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Хроники Хьёрварда #5
Тысяча лет Хрофта. Молодой маг Хедин
Все тот же переплет из гномьей стали, обтянутый драконьей кожей. Разномастные страницы – пергамент, береста, листовое золото… По-прежнему на переплете дощечка с выжженной черной руной Феах, означающей рождение и смерть, начало и конец…
…Боргильдова битва закончилась, Отец Дружин покинул на время Хьервард, пощаженный Молодыми Богами-победителями. Немало лет проведя за пределами Митгарда, он в конце концов вернулся, отказавшись от мысли идти с войной на Ямерта и далее.
Вместо этого Старый Хрофт вписал в свою книгу два новых слова: «Истинный Маг»…
…Боргильдова битва закончилась, Отец Дружин покинул на время Хьервард, пощаженный Молодыми Богами-победителями. Немало лет проведя за пределами Митгарда, он в конце концов вернулся, отказавшись от мысли идти с войной на Ямерта и далее.
Вместо этого Старый Хрофт вписал в свою книгу два новых слова: «Истинный Маг»…
352 pages, Hardcover
First published August 29, 2013
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About the author
Nick Perumov
76 books146 followersNick Perumov (Russian:
Ник Перумов
) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Russian: Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
Perumov was born November 21, 1963 in Leningrad, USSR. He began writing short stories since he was a teenager, and after reading The Lord of the Rings in the early 1980s, he became a fantasy fan. After studying at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Perumov worked at a research institute, and later as a translator.
In 1985-1991 he his debut 'Кольцо Тьмы ' (The Ring of Darkness), a fantasy triology, which consisted of two novels: Эльфийский Клинок (Elven Blade),Черное Копье (Black Lance)and Адамант Хенны. The events of the book took place in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, 300 years after the War of the Ring. Perumov initially regarded his novel as just a fan fiction written for friends, until one of his colleagues offered to publish it. In 1993 the duology, re-edited and renamed 'Кольцо Тьмы' (The Ring of Darkness) was published in Severo-Zapad publishing, which paid Perumov just $300. The Ring of Darkness has sold at least 100,000 copies, and ranked high in popularity among Russian fantasy readers. At the same time it also provoked a controversy in Tolkien fandom. Some Tolkien fans considered that no one has the right to write sequels to The Lord of the Rings and to change Middle-earth's history. Other critics argue that Perumov eroded the edge between Good and Evil by giving Uruk-hai humanlike behaviour.
After the success of his debut, Perumov decided to start a career of professional writer. He wrote the novel 'Гибель Богов' (Godsdoom), the first to be set in Упорядоченное (The Consistent), his universe of multiple connected worlds. The Consistent became the main locale of his following books, including the most known, 8-volume series Хранитель Мечей (The Keeper of Swords).
Perumov's books published in overall number of more than 4 millions of copies and translated to many languages, Northern and Eastern European mostly. One of his books, Godsdoom has also been translated to English. At Eurocon 2004 he was awarded as the best fiction writer of Europe.
Perumov now lives in the United States of America, where he works at a research center as a microbiologist. He claims writing is his 'hobby', while science is his work.
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Perumov was born November 21, 1963 in Leningrad, USSR. He began writing short stories since he was a teenager, and after reading The Lord of the Rings in the early 1980s, he became a fantasy fan. After studying at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Perumov worked at a research institute, and later as a translator.
In 1985-1991 he his debut 'Кольцо Тьмы ' (The Ring of Darkness), a fantasy triology, which consisted of two novels: Эльфийский Клинок (Elven Blade),Черное Копье (Black Lance)and Адамант Хенны. The events of the book took place in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, 300 years after the War of the Ring. Perumov initially regarded his novel as just a fan fiction written for friends, until one of his colleagues offered to publish it. In 1993 the duology, re-edited and renamed 'Кольцо Тьмы' (The Ring of Darkness) was published in Severo-Zapad publishing, which paid Perumov just $300. The Ring of Darkness has sold at least 100,000 copies, and ranked high in popularity among Russian fantasy readers. At the same time it also provoked a controversy in Tolkien fandom. Some Tolkien fans considered that no one has the right to write sequels to The Lord of the Rings and to change Middle-earth's history. Other critics argue that Perumov eroded the edge between Good and Evil by giving Uruk-hai humanlike behaviour.
After the success of his debut, Perumov decided to start a career of professional writer. He wrote the novel 'Гибель Богов' (Godsdoom), the first to be set in Упорядоченное (The Consistent), his universe of multiple connected worlds. The Consistent became the main locale of his following books, including the most known, 8-volume series Хранитель Мечей (The Keeper of Swords).
Perumov's books published in overall number of more than 4 millions of copies and translated to many languages, Northern and Eastern European mostly. One of his books, Godsdoom has also been translated to English. At Eurocon 2004 he was awarded as the best fiction writer of Europe.
Perumov now lives in the United States of America, where he works at a research center as a microbiologist. He claims writing is his 'hobby', while science is his work.
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May 14, 2017
The second half of the memoirs of the fallen, defeated Old God Khroft is more of a direct prequel to "Godsdoom", the first and pivotal work in Nick Perumov's Consistent cycle. It offers an explanation as to the motivations of most major characters in Godsdoom, as well as providing some hints at to the "Really Big Picture", which I suspect can be seen as foreshadowing for "Godsdoom- 2".
In this sense, taken as part of the series and in continuity, the book is great, since fans of the series will find additional insights, especially from Hedin's ongoing annotated commentary to Khroft's re-telling of his plan to shape the True Mage Hedin as the great, crafty opponent to the Young Gods.
Taken on its own mertis, the book offers a fairly well-paced and crisp narrative, and although it frequently refers to the events of "Godsdoom" (which are yet to occur as of the times described in the book- but not in relation to when it was written, and most importantly, when it is being read and annotated), Perumov is generous enough with background information so that anyone who has only read this book (or more likely, the previous volume and then this one), should not feel hopelessly lost. There isn't much characterization here, since it's all about the plot. But overall, the book was quite a fun read.
In this sense, taken as part of the series and in continuity, the book is great, since fans of the series will find additional insights, especially from Hedin's ongoing annotated commentary to Khroft's re-telling of his plan to shape the True Mage Hedin as the great, crafty opponent to the Young Gods.
Taken on its own mertis, the book offers a fairly well-paced and crisp narrative, and although it frequently refers to the events of "Godsdoom" (which are yet to occur as of the times described in the book- but not in relation to when it was written, and most importantly, when it is being read and annotated), Perumov is generous enough with background information so that anyone who has only read this book (or more likely, the previous volume and then this one), should not feel hopelessly lost. There isn't much characterization here, since it's all about the plot. But overall, the book was quite a fun read.
December 1, 2013
Наконец вернулась перумовская рука к написанию того - чего у него получается лучше всего.
Поверженный, одинокии и последнии из своего рода (на сколько он осведомлен), Старый Хрофт коптит в себе обиду на новых хозяев Упорядочного. Но сдаваться он не собирается, время над ним не властно, так что он решает отомстить новым владыкам, составляя жестокий план мести, в которомважную главную роль сыграет нашь полюбленный бог равновесья - Хедин.
Головокружительная предистория жизни мага Хедина, и, на конец-то, ответы на некоторые вопросы, заданных в прошлых книгах цикла.
Поверженный, одинокии и последнии из своего рода (на сколько он осведомлен), Старый Хрофт коптит в себе обиду на новых хозяев Упорядочного. Но сдаваться он не собирается, время над ним не властно, так что он решает отомстить новым владыкам, составляя жестокий план мести, в котором
Головокружительная предистория жизни мага Хедина, и, на конец-то, ответы на некоторые вопросы, заданных в прошлых книгах цикла.
January 2, 2014
В последнее время у меня такое чувство, что Ник Перумов стал совсем другим писателем, чем тем, кого я полюбил в далеких 90-х.
Перестал цеплять и читаю я его больше из-за того, что он закрывает хвосты по своим старым книгам.
Перестал цеплять и читаю я его больше из-за того, что он закрывает хвосты по своим старым книгам.
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