Monday 17 October 2016

FANTASY NOVELLA REVIEW: The Augur's Gambit and The King's Justice - Stephen Donaldson

Release Date: 30/06/16
Publisher: Gollancz

SYNOPSIS:

From the international bestselling author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant comes an extensive and all original new fantasy novella.

Augur's Gambit is a tight and action-filled novella of more than 40,000 words. A novella with all the rich word-building and acute characterisation that readers have come to expect from the man who re-invigorated the whole genre in the 1980s and went on to write one of Fantasy's landmark series.

Revelling in the sense of freedom that comes from writing a new creation after the massive, controlled effort of the ten book epic of the Chronicles this is a novella that will both delight existing fans and win new readers for Donaldson's uniquely rich and intelligent fantasies.


REVIEW:

A novella by Stephan in his Thomas Covanent series and is a title that fans will devour in a short time. IIt's delightful, has a solid story arc and for any fan will be a little gem to help escape from the real world. As usual with Stephen you get magical dialogue, top notch prose and its all welded together with an arc that will more than fire the imagination. Cracking.



Release Date: 30/06/16
Publisher: Gollancz

SYNOPSIS:

Stephen Donaldson devoted many years to his epic creation The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Now he is back with an all new novella; 40,000 words of richly imagined fantasy with beautiful world building and intense characterisation. The perfect read for existing fans and new readers alike.

A man on a horse, confident in his powers but alone, rides a long and lonely road through rain-soaked woods. But he is on a path that he knows and he is bringing much needed justice with him. Four guards stop him. But not for long.


REVIEW:

The second Novella by Stephen Donaldson that fan's of his Thomas Covanent series will love to own. As usual with his storytelling its beautifully written, has cracking storytelling with prose that just trips off the page. back this up with wonderful pace and all round you'll be a more than happy reader. Finally throw into the mix that its a hardback and its a book that you'll be able to enjoy quite a few times. Magic

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