Tigana

by Guy Gavriel Kay | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0451457765 Global Overview for this book
Registered by karendawn of Lafayette, Indiana USA on 10/29/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, October 29, 2005
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Kay (The Fionavar Tapestry) brings to life a layered, pragmatic world of magic and difficult choices, where brutality and beauty coexist. Eight of the nine provinces of the Peninsula of the Palm, on a world with two moons, have fallen to the warrior sorcerers Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbadior. Brandin's younger son is slain in a battle with the principality of Tigana, which the grief-stricken sorcerer then destroys. Years later, a small band of survivors, led by Alessan, last prince of Tigana's royal house, wages psychological warfare, planting seeds for the overthrow of the two tyrants. At the center of these activities are Devin, a gifted young singer; Catriana, a young woman pursued by suspicions of her family's guilt; and Duke Sandre d'Astibar, a wily resistance leader thought dead. Meanwhile, at Brandin's court, Dianora, his favorite concubine and--unknown to anyone, another survivor of Tigana--struggles between her growing love for the often gentle tyrant and her desire for vengeance. Gradually the scene is set for both conquerors to destroy each other and free a land. Tolkien protege Kay's brilliant and complex portrayal of good and evil, high and low, will draw readers to this consuming epic.

UPDATE Dec. 16, 2005: I've got to really start reading for my PhD prelim exam. So I have to majorly cull Mount TBR and will pass this book along unread.

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