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Walensor #2
Beneath the Web
As the Walensor Web, a magical artifact that joins together the souls of gods and humans, begins to die, only Berika, a young shepherdess with untried magical powers, can stop the destruction of her world. Original.
313 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1994
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About the author
Lynn Abbey
146 books192 followersLynn Abbey began publishing in 1979 with the novel Daughter of the Bright Moon and the short story "The Face of Chaos," part of a Thieves World shared world anthology. She received early encouragement from Gordon R. Dickson.
In the 1980s she married Robert Asprin and became his co-editor on the Thieves World books. She also contributed to other shared world series during the 1980s, including Heroes in Hell and Merovingen Nights.
Abbey and Asprin divorced in 1993 and Abbey moved to Oklahoma City. She continued to write novels during this period, including original works as well as tie-ins to Role Playing Games for TSR. In 2002, she returned to Thieves World with the novel Sanctuary and also began editing new anthologies, beginning with Turning Points.
In the 1980s she married Robert Asprin and became his co-editor on the Thieves World books. She also contributed to other shared world series during the 1980s, including Heroes in Hell and Merovingen Nights.
Abbey and Asprin divorced in 1993 and Abbey moved to Oklahoma City. She continued to write novels during this period, including original works as well as tie-ins to Role Playing Games for TSR. In 2002, she returned to Thieves World with the novel Sanctuary and also began editing new anthologies, beginning with Turning Points.
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February 5, 2019
Another good read i am really happy to have found! Lynn knows how to create a world and how to build characters - from the beginning of the first book i was already invested and even though i was disappointed with the ending of the previous book, i read on. I am glad I did. This books had much more character development that i was looking for and even more political components that i really enjoyed. Once again the ending of the story was very abrupt - Abbey likes to set a slow pace for 80% of the novel and then rush the last 100 or so pages and this again left me a little disappointed. Some fast paced scenes were very hard to keep up with and had a lot of information missing. Despite all this i am still glad to have found the book, the ending did put a smile on my face and I was glad to have known Berika and Dart.
July 19, 2023
This book and The Wooden Sword (book 1) have been the biggest surprises of the year. This is a book that is likely not the epic fantasy you expect. It’s about broken people, abuse, and has a dearth of heroes. It’s feminist at times while also looking at how those without magic and the poor are treated. I have many thoughts but I wish I had someone to talk about these with.
August 10, 2016
The beginning of this book fits the XKCD model quite nicely. Lots of simple concepts have random words made up for them.
After around page 100 or so, things do pick up - the characters suddenly develop backbones and brains, and the book becomes quite good - and then it drops down to crap in the 200s, and then goes back up around 250, and down, and up, and...
The action is good, the storytelling is sometimes good, some curious side trips are taken, so the overall review of the book would have to be positive, although with the aforementioned hideous parts thrown in (e.g. something like pages 200 to 250 read what the ending of Lord of the Rings watched like - i almost tossed the book then, but curiosity won as i couldn't for the life of me figure out how she managed to keep it up for 80 more pages (which she fortunately didn't).
After around page 100 or so, things do pick up - the characters suddenly develop backbones and brains, and the book becomes quite good - and then it drops down to crap in the 200s, and then goes back up around 250, and down, and up, and...
The action is good, the storytelling is sometimes good, some curious side trips are taken, so the overall review of the book would have to be positive, although with the aforementioned hideous parts thrown in (e.g. something like pages 200 to 250 read what the ending of Lord of the Rings watched like - i almost tossed the book then, but curiosity won as i couldn't for the life of me figure out how she managed to keep it up for 80 more pages (which she fortunately didn't).
June 2, 2013
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Please note that my site SFReviews.net, in operation since July 2001, is where I post my SFF reviews, and I only use Goodreads to help direct interested fellow readers who are more likely to spend time here than following the site itself. Thank you. (If I review a non-SFF title, I will do so here.)
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