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The Margrave (Relic Master #4)
The fourth installment in the Relic Master quartet!
Galen and Raffi's quest has brought them to the Pits of Maar. There, below the surface of the world, in the deepest darkness, a most evil thing is waiting for them to come.
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Galen and Raffi's quest has brought them to the Pits of Maar. There, below the surface of the world, in the deepest darkness, a most evil thing is waiting for them to come.
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Hardcover, 464 pages
Published
August 9th 2011
by Dial
(first published May 3rd 2001)
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This is the fourth and last in the tetralogy The Book of the Crow, an unusally dark young-adult fantasy. Obviously it's difficult to say anything much about the plot for fear of spoilers, which those who have read the other 3 seriously won't want - and since the book is about to come out in the US for the first time, I don't want to spoil it for my US friends (though I can't help mentioning my personal favourite minor character Scala, an oddly likeable villainess, but then Fisher's characters ar...more
The entire series was enjoyable, though it was a little predictable. Made me think a little of By the Waters of Babylon. If you've read The Ranger's Apprentice Series, then you will probably like this one as well, though this series is by far written for a lower level. The characters were easy to like; however, it seems that too much was given away about the characters, which left little suspense. In addition, it was pretty easy for me to figure out what was going on after just the first book. F...more
Overall, I really enjoyed this series. I had a lot of questions coming into this last book and hoped that they would be answered.
Some were answered, but there were still quite a few left. Probably because that's not the purpose of these books, sadly! I would love for the author to maybe have really created a sort of series that started at the beginning. Or maybe, at least, give us a prequel book with some more info. The only thing I can't really understand is the "ability" that some of the peopl...more
Some were answered, but there were still quite a few left. Probably because that's not the purpose of these books, sadly! I would love for the author to maybe have really created a sort of series that started at the beginning. Or maybe, at least, give us a prequel book with some more info. The only thing I can't really understand is the "ability" that some of the peopl...more
The Relic Master/Book of the Crow series ends well, mainly because the arch-bad-guy gets quite a bit of on-stage time; a rarity in high fantasy. It's interesting to get a glimpse of his motivations and character. An alternative (eye-witness) version of events in the era of the Makers is presented - but how reliable is it? In fact it seems much more believable than the legends that have been handed down by the Order for many generations. This change of perspective on events reminds me of what hap...more
Fisher provides a thrilling conclusion to her quartet packed with action and intrigue. The fast pace will keep readers feverishly turning pages as they seek to learn what fates await the characters they have come to know and love. Galen, with his heavy burden and hard demeanor, but soft heart. Raffi the scholar, still unsure about his place in the world. The mysterious Sekoi. The clever Carys. Only faith keeps them pushing forward as the world crumbles to ruins around them. Readers almost cannot...more
Sigh. I guess all great things do have to end. Reading the conclusion of an awesome series can always be hard, especially if finally you feel a deeper connection to the story and characters. I guess I enjoyed The Margrave equally to The Dark City. Maybe more.
The conclusion of this fascinating Relic Master series continues the story of Raffi and Galen, and their continuing struggle to save Anara. We finally get the epic, action-packed book we deserve after reading the three other books. The jour...more
The conclusion of this fascinating Relic Master series continues the story of Raffi and Galen, and their continuing struggle to save Anara. We finally get the epic, action-packed book we deserve after reading the three other books. The jour...more
"I get one down in a second if you wait."
Disclaimer: Due to circumstances, I'll keep this one short. The Margrave is the last of the Catherine Fisher's Relic Master Series that was rapidly released during the summer of 2011. It's been a while since I've actually had the time to pick up the series again....
Plot (3/5) - I took a point off because I felt that within this 450+page book, Fisher attempted a tad bit too much. She tried to wrap up everything as fast as possible and bring it all to a cul...more
Disclaimer: Due to circumstances, I'll keep this one short. The Margrave is the last of the Catherine Fisher's Relic Master Series that was rapidly released during the summer of 2011. It's been a while since I've actually had the time to pick up the series again....
Plot (3/5) - I took a point off because I felt that within this 450+page book, Fisher attempted a tad bit too much. She tried to wrap up everything as fast as possible and bring it all to a cul...more
This was a fun and a quick series, although I enjoyed the first two books more than the last two. Overall, the writing is not as well developed or as detailed as the Incarceron books. In some ways it was very clever, but in others it did not really follow through. It wasn't a spectacular ending, but it was good - if not a little bit ambiguous. I felt much the same way after finishing Saphique - not all my questions were answered and some things were not explained but I still enjoyed it.
My thoughts: This was a rather exciting and action-packed, complicated ending to the series. In a few parts, I honestly didn't follow what was going on. There were so many things revealed and so many strange mysteries unfurled that I was almost overwhelmed by them! It strengthened my love for Raffi, but I still don't like anyone else much, except perhaps the Sekoi. While the style was not to my liking in places and I thought it dragged in a few sections, this series is so interesting partly beca...more
I'd give it a 3.5 stars if I could, but I don't know if I want to give it a 4. I enjoyed seeing the conclusion to this series and how Fisher tied it all up, but I was a bit disappointed that she just didn't seem to answer a lot of questions that I had throughout the books. She seemed to me to raise a lot of interesting points that either weren't addressed at the end at all or were just kind of marginally pulled together. Despite my personal impressions of where I think it should have gone, it wa...more
Raffi knows that he's being hunted, because the margrave told him after leaving solon. He's terrified, but carys is gone, and Galen won't believe him. Then he finds out that Galen told Carys to get captured in order to lead them to the margrave. Raffi is terrified, and when Galen tells him he's ready to take hte deep journey that terror only deepens because he knows that he margrave will find him. the margrave ambushes him, and he fails the journey. Galen tells him he's worthless, and he wanders...more
The Relic Master has been a very dark and twisted series. From book one I sort of knew what the fate of some of the characters would be judging on their personality. Some I was absolutly right, for others they surprised me completely. Raffi in the end helped save Anara but there was a greater moral lesson for the characters that was hidden in the story itself. Each character played a cbig part in the end without even realizing it for some people. I thought that the series was very well written a...more
At this point, I can't keep asking myself why I'm reading this series. I thought it started out okay -not amazing, but it was still fun and exciting. I slogged through the two middle books, at times thinking that it should just dump series altogether, but persevering because I always end up finding some little scene or chapter that reminded me of why I kept going with this series.
In The Margrave, Galen and Raffi find themselves at the perilous Pits of Marr, where something evil awaits them. Not...more
In The Margrave, Galen and Raffi find themselves at the perilous Pits of Marr, where something evil awaits them. Not...more
Raffi undergoes his final test to be a Relic Master, as the conflict between the Crow and the Margrave reaches its final end. Secrets about the characters' pasts, the gods and the foundation of Anara are revealed. Will Raffi break in his final test, or can he save his friends?
After the dramatic ramp-up of the third volume, I found this book a little anti-climactic, probably because the author was tying up the many loose ends of the plot line. If I had read it immediately after "The Hidden Corone...more
After the dramatic ramp-up of the third volume, I found this book a little anti-climactic, probably because the author was tying up the many loose ends of the plot line. If I had read it immediately after "The Hidden Corone...more
I thought it was a good conclusion to the series, But was it amazing?...No it wasn't. I enjoyed the earlier books much more. I thought the ending was a bit surprising, Especially about the margrave and Sekoi. This series promised so much but didn't deliver. There's alot of questions not answered about the makers. All i got was that they were a bunch of highly skilled scientists that wanted to create another earth but kinda failed. I thought they would actually show up but they didn't and it was...more
I really enjoyed this series. The main characters were interesting and likeable, but still not always predictable, which was nice. It didn't resolve as much as I expected/hoped it would though, leaving some promising ideas unfulfilled. But I guess that could be a good thing, since it makes you imagine what will happen to the characters once the book ends?
I would have to give this series as a whole a 4 star rating. The first book wasn't great, its was good, but kept me intrigued enough to want more. The series kept getting better with each book. By the end I was totally hooked and couldn't stop. Great ending too!
The last of the Relic-Master series. Overall, I liked it, though I did feel cheated of a certain moment which I had banked on happening and which didn’t occur. Left me feeling a bit defrauded. [Sept. 2011]
I really liked reading this book, and the series as a whole. I found many of the concepts in it quite interesting and fairly well laid out.
Nice conclusion to the series. Only thing I didn't like was how the Margrave situation was handled at the end, seemed kinda like a cop out.
I'm kind of surprised I finished this whole series since it's not particularly good. I mean, it's OK...clearly it had something since I read all four books.
A pretty satisfying ending with a sympathetic villain and good guys who are flawed.
Finally finished the series. Ended pretty much as I expected.
Fun series. Super fast, easy books. The storyline was interesting, but not entirely original.
Great ending to a creative fantasy. Couldn't put it down.
Strange ending. Just kind of happened.
As a book i really enjoyed it. As the end to a series i thought it was lacking. for a stand alone book though I'd give it a 4. I did like it and am glad I read it but there were a lot of unresolved bits of the story.
I'm sad to see this series complete....these books were so awesome and I would like the author to continue to write more, although this series was written almost a decade ago.
Catherine Fisher did a fantastic job finishing this series! I read through this book very quickly as it kept moving me through it. I highly recommend that everyone try out The Relic Master Series...you may find that some of the things they deem as relics to be stuff that we use everyday!
Well the last book in the series, and I'm going to miss the characters. I really came to care about the characters and felt it was a good conclusion to the series. I love Fishers writing and can't wait to pick up some of her earlier works.
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Catherine Fisher was born in Newport, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English and a fascination for myth and history. She has worked in education and archaeology and as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. She is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.
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