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Path of the Eclipse (Saint-Germain #4)
Mass Market Paperback, 467 pages
Published
June 28th 1989
by Tor Books
(first published 1981)
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3.5 stars. This teeters on the edge of being a really good book, but then I'm a sucker for a lonely, brooding, good-guy vampire. It has elements of romance and the supernatural, but mostly it's historical fiction. Saint-Germain's supernatural characteristics are very low-key.
This is the second of these books I've read; one of the earlier ones. There are more than two dozen of them, set in various places and times throughout history. Saint-Germain is ancient (more than 3000 years old in this book...more
This is the second of these books I've read; one of the earlier ones. There are more than two dozen of them, set in various places and times throughout history. Saint-Germain is ancient (more than 3000 years old in this book...more
This series is about St. Germain, who is a vampire who has lived for centuries, and witnessed many historic events. In this, the 4th book in the series, he falls in love with a warrior princess in 12th Century China, flees heartbreak and Ghengis Khan's Mongol hordes, befriends a child god in the mountain kingdom of Tu Bo Te, and may finally lose his life at the hands of a bloodthirsty Maharani who is a devotee of the goddess of Kali, the goddess of both fertility and destruction.
I loved this boo...more
I loved this boo...more
#4 Saint Germain - Vampire/Historical Fiction
Much more historical fiction than vampire story, this book covers the 13th centure time period in Saint Germain very very long life. From China, he must flee Genghis Khan.
I do enjoy the meticulous historical details, but this was such a bloody period in the world's history -- wars between religions, border wars ... it was a bit much.
I skipped #3 Blood games (set in early Roman times) because the book sounded to violent. Will continue reading this very...more
Much more historical fiction than vampire story, this book covers the 13th centure time period in Saint Germain very very long life. From China, he must flee Genghis Khan.
I do enjoy the meticulous historical details, but this was such a bloody period in the world's history -- wars between religions, border wars ... it was a bit much.
I skipped #3 Blood games (set in early Roman times) because the book sounded to violent. Will continue reading this very...more
I really could not get into this one, which is too bad because I was really looking forward to exploring China and (what is now) India. However, time seemed very compressed (Saint Germain mentions being somewhere for six months....I seriously thought it had been about six days), and because of that, the relationships he builds with the various characters seemed forced and shallow. Not to mention there was simply too much going on in the book, and I very quickly drifted into "I really don't care"...more
The forth novel about the vampire Count De Saint-Germain an his servant Rogerio. In this one he travels through thirteenth-century China, where he battles Genghis Khan and the Mongol hordes. Then through Tibet where he stays a while in a lamasery. [return][return]The vampire stuff isn't really horrific, but the historically accurate battle stuff is.
Very good detail and description of China in the 13th century during the invasion of Ghengis Khan's Mongols. The main character, a European civilized vampire, is both odd and interesting. In my opinion, the book's main flaw is that the story could be better structured.
Begins in China at the time of the Mongol invasions, continues through Tibet and into India. One of the best.
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nice fluff reading...enjoyed this series many years ago.
May 26, 2012
Lostshadows
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Shelves:
historical,
vampire
The cover artist has clearly never read this book.
Excellent.
Path of the Eclipse takes place in China and India. The book stands out because of the more mature love interest in the closing section, a nice touch that today is not seen very often, where every female lead seems to be under the age of 30. The two female characters are also both strong, but in different ways.
Set in Medieaval China and India, and gives a bit of insight into Saint-Germain's history
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