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    <body><![CDATA[Damien and Gerald Tarrant are back in Jaggonath. Shortly after being back Damien has an audience with the Patriarch who disapproves Damien´s actions deeply but doesn´t banish him out the church because he has learned disturbing things about himself and is struggling with problems of his own. In th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1184818">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just be warned...these books are dark.  No swearing (at lease, I remember none), but there are themes and topics that are downright creepy.  That being said, these are some of the best fantasy/sci-fi books I have ever, ever read.  They have a whole new perspective on things, which is not normal for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76552297">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first finished this, I was a little &quot;WHA???&quot;, but this one's had time to settle, and I'm actually really pleased. I mean, I think about the book and I'm happy with the end. I do think she could've/should've written it without going for the cheap emotional shot, but I really really r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19878157">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What's really inside of a volcano.  I loved these books for some bizarre reason.  They weren't &quot;I couldn't put them down&quot; kinds of books, but what I really enjoyed was the tension between the two main male characters.  So well done.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A trilogy by C.S. Friedman (female author not that I could tell,  fantasy series that is sorta vampirism meets fantasy meets religion meets sci fi).  I thought it was a nice change from the usual pace, and kept my attention throughout.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a truly amazing series - a world so different, characters so off the beaten track - as a reader I was entranced, as a wrtter I was soothed and gratified. Compelling, exciting and a little on the out-there side - wonderful. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How can you admire someone who did what Gerlad Tarrant did right at the beginning of this trilogy? Yet one does in the end. Superb characterization, wonderful world building.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Slightly different then the previous two and has a slightly jarring ending. Still well written and very compelling to the reader.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Crown of Shadows (The Coldfire Trilogy, Book 3) by C. S. Friedman (1996)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Friedman is amazing, detail and depth of characters, theme of redemption]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice conclusion to a fantastic trilogy. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my favorite book of the three.  Huh.  Oh, and yes it is a geek read.  I've almost thought about making that an additional category.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the first two books in the series I liked well enough to keep reading, but this one had me in &quot;can't put down&quot; mode, and referring back to the first book several times.  The characters of Damien and Gerald came much more alive (or undead as it were), and the series had a very satisfying en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48604281">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Crown of Shadows (The Coldfire Trilogy, #3)]]>
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    <![CDATA[More than a millennium after the human race forges an uneasy   stalemate against the demonic human-psyche feeders known as the <em>fae,   </em>a pain-hungry demon called Calesta declares war on all living   beings. Reprint.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[See review of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36159.Black_Sun_Rising_The_Coldfire_Trilogy_Book_1_" title="Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, Book 1) by C.S. Friedman">Black Sun Rising</a>.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Friedman's <em>Coldfire Trilogy</em>, and do recommend it. While it can be slow at parts, the innovative setting (which crosses fantasy and sci-fi flawlessly) and the interesting characters (Gerald Tarrant in particular) make it worth the effort it sometimes take to read the books.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For more than a millennium now Erna's humans have maintained an uneasy stalemate with the fae-a force of nature which responds to the human psyche, indiscriminately bringing to life a person's more treasured dreams or hideous nightmares-with adepts and sorcerers working for their own profit while the demonic creatures who feed upon such efforts rapidly gain in power and ambition. Now one of these demons, a Iezu called Calesta, has declared war on all of mankind.    Master of Illusion, devourer of pain, Calesta plans to remake the human species until mankind exists only to sate his unquenchable thirst for suffering, and omens of his triumph are already apparent. Even the Church of the One God seems to be in danger, the souls of its faithful corrupted by a demon whose very essence is sadism.    Only Damien Vryce, warrior-priest of the One God, and his unlikely ally, the undead sorcerer Gerald Tarrent stand between Calesta and his triumph. Nothing short of the demon's absolute destruction will save mankind from his unholy influence. But no one on Erna is certain just what the Iezu really are, and no man has ever succeeded in killing one.    Faced with an enemy who may prove invulnerable-pitted against not only Calesta, but the leaders of the Church and the Hunter's last descendant-Damien and Tarrent must risk everything in a war that will take them from the depths of Hell to the birthplace of demons and beyond in a battle which could cost them not only their lives, but the very soul of all mankind.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[FINALLY, I finished the trilogy. Pregancy is rough! I'd sit down to read and within a paragraph was snoozing! So it took me a while, but I got it done. Good fantasy trilogy but anyone who wants to read it will need to have lots of spare time cuz they're kind of long.]]></body>
    
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