the strong dose of "everything is fated to happen" added in. The whole thing just gets more unbelievable as the chapters move on.
And, y'know, there's still a lot of whiners.
This series is very good, but intense and dark. If you start it be ready to read a lot of material that can become very depressing. But, the writing is so good the reader falls in love with this alternate world with is different races, religions, and magics. I loved it, but I had to space out reading each book so I did go into a bad place in my head due to the graphic violence to women (sorry for the spoiler).
There was quite a bit of set-up in this book, but I found myself racing through it all the same. I think this world came alive for me in this book and the last - more so than in the original trilogy. The prodigal son redeeming himself really is quite an amazing story, and I anxiously look forward to the next book.
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Aug 03, 2011
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What a great book :) I can not wait to read Crusader to see how this saga ends
See my review of Sinner.
Getting a little better, although there's still no doubt that the "good guys" will win. As always, the back story for the world building is excellent. The "battle" scenes are pathetic and there is very little character development outside of the one main character, Drago. I still can't understand why someone hasn't just told Axis to shut up and stop being an idiot. An easy fantasy for those who like black and white worlds.
Tough read I think. Quite gross with the demons traversing the world... but nevertheless couldn't put it down, still want to see good win somehow so I will continue this series with the final book. I do believe after having read these two in this series, I am enjoying the first set of three more than the last set of three. More to add after Crusader..
The plot thickens (but with Douglas this is inevitable). Once again a lush fantasy novel with twists and turns of the plot, following many different characters. Wolfstar finally gets what was coming to him as he is repeatedly raped by male demons, it seems Douglas knows how to spin a good bit of revenge.
I made it through the book! All of the Wayfarer Redemption books are long. I was getting frustrated at waiting for this book to come to the U.S. so I bought a Canadian version. It was worth it, but it's not my favorite book in the series.
This book was probably the most gory of the books I've read by her. It fit the plot, but was hard to read in places. I usually finish her books thinking "that was all right", but then I just keep reading them.
This book and the rest were not available in the US when i read the series. I have since bought the entire series in hardback and plan to reread the books after i finish Elantris.
This trilogy is also very good, but it is a lot more gory and nasty. Still, it is a very intriguing story and the love matches are odd but satisfying.
This book has to have some of the most disturbing imagery in it. Such sadness overwhelms the book that it is difficult to read but still enjoyable.
Dec 11, 2012
Lauren Franklin
is currently reading it
I am about half way through this one.
May 18, 2013
Jefg Grainger
marked it as to-read
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Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia. She attended Annesley College, in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide. She studied for her BA while working as a Registered Nurse, and later completed her PhD in early modern English History. She became a lecturer in medieval history at La Trobe University, Bendigo. While there she completed her first novel, BattleAxe, which launched her as a popular fantas...more
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