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51 ratings, 4.18 average rating, 3 reviews
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November 13th 2006
by Martha Wells
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Paperback, 324 pages
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0615135714
(isbn13: 9780615135717)
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The Element of Fire was first published in the US by Tor Books in 1993, and has been published in six languages. This edition has been revised by the ...more
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Read in November, 2006
The best fantasy I’ve read in at least a year. If you enjoy GRRM’s Song of Ice and Fire series, you should pick this book up as well. The old king is dead. In his place rules his only living son, the weak and ineffectual King Roland, who is utterly at the command of his treacherous childhood friend. It falls to the dowager queen Ravenna and her faithful, but aging, Captain of the Queen’s Guard to keep the country together. Into this already explosive situation comes Roland’s bastard sist...more
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Read in July, 1993
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Fantasy /Science fiction lovers
I really enjoyed this book, so much so that I have purchased every other book this author has out, that I can get my hands on! I have especially enjoyed the follow up series starting with "The Wizard Hunters: book 1 of the fall of Ile Rien." There is something very alluring about being able to weave an ocean liner and world/dimension-hopping travel together. Plus her characters seem like real people with real problems. I can't recommend her books enough.
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Read in October, 2008
Light, funny, likable characters, clear good guys, clear bad guys, kind of obvious where it goes - typical pre-new_epic_fantasists stuff, but I enjoyed it a lot and I intend to read all 5 Ile-Rien books.
Recommended with the caveat above - do not expect anything original or deep, but if you enjoy Ms. Wells style and you are in the mood for a romp with swords and sorcery the book is for you.
Recommended with the caveat above - do not expect anything original or deep, but if you enjoy Ms. Wells style and you are in the mood for a romp with swords and sorcery the book is for you.
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