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Dec 24, 2013
S.E. Lindberg
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Janet E. Morris' Beyond Sanctuary is a splendid mashup of Dark Fantasy and ancient grandeur. Read this and you'll be transported into the Baroque masterpiece cover, joining the battlefield alongside gods and champions: Life to you, Reader, and everlasting glory!
The Cover: This Author's Cut version features Peter Paul Rubens' 1618 painting "The Death of Decius Mus in Battle"(translated title); this extends Perseid Press' cover art approach. This represents the book very well; it promises to drag ...more
The Cover: This Author's Cut version features Peter Paul Rubens' 1618 painting "The Death of Decius Mus in Battle"(translated title); this extends Perseid Press' cover art approach. This represents the book very well; it promises to drag ...more
Janet Morris’ Beyond Sanctuary is the first volume in a trilogy that includes Beyond the Veil and Beyond Wizardwall, and the events in this trilogy take place before The Sacred Band, the magnificent novel by Janet and her husband Chris, which I previously reviewed here for Black Gate. Beyond Sanctuary is a complex novel, truly literary heroic fantasy. It is textured and layered, subtle at times, and yet always powerful. Like the best of all literary fiction, it has emotional depth and human dram
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Beyond Sanctuary is a great story by a master storyteller. I don't know how else to say it. Unlike too many novels that get dragged down by reams and reams of exposition and description, author Janet Morris keeps things moving, letting the story unfold through action and character, and revealing the world of the story organically - some here, some there, details peppered throughout and adding up to a full, satisfying whole. Sometimes in fantasy I get swamped with names and histories and geograph
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When gods, immortals and mages fight among themselves mortals die, and die again. Tempus, an immortalised warrior, and his Stepsons must unite with some of the scum of Sanctuary, an ironically named city to be sure, to save a child and themselves from the machinations of a powerful wizard. Souls and more are at stake in a war which must be fought, and must be won, no matter the cost.
I was hooked by this from the first few lines, as it is a superbly written and very intelligent heroic fantasy. Th ...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this epic romp through a complex fantasy world of many layers.
Although I never give the plot of any story away, I will say this:
We have Tempus, avatar of a storm god, and leader of a band of mercenary fighters, the Stepsons, whose busy life is complicated by the meddling of his mage killing sister, Cime, the unlikely attentions of a Froth daughter, Jihan, and his concerns for the welfare of his men...Niko in particular.
And with good reason. War is brewing, and Tempus and his ...more
Although I never give the plot of any story away, I will say this:
We have Tempus, avatar of a storm god, and leader of a band of mercenary fighters, the Stepsons, whose busy life is complicated by the meddling of his mage killing sister, Cime, the unlikely attentions of a Froth daughter, Jihan, and his concerns for the welfare of his men...Niko in particular.
And with good reason. War is brewing, and Tempus and his ...more
I was a huge fan of the 'Thieve's World' collection when they first appeared back in the late 70s. One character in particular left such an impression that he remained with me over the years. That character was 'Tempus', created by Janet Morris. Obviously that character struck a chord with her, too, and she wrote a series of spinoffs over the ensuing years. My favourite of the several volumes that followed was 'Beyond Sanctuary' (1985), taking Tempus and his Sacred Band from the seediness of San
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In Beyond Sanctuary, the ancient cavalry squadron, the Sacred Band of Stepsons go beyond Sanctuary. Tempus, their immortal commander, ventures north with his Sacred Band to take the war against magic to the witches and warlocks of ancient Nisibis. This is the first Sacred Band of Stepsons novel, the Author's Cut edition, revised and expanded. There are two more in this group: Beyond the Veil and Beyond Wizardwall; all three were Science Fiction Book Club selections.
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Janet Morris, who became my favorite writer from the Thieves' World books, wrote three novels about the character Tempus right as the original series was closing out. All three were excellent. I think this was the best of the three.
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Jan 22, 2013
S.E. Lindberg
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