Dying of the Light
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Description
A whisperjewel has summoned Dirk t’Larien to Worlorn, and a love he thinks he lost. But Worlorn isn’t the world Dirk imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight. Gwen needs Dirk’s protection, and he will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging the barbaric man who has claimed her. But an impenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it’s becoming impossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and his enemies. In this dangerous triangle, one is hurtling toward escape, another toward revenge, and the last toward a brutal, untimely demise.
Praise for Dying of the Light
“Dying of the Light blew the doors off of my idea of what fiction could be and could do, what a work of unbridled imagination could make a reader feel and believe.”—Michael Chabon
“Slick science fiction . . . the Wild West in outer space.”—Los Angeles Times
“Something special which will keep Worlorn and its people in the reader’s mind long after the final page is read.”—Galileo magazine
“The galactic background is excellent. . . . Martin knows how to hold the reader.”—Asimov’s
“George R. R. Martin has the voice of a poet and a mind like a steel trap.”—Algis Budrys
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Not a happy book, and not particularly well-written, but at times thought-provoking. The story is set in an absorbing science fiction universe, on a melancholy dying planet which is nobody's home world and where everyone lives by their own code. Topics like loyalty, violence and honour are explored through a people from a planed called High Kavalaan, who not only clash with outsiders, but also between the more traditional and liberal factions of their own culture. The plot is hard to judge. At first nothing seems to happen, then there are some unexpected plot twists, but the ending is a bit disappointing. It was as if not enough of the loose ends were tied up in the end. If the ending had been better, this book might've deserved four stars.
Description
A whisperjewel has summoned Dirk t’Larien to Worlorn, and a love he thinks he lost. But Worlorn isn’t the world Dirk imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight. Gwen needs Dirk’s protection, and he will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging the barbaric man who has claimed her. But an impenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it’s becoming impossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and his enemies. In this dangerous triangle, one is hurtling toward escape, another toward revenge, and the last toward a brutal, untimely demise.
Praise for Dying of the Light
“Dying of the Light blew the doors off of my idea of what fiction could be and could do, what a work of unbridled imagination could make a reader feel and believe.”—Michael Chabon
“Slick science fiction . . . the Wild West in outer space.”—Los Angeles Times
“Something special which will keep Worlorn and its people in the reader’s mind long after the final page is read.”—Galileo magazine
“The galactic background is excellent. . . . Martin knows how to hold the reader.”—Asimov’s
“George R. R. Martin has the voice of a poet and a mind like a steel trap.”—Algis Budrys
Book Information
Posts
Not a happy book, and not particularly well-written, but at times thought-provoking. The story is set in an absorbing science fiction universe, on a melancholy dying planet which is nobody's home world and where everyone lives by their own code. Topics like loyalty, violence and honour are explored through a people from a planed called High Kavalaan, who not only clash with outsiders, but also between the more traditional and liberal factions of their own culture. The plot is hard to judge. At first nothing seems to happen, then there are some unexpected plot twists, but the ending is a bit disappointing. It was as if not enough of the loose ends were tied up in the end. If the ending had been better, this book might've deserved four stars.