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Into the Labyrinth (The Death Gate Cycle #6)
Haplo, targeted for death by two assassins, and Alfred enter the terrifying Labyrinth, a prison maze guarded by fearsome creatures. Meanwhile, the Lord of the Nexus raises an army from the dead to attack the Tytans.
Mass Market Paperback, 441 pages
Published
December 18th 2008
by Spectra
(first published 1993)
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Book 6 picks up just after book 5 left off: the people of Arianus are working through centuries-old prejudices to bring their world together, Xar is looking for The Chamber of the Damned in order to gain power to fulfill his dream of world domination, and Haplo and Alfred have realized that they can't trust their respective leaders and must work together to defeat the evil threatening their worlds. A new main character is introduced (rather late in the series, I thought): Marit, Haplo's former ...more
It's a shame one of the darkest, most exciting entries in the series has some of the ugliest, brightest and silliest cover art.
This book benefits from further examinations of the history of the Patryn/Sartan conflict as well as the nature of Patryn magic (which is actually a sort of quantum probability manipulation -- something I did not recognize when I read these as a boy). Also the conflict between the Lazars and the truly living beings is wonderfully disturbing.
This book benefits from further examinations of the history of the Patryn/Sartan conflict as well as the nature of Patryn magic (which is actually a sort of quantum probability manipulation -- something I did not recognize when I read these as a boy). Also the conflict between the Lazars and the truly living beings is wonderfully disturbing.
A fitting penultimate volume, setting us up for the final confrontation in Book 7. We start to leave the mensch worlds behind (except for too much time spent with the elves, humans, and dwarves of Pryan...not really a favorite group of characters of mine) and focus on Haplo, Alfred, and the newly-introduced Marit as they work to thwart the dragon-snakes. Also, there's plenty more of Hugh the Hand (who is as cool and tough as The Gunslinger, the Man with No Name, and Jason Bourne). He's become...more
Six down, one to go, and frankly, at this point, I just want it to be over. Parts of this book were really good. I enjoyed the parts when they were in the Labyrinth. There, there was action, a certain degree of intrigue, and a general sense of unpredictability. It brings out certain things about certain characters that they might have been able to keep hidden in less strenuous settings, too, which was kinda cool.
Unfortunately, that still left the first half of the book, which I basic...more
Unfortunately, that still left the first half of the book, which I basic...more
More than liked it, but couldn't Really like it. First book in the series to really get even remotely business-like about advancing the overall plot.
Really enjoyed it once we got to follow Haplo and crew Into the Labyrinth. (That's no spoiler, it's the name of the book.)
(view spoiler) is a great character. Glad to see them introduce her, even though I didn't care for how much (view spoiler) she did before th...more
Really enjoyed it once we got to follow Haplo and crew Into the Labyrinth. (That's no spoiler, it's the name of the book.)
(view spoiler) is a great character. Glad to see them introduce her, even though I didn't care for how much (view spoiler) she did before th...more
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Yeah, I think my preference for the series went down a star. It got better for a second there, but this one was like the first few. Once again, the abundant detail was maddening. When it takes about 2/3 of a book entitled "Into the Labyrinth" to actually, you know, get into the bloody labyrinth...that's an indication of a wee bit too much fat. Or a need to change the title.
All kidding aside, by the time they got into the labyrinth, I pretty much stopped caring. I even found...more
All kidding aside, by the time they got into the labyrinth, I pretty much stopped caring. I even found...more
Excellent! Without mentioning spoilers, I have to say that the characters of these books have really won me over! As the 6th book in the series (with one to go) Into the Labyrinth has none of the d'ragging out' feel that a lot of longer series have. It's still filled with action and advancing the main storyline at a good pace. The character of Alfred and Halpo have managed to stay true to their original forms yet continue to grow and expand. Definitely a great read!
You know, whenever I'm lucky enough to find a reasonably literate person who has read some fantasy novels, I'm always surprised by the fact that - as far as I can recall - none of them have read The Death Gate Cycle. Granted, I had some holdover nostalgia from the Dragonlance Chronicles for Weis and Hickman, and so I probably had more cause to read them than most, but, even solely on their own merits, these are really excellent books. They're filled with interesting and nuanced characters - Hu...more
This book is the best of the Death Gate cycle for me. The labyrinth is the dark place in the series where there is no escape. In this book, the protagonist, a demi-god in the eyes of other mortals is thrown back into the one place he fears.
Its in the labryinth everything that was thought fact is proven false and the players in the series are thrown into turmoil.
I loved it.
Its in the labryinth everything that was thought fact is proven false and the players in the series are thrown into turmoil.
I loved it.
Best book out of the Death Gate Cycle so far, a plethara of action (finally) worth reading all the rest of the book to get this far - the descriptions of battles, scenery etc are mind blowing. And the charcters that you have become attached to through out the series finally pick up the (action) slack and fight!
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7/15/2001 - 7/10
The Death Gate Cycle is a 7 book fantasy series about a world like ours being split into it's four elemental parts. The plot was very detailed and kept the suspense up. However, the characters weren't fleshed out very well and I thought the ending was rather lame.
7/15/2001 - 7/10
The Death Gate Cycle is a 7 book fantasy series about a world like ours being split into it's four elemental parts. The plot was very detailed and kept the suspense up. However, the characters weren't fleshed out very well and I thought the ending was rather lame.
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Into the Labyrinth continues the amazing story of The Death Gate Cycle and reunites Haplo with his fellow Patryn. At last he begins to see the bigger picture and struggle to reveal the evil of the Dragon-serpents to his Lord Xar. This time Haplo enters the Death Gate accompanied by Hugh the Hand and Marit and events lead to them arriving at the Nexus where Haplo and Alfred and reunited and must enter the Labyrinth itself in order to escape.
The development of Haplo and Alfred in this ...more
The development of Haplo and Alfred in this ...more
Interesting developments: the Pryan citadels are activated, dragon-snakes defeated (maybe), Alfred reveals Coren, Xar reveals himself, and Haplo and Marit are reuninted in the Labyrinth, at Abri, a city of combined Patryn and Sartan.
Part 6 is just as nice to read as the first 5. I particularly liked the fact that characters from previous books are revisited. Whilst reading the other books, I thought that most of these characters were just part of one book and would not be seen again. But it now appears that they play a major role in the story line. I can't wait to find out how it all unravels. On to the last book!
/Martijn
/Martijn
The last two books (there is one after this one) are definitely better than the part four, for example.
This series was so amazingly wonderful, I seriously hated to have it end. There were a couple areas that I wish they expanded on or resolved but all in all an amazing end to an amazing series!
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Death Gate Cycle
Loved it!!
In the penultimate book, some of the story lines established previously get resolved, but I wish that the authors would have spent more time developing the characters and plot rather than going off on irrelevant details about the worlds they have built.
Trust me with this...you can NEVER go wrong with Margaret Weiss. Amazing story.
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In book 6 of the series, we see Haplo and Alfred heading into the terrifying Labyrinth to look for Haplo's lost child, Haplo's trusted dog at his side. The serpents continue to attempt to infiltrate all four worlds, and grow stronger from the fear and dissension in all. They convince Haplo's lord that Haplo is a traitor. The lord, blinded by his own ambition, believes them, and hires two people to kill Haplo--Hugh the Hand and the woman Haplo was once in love with.
The loose ends and story bits that started coming together in book 5 (The Hand of Chaos) of this 7-book Death Cycle are all now coming to fruition. The story now dives headlong into the whole conflict between two very disparate groups of spellcasters. The whole ride is very suspenseful with interesting new characters as well as surprising plot twists.
This is a brilliant socio-political treatise on the ethical and practical consequences of individualist, capitalist philosophies compared to socialist, Utopian policies. Also, it's fantastic fantasy! But seriously, read this with your thinking cap on...
I love how characters from the previous books pop up when I thought they were just written off! I love the dialogue and the story is SLOWLY unfolding, which is awesome! It took seven books to tell this story and it is good enough to work.
Best one so far.
My fav of the second part of the series, since it has a lot of Best Buddies emotional action. Awww, how cute.
Also, there's some of the excitement of exploring a new place (the Labyrinth) that interested me in the first four books.
Also, there's some of the excitement of exploring a new place (the Labyrinth) that interested me in the first four books.
I've enjoyed this series but I get the feeling that the last two books could have probably been rolled into one. This sets up the final book nicely though and I can't wait to see how everything resolves in the last volume.
I was disappointed in the ending. After all these epic ways this character has saved these people of all these worlds, the way he repays himself is like martyrdom, and I think he deserves more than that.
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