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The Warlock's Shadow (The Thief-Taker's Apprentice #2)
Berren is trapped in a temple, forced to learn how to read, write, and recall the histories of the Saints, all he wants is to be given a sword. As a thief-taker's apprentice he imagined a world of daring night-time chases, glorious victories, and a life of excitement. His dreams aren't quite coming true. So when a prince - the first and last prince he'll ever see - hires t...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
June 14th 2012
by Gollancz
(first published June 1st 2012)
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Oct 09, 2012
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Berren is not enjoying himself. Trapped in a temple, forced to learn how to read & write, all he wants is to be given a sword. As a thief-taker's apprentice he imagined a world of daring night-time chases, glorious victories and a life of excitement. His dreams aren't quite coming true.
So when a prince hires the thief-taker as a bodyguard, Berren is thrilled. When he hears that a troupe of dragon-monks- exotic warriors and the best swords in the world- are visiting, he sees an opportunity t...more
So when a prince hires the thief-taker as a bodyguard, Berren is thrilled. When he hears that a troupe of dragon-monks- exotic warriors and the best swords in the world- are visiting, he sees an opportunity t...more
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Ok so this isn't the memory of flames series. But i don't think it ever pretends to be. This is Young Adult Fiction, a genre that is riddled with cliched rubbish. Deas doesn't do that he doesn't talk down to these young readers and as such provides a series that is a spawning ground for imagination and draws new readers into one of the finest genres around. He provides great characters great locations a great world for you the readers to go to and forget reality. This is full on fantasy, j...more
Ok so this isn't the memory of flames series. But i don't think it ever pretends to be. This is Young Adult Fiction, a genre that is riddled with cliched rubbish. Deas doesn't do that he doesn't talk down to these young readers and as such provides a series that is a spawning ground for imagination and draws new readers into one of the finest genres around. He provides great characters great locations a great world for you the readers to go to and forget reality. This is full on fantasy, j...more
For a while there, I had this book on my shelf, but I was kind of worried this YA novel would be too much Y and not enough A. Silly me. I should've remembered who the author is.
Having read several dozen novels since part one of this series (The Thief-taker's Apprentice) came out, I was, for the first time, happy to find these little recaps of book one. They were short, unobstrusive, and helped me really get back into the story, even if this one is less of a stand-alone than the last one. That al...more
Having read several dozen novels since part one of this series (The Thief-taker's Apprentice) came out, I was, for the first time, happy to find these little recaps of book one. They were short, unobstrusive, and helped me really get back into the story, even if this one is less of a stand-alone than the last one. That al...more
As I will post the full FBC review in a day or two, I will put just a short comment for now c/p from sffworld: I finished Warlock's shadow the second sort-of-YA novel of Stephen Deas after The Thief taker's apprentice; I really, really loved it almost till the end, but I disliked the cliffhanger ending (which is actually foreseen and is appropriate in a way, but still I want the third novel now as the ending is annoying on its own...)
Excellent writing, descriptions and Berren is still an interes...more
Excellent writing, descriptions and Berren is still an interes...more
An engaging, quick read. Although Mr. Deas might be better known for his sweeping "Memory of Flames" saga, the Thief-Taker's Apprentice books are actually better. Young Berren is as compelling a character as any in the genre right now, and Deas deftly weaves is his tale with such feeling and poignancy that one cannot help but care about the little thief. This book and its predecessor are highly recommended.
Dated 32/50.
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Stephen Deas is an engineer in the aerospace industry, working on communications and imaging technology in the defence sector. He is married with two children and lives near Writtle in Essex.
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