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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780345477033
ISBN number: 0345477030
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: December 26, 2007
Publishing house: Ballantine Books
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 29031
Studio: Ballantine Books
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Darkness falls on the Great Green, and the Ancient World is fiercely divided.
On the killing fields outside the golden city of Troy, forces loyal to the Mykene King mass. Among them is Odysseus, fabled storyteller and reluctant ally to the Mykene, who knows that he must soon face his former friends in deadly combat.
Within the city, the Trojan king waits. Ailing and bitter, his hope is pinned on two heroes: his favourite son Hektor, and the dread Helikaon who will wreak terrible vengeance for the death of his wife at Mykene hands.
War has been declared — a war filled with bloodlust, and peopled by heroes who will live forever in a story that will echo down the centuries.
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Fans of the very first two books can rest assured, this is a fitting conclusion to a wonderful trilogy. Close readers will notice the subtle changes from David to Stella Gemmell as the novel progresses, but thankfully Mrs. Gemmell skillfully finishes her late husband's work without damaging the tone of the previous novels. A very well done piece of work on her part, and a fantastic trilogy.
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Brilliant conclusion to the Troy series, as a fan of David Gemmell's work this lived up to my high expectations. Well worth the purchase.
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I read this book with sadness knowing that within it's covers was the very last story I will ever read from this wonderful author. Stella you did a fine job finishing the book and I am sure David would be proud. I loved the series, I loved the book. I shall miss Mr Gemmell, I have read every one of his books, some I have read multiple times, and he is one of the greatest storytellers in my humble opinion.
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This is a gripping account of the siege of Troy. It has most of the major characters but does not follow Homer's epics. There are also historical inaccuracies (which do not detract). It was pleasing to see some of the more recent excavation finds (eg a lower city) at the Troy excavation site in the story as well as an appearance by the Hittites (a bronze age superpower). The story is so thrilling and realistic that it makes the reader actually "live it".
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A parallel plane of existence; one amongst maybe thousands other planes:
the story of Troy unfolds. some characters end up following the same historical line we know about in Homer's Iliad. other characters, surprise us with the drastically different choices they make and the paths they choose.
by the choices those people make, the story of Troy and its progress meanders through a myriad of new possibilities and probabilities, with surprises at the ready.
in the midst of it all, our beloved storyteller decides to throw in another chain of events happening simultaneously with the Trojan saga: the Exodus.
slowly, the dormant destinies of some characters begin to glow faintly, then as the story progresses, the glow becomes a blazing sun. Helikaon and Gershom: Aeneas and Moses. the very first would go on to be the ancestor of the Roman people (some british kings would also trace their ancestry to him), and the second would lead the jewish people out of egypt and into Canaan. both succeed many times in obliterating the actual story and gaining the reader's unwavering attention (and hours of sleep) with their actions. such is their power.
In the Iliad, we are pawns upon the chessboard of the gods, subjects to not so godly whims and decisions.
In Gemmell's story, the gods are just hollow names, entities who are endlessly evoked, revered, and called for, but ever silent. the divine is stripped away and the men and women in the story take their fate in both hands, in a grim stand against the inexorable unknown.
guided by faith, aspirations, ambition, or sheer will, a handful of humans would eventually achieve godlike states, their names and memories outliving the gods they might have worshipped. others would dive down into the labirynth of their fears and weaknesses and be forgotten.
here, Hektor, Achilles, Andromaque, Odysseus and Aeneas are all gods. how each hero ends up will surprise and uplift you. there's a majesty and power in such humans that's quasi extinct today. such power can be found again, if we choose to really know and acknowledge ourselves for what we are and what we can and cannot achieve. but that requires a lot of will, and indeed 'the age of heroes has passed'.
Dipping in and out of magic and reality, Gemmell is IMO, The ultimate weaver of fantasy storytelling. his stories and retellings contain all the ingredients in perfectly balanced doses, and introduced at the perfectly right time. can you still be wondering about the result?
unchangeably, every tale will linger in the mind and heart. the wondrous characters, flawed as they are, will always be a delicate fragrance floating in the corridors of the soul.
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