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The Dragonbone Chair

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)

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Start date: April 1, 2015

Finish date: June 30, 2015

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May 27, 2008 Rob rated it it was ok

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is a slightly older series, from the late 80s, which the author himself describes as a "bloated epic." (And bloated it is: the third "book" of the trilogy is actually two 700-page paperbacks.) I originally became interested in Tad's trilogy after reading his short story "The Burning Man" in the Legends anthology, and then discovering on the Internet that this series was very popular. What intrigued me most was that his fantasy world has a version of the Catholic Church -- in his books, Jesu ...more

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