Glass Dragons (The Moonworlds Saga, Book 2)
by Sean Mcmullen
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Author: Sean McmullenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-04-03
ISBN: 0765307979
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: Rambling, enjoyable, not great but pretty fun long fantasy
Summary: 3 Stars
Glass Dragons is Sean McMullen's direct sequel to Voyage of the Shadowmoon. Like the previous book, it is set on a fantasy world, the moon of a large planet, inhabited by people who seem very human though turn out (with one exception) not to be: they have double hearts, for instance. In the first book, an entire continent is destroyed by a terrible weapon, which is only destroyed by the heroic efforts of a large contingent of characters -- some of whom end up not quite so heroic by the end. I had complained in my review that the characters are a bit hard to keep track of, that too many of them turn out to be nobles or royals in disguise, and that I wasn't sure their characters were consistently maintained.
This new book once again features a terrible weapon, and a quest to destroy it. Once again a large contingent of not always very heroic characters joins somewhat haphazardly in the effort. It is noticeable, though, that the characters are not this time all nobles or royals in disguise. I also think that they maintain their characters more consistently -- but I still think McMullen's view of his characters tends to be excessively cynical -- and I really have a hard time believing so consistently in a such a parade of mostly nasty folk. BUT -- I did enjoy the book, on the whole.
I should add that, even though the book is a direct sequel to Voyage of the Shadowmoon, there is no need to read that book in order to enjoy the new one.
A group of wizards establish something called Dragonwall, ostensibly to control the Torean storms, storms caused by the heat engendered in the destruction of the continent of Torea in the previous book. But Dragonwall makes a great deal of power available to any wizard who knows how to tap it. And you know what power does, right? The eventual group who quest to destroy Dragonwall include a few characters from the last book -- mainly Laron, the hundreds of years old vampire who is no longer a vampire; Velander, who became a vampire in the last book and who has a drinking problem -- caused by sucking the blood of too many drunks; and Terikel, who in her twisted self can never love anyone -- but she does hold the key to destroying Dragonwall. There are also some new characters, for example the incompetent Master of Royal Music to the Emperor of Sargol, one Wallas, who is implicated in the assassination of the Emperor when the actual assassin assumes Wallas's form to do the deed. Wallis finds himself partnered with Andry, a low born sailor/carpenter who wants to be a gentleman, and who appears to have the inner nature to be more gentlemanly than anyone. There are plenty further characters: students, dragons, princesses, monks, etc.
The plot is rambling, full of incident, pretty fun on the whole. It's not a great book by any means but it's an enjoyable and imaginative long fantasy.
Summary of Glass Dragons (The Moonworlds Saga, Book 2)
The scintillating sequel to Voyage of the Shadowmoon ean McMullen, one of Australia's leading genre writers, delivers the second novel in his Moon-worlds Saga, a fantasy epic of daunting skill and scope. Glass Dragons continues the tale of Laron, the chivalrous 700-year-old vampire, the appallingly dangerous and beautiful Velander, and the long-suffering Terikel, as they investigate a sort of magical Manhattan Project which threatens to fall into the wrong hands. It is a broad and complicated tale, filled with wonderful characters both new and old, woven through with low humor and great courage.McMullen, Sean Books
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