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A Cavern of Black Ice : A Sword of Shadows Novel Fichier(s) joint(s):acobi.jpg
Amazon.com Citation: A Cavern of Black Ice opens J.V. Jones's Sword of Shadows trilogy. (Her first novel was The Baker's Boy.) The story is set in a land divided among small warring clans of hunters and more sophisticated southern cities whose lords covet the clan territories. Young clansman Raif has a touch of "old blood" magic that guides his arrows to the heart. Bad times come when a hunting party that includes his father and clan chief is wiped out by a supernaturally aided attack, and Raif's open suspicion of the brutal new leader eventually drives him into exile. Meanwhile, Iss, overlord of Spire Vanis city, keeps a chained-up sorcerer whose powers he channels by revolting means, and has unexplained but shuddersome plans for his "foster daughter" Ash--herself an unwilling focus of dread forces. Raif and Ash find themselves fleeing together through wintry, hostile clanlands, pursued by Iss's vilest henchmen, seeking the dubious goal of the Cavern of Black Ice. What lifts this tale far above routine quest fantasy is Jones's deft characterization, relentless intensity, and unsparing depiction of pain and slow-healing injury. She has a flair for memorably horrid images. Here a sorcerer gloats over one of his nastier tricks: "A man could not fight when his corneas were snapped from his eyes like badges from a chest." A Fortress of Grey Ice : A Sword of Shadows Novel T.2Fichier(s) joint(s):afogi.jpg Book Description Texte caché : cliquez sur le cadre pour l'afficher "Wonderful . . . J.V. Jones is a striking writer." So says Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. And Jones lives up to that praise in the highly charged epic adventure of Ash March and Raif Sevrance, two outcasts whose fates are entwined by fate and by need, in the cold, dark world that threatens to be torn asunder by a war to end all wars. They are but two of many who fight the dreaded Endlords, but both Ash and Raif are special in unique ways that isolate them, yet which also enable them to perform heroic acts that might save their world. Raif, wrongly accused and cut off from his clan by the treachery of their new headsman, has a talent for killing that is part of his curse and his burden. But he bears another burden of greater weight. Ash is a sacred warrior to the Sull, an ancient race whose numbers have declined.Raised as a foundling, she never knew her true heritage, she must learn to accept the terrible gifts of her heritage. But as Ash learns more of her greater fate, Raif's task looms dark and desperate, for he must journey through the nightmare realm of the Want, a place where even the Sull now fear to tread. For deep within the Want is the Fortress of Grey Ice, and there he must heal the breach in the Blindwall that already threatens the world. Should he fail, not even Ash's powers can save them... A Sword from Red Ice : A Sword of Shadows Novel T.eFichier(s) joint(s):asfri.jpg Book Description Texte caché : cliquez sur le cadre pour l'afficher This epic fantasy of enormous scope, set on a world peopled by fascinating, compelling characters who readers will take to their hearts, is a sharply observed saga of a cold, splintered world on the brink. A thousand years ago, war shook the land and decimated the Sull, a legendary ancient people. In the two previous Sword of Shadows novels, bestselling author J. V. Jones gave readers the powerful stories of Raif Sevrance and Ash March, a man and woman whose destinies place them in terrible jeopardy as they try to find themselves and save their world. Across the land, clans vie for dominance. Dangerous, arrogant clan chiefs urge their followers to frenzied battles, killing each other and plotting to defeat their rivals in spite of those among them who seek unity. But for all the vicious contention among the clans, a darker threat comes from a city with a black heart of evil, whose rulers have long sought to control the clanholds. As Ash pursues her destiny with the Sull and Raif seeks a place where he belongs, the story of their world is spun in a tale at once violent, poignant, and filled with suspense and excitement for any who love epic fantasy on a grand scale.  |
| cala | Message : L'Epée des Ombres - A Sword of Shadows [Fantasy] | |
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Orbit France nous proposera enfin la traduction de cette magnifique saga, L'Epée des Ombres, dès octobre 2009, avec ce premier tome :
L'Épée des Ombres, T1 : le Piège de Glace Blanche  Citation: Les Maleterres. Un lieu hostile, figé dans un éternel hiver. Au Nord, des clans guerriers en conflit. Au Sud, des seigneurs avides qui convoitent les territoires des clans. Raif, un jeune adolescent de 16 ans, est un archer accompli. Sa vie bascule le jour où, de retour de chasse, il découvre que les hommes du clan, parmi lesquels son père, ont été horriblement massacrés. Il rallie alors un clan voisin, mais son caractère rétif et impétueux le contraint bientôt à l’exil. Ash est la fille adoptive de PentheroIss, le haut-seigneur gardien d’une forteresse. A 15 ans, elle est une très belle adolescente. Mais elle est hantée la nuit par des cauchemars de glace et de sang, et l’attention malsaine que lui porte son père l’oblige bientôt à fuir… Ensemble, Raif et Ash partiront sur les Maleterres enneigées, poursuivis par les sbires de PentheroIss, à la recherche d’un lieu dont ils ignorent même s’il existe vraiment : la Caverne de glace noire. Un voyage épique, qui changera leur vie à jamais… |
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Couverture du futur tome 4 Watcher of the Dead
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| cala | Message : L'Epée des Ombres - A Sword of Shadows [Fantasy] | |
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Hè fattu !
Citation: Things have been busy here. Book IV, Watcher of the Dead, is finished and will be published in April 2010. So here’s to the New Year. Let’s hope it’s a good one. Ravie je suis... vivement le 13 avril !  |
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Le résumé ne rend pas hommage à cette saga, à mon avis. En tout cas, il ne m'a pas donné plus envie que ça de lire Madame Jones. Et pourtant... me voilà addicte.
Tout est dans l'écriture (la traduction française doit être rudement bonne), le style, donc, l'attachement à chaque personnage dont certains me semblaient odieux au départ, les superbes descriptions, l'ambiance particulière de chaque chapitre. Je range J.V.Jones pas trop loin de Hobb dans ma bibliothèque (en pensée au vu de l'état de mes placards à livres), sûrement aussi parce que l'un des personnages, le jeune Raif, gardien des morts malgré lui, me fait penser parfois à Fitz. J'attaque le tome 4 toujours aussi séduite. Une bonne histoire, une très belle écriture, de superbes personnages, que demande le peuple ? "Avec toi, c'est comme si j'étais seul... mais en mieux.
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