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Shadow Raiders (2011)

by Margaret Weis(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0756406625 (ISBN13: 9780756406622)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

DAW Hardcover

series

The Dragon Brigade

review 1: This was by far the best Margret Weis book I have read in quite a while. The setting is different with all of the land being made up of Islands floating in a sea of gas with airships replacing water borne vessels. The magic system is somewhat new with most items using magic to do the things normally requiring technology. The characters are also well developed and more multifaceted than what I have seen in many other Weis books. Overall, a very enjoyable story in a setting with a number of new twists to make it all seem fresh and different from much of what Weis has produced in the last 10 years.
review 2: Reading this book is like watching an rpg session except instead of just watching the party- cadre of the lost- you also get to watch the gamemaster handl... moree the box thoughtlines. As such it was very enjoyable. Steampunk, airships, magic, religion, politics, a mystery, characters with flaws, this story has it all. Floating continents and the Breath had me wondering how the world was built. I can't wait for the rest.Now the downsides:1 poor editing. It's missing participles. There are many typos - like 'wandering' for 'wondering' and more than once! After more than 2handfuls of errors that should have been picked up before publishing, I just kept getting jarred out of my immersion in the story. 2 yes it's like watching an rpg but it goes too far. I don't enjoy being told straight out multiple times that so-and-so incorrectly thinks this if someone but this us what actually happened and here's why this other person who knows isn't saying anything. That's fine when you're sitting around a table and someone is explaining to you out-of-character their motivation. But OOC comments don't work for me in a novel. less

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