The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (726 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765385244 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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“This rich, delicately crafted world is stocked with vibrant characters… and supports a powerful story told in a delightful series of wrenching moments.” Publishers Weekly Starred Review"The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps shows that fantasy still has some really fascinating places to go." Charlie Jane Anders, io9“The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps is the story equivalent of the shot heard around the world.” Marty Cahill, BookRiot“A tale which is so dense and rich in its depictions of the various different societies and places that you end it feeling as if you've been immersed in its world.” Paul Simpson, Sci-Fi Bulletin"Wilson isn't the first black writer to demonstrate the possibilities of mixing traditional fantasy tropes with Afri
Kai Ashante Wilson's stories "Super Bass" and "The Devil in America," the latter of which was nominated for the Nebula, the Shirley Jackson, and the World Fantasy Award, can be read online gratis at Tor. His story «Légendaire.» can be read in the anthology Stories for Chip, which celebrates the legacy of science fiction grandmaster Samuel Delany. Kai Ashante Wilson
The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive.The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. The result is powerful and strange and painful in all the right ways." -N.K. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved capt
Rowan said A challenging read, but worth the effort. This book was surprising, refreshing, challenging, and occasionally delightful. It was also confusing in places, and in others, deeply frustrating.Demane is a healer and sorcerer, working for a band of mercenaries who guard merchant caravans on the perilous road between market citi. "What I liked the most about this book was the writing" according to DoubtfulTwin. What I liked the most about this book was the writing. At times, the writing was the only thing keeping me going. As an African-American, I wasn't put off by the style of the dialogue, which helped give the novel a sense of time and place: in the future, long after some cataclysm d. Let go and let the story work! A. Mann This book is a challenge to get into. Or rather, it requires a moment of disorienting suspension of disbelief before it sucks you in. Right in the beginning there is the contrast between the high and decorative prose of the author and the vulgar trash talk of some of the characters