Shadowmarch (Shadowmarch #1) Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 796 pages

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Original Title:	Shadowmarch
ISBN:	0756403596 (ISBN13: 9780756403591)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Shadowmarch #1
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2005)

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The maze-like castle of Southmarch stands sentry along the border between the human kingdoms and the land of the immortal Qua. Now, the darkness from beyond that border has begun to enfold Southmarch - or Shadowmarch - the Qua's ancient home. To stop the darkness falling, the Southmarch royal family must face their human enemies, supposed friends and the family curse. Twins Barrick and Briony shoulder impossible burdens as their father is imprisoned and their brother murdered. Briony flees towards her father and the slave armies of the Autarch, while her brother Barrick crosses the Shadowline gripped by madness ..

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Title	:	Shadowmarch (Shadowmarch #1)
Author	:	Tad Williams
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 796 pages
Published	:	September 5th 2006 by DAW (first published November 2nd 2004)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy

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Another library book...straight to the head of the "currently reading" list.This is the first book/series by Mr. Williams I've read since his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy ( The Dragonbone Chair, Stone of Farewell, and To Green Angel Tower ) which I liked very much. I have his Otherland books on my shelves but haven't gotten to them...long term "to be reads". I truly hope that they are better than this series.About chapter 5 it became apparent to me I wasn't going to be able to ingest enough



The middle of the book is intriguing. The first and last quarters are not that great. I don't really like any of the characters; I think Tad's verisimilitude lapses get worse as the book goes on, the bit about Yasammez and the mirror in particular; there is no reason for Quinnitan to be in this book at all; and she contributes to the choppy, nauseating flipping between viewpoints. Worst of all, as the last half of the book grinds on you realize that Tad is NOT going to give you all, or even any,

Everything you could wish for in an epic fantasy, this one has it all. Multiple POVs, interesting characters, different folks with juicy politics, immense worldbuilding, lurking danger and most important a sense of wonder on every corner. During all those 800 pages I never get bored and enjoyed every beautiful written word. Yes it's slow sometimes and most things are just placed into position, but there is so much going on and it ends with a bang that throws me immediately to book #2 to dive in

The first part of a series where the well-known writer returns to the spirit of the series that marked him, Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. These things I liked are here, with the plot and the writing style being very close.The basic story is simple: in a kingdom that does not go through its best days, a threat from the past returns, a defeated race returns to take revenge, bringing chaos and destruction. The duty to deal with them falls on the young sons and the daughter of the king who, without

I was about six hundred pages into this book - roughly 75% - when I looked again at the back of the book and noticed the word that I so horribly feared: TRILOGY.I like Tad Williams. I think he's a lot of fun, and creates fascinating worlds that are well-built, deeply historical and full of complicated characters. But his stories are so. Damn. Long. They require a huge investment of time and energy, and by the end of this book I was mentally editing out passages that could have made it a lot

It took me two weeks to read 200 pages from The Quiet War and I finished this mammoth of more than 800 pages in just one. This says something about how good and gripping is Tad Williams writing.If youre used to his style, then youll know that this book is just a longer prologue for future events. There are a lot of things happening here as well, but the story is just beginning to unfold.Shadowmarch is, like the Osten Ard Saga, another epic fantasy with a multitude of main characters, all caught