Die Augen des Roca

The Fey #7

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Nach der Ermordung von Nicholas' Frau Jewel durch den Obersten Priester Matthias steht der unsichere Waffenstillstand auf der Blauen Insel erneut auf der Kippe. Nicholas will mit Matthias ebenso abrechnen, wie die Fey den Tod ihrer Prinzessin vergelten wollen. Nicholas hat jedoch ein schwerwiegendes Problem: Für den Fall, dass die Fey der Insel erneut den Krieg erklären, ist Matthias der einzige, der das Geheimnis des tödlichen Weihwassers kennt - nur er allein weiß, wie man die dämonische Magie der Fey zurückschlagen kann.

Verlagstext: Seit Jahrhunderten leben die Bewohner der uneinnehmbaren Blauen Insel in Frieden und Wohlstand. Doch dann gelingt es dem furchterregenden Kriegervolk der Fey, durch einen Verräter Zugang zur Insel zu finden ...

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy

400 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists –even in London– and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages.

Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction.

In addition, she's written a number of nonfiction articles over the years, with her latest being the book "A Freelancer's Survival Guide".

She has also published as:
Sandy Schofield (collaborations with husband Dean Wesley Smith)
Kristine Grayson - romances
Kathryn Wesley (collaborations with husband Dean Wesley Smith)
Kris Nelscott - mysteries
Kris Rusch - historical fiction
Kris DeLake - romances

Reviews

[Karen A. Wyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm rounding up a fair amount, but this is one of my favorites in the Fey series. It doesn't wrap up the series -- Rusch was apparently hoping to keep writing it, and may finally (after a current Kickstarter) be doing so -- but it resolves some key plot and character arcs in a satisfying fashion (after plenty of suspense).

[Stephen Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent series, intelligent & emotionally sophisticated, I thoroughly enjoyed all seven books.

[Dion Cassidy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ending made sense but I feel like there should be more books

[Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This ended up being a really satisfying conclusion to this series, but open-ended enough to be continued. I had seen a Kickstarter campaign a while back for continuing this series, and I really hope to see that come to fruition. I would love to read about what comes next in this world.

[Mathew Walls · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't fault the story in this one, though I feel like Rugad really doesn't come across as the cunning and experienced leader he's supposed to be, but it really feels like Rusch grew way too attached to her characters.

One thing I really loved about the early books in the series is how no one was safe; Any character could die at any time, and often they'd be built up, we'd get to know them, they'd make plans and then suddenly die having achieved nothing. Or they might survive for ages, you'd get to like them, and then they'd die. It made it really unpredictable and made it feel like there were real stakes.

Around book four it starts going downhill, with the protagonists starting to pull off unlikely escapes and even minor characters being in less danger. It's also where there started to be fewer characters I cared about one way or the other, so even if they had died it wouldn't have had as much impact.

The Black Throne sub-series is still a good read, but it lacks the elements that originally made the series unique and made me want to keep reading past the first book. It also seemed like some of the characters (particularly Rugad and Bridge) just weren't consistent with how they'd been in earlier books (though to be fair, Bridge never actually appeared in those earlier books).

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

In general, I like Kristine Kathrine Rusch - and I am liking this second series on the Fey better than the first one. There are several unresolved plot lines that aren't resolved yet, so I assume this till be a 3 or 5 novel series. One of the interesting ideas this book explores is power - where does it reside and with whom does (or should) it reside.

[Lois · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hope she finishes this series at some point.

[Dorothy · Rating 3 out of 5]

18hrs:9mns

[Rain · Rating 2 out of 5]

Engaging right through to the ultimate happy ending.

[Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my all-time favorite fantasy series!