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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Spell of the Black Dagger (1993)di Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Huh - I've read later Ethshar stories that referenced this one, but I didn't recognize it until nearly the end (when they came up with the unstoppable stuff). She's an utter idiot - I wonder how much is attributable to the dagger and its effects, and how much is natural? Given how she got the dagger spell, at least some of it is natural. She's quite obsessed with power, and doesn't really notice that power in and of itself doesn't do anything, you have to know how and when to use it. Huh, I hadn't noticed - that's kind of the same path, or the reverse of the path, of the other viewpoint character (can't remember either name). She makes a proposal, investigates, and is proven correct; she's promptly invested with power, and then with more power and more, all of which she uses the way she's been taught, to fulfill her duties. Deeper than I noticed while I was reading. It's also interesting seeing the With a Single Spell guy and his wives from the outside, and reading some of the reactions to them. I do enjoy Ethshar. Oh, and there's also a reference to the new Empire from The Unwilling Warlord (I was wondering if there would be). nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Tabaea was an ordinary thief, sneaking and prowling and stealing for a living. Then one night while burgling a house, she witnessed a wizard teaching his apprentice a spell -- the creation of a magic dagger. Tabaea decided to try the magic for herself. But even though she could feel the power rising around her as she went through the steps of the ritual, something had clearly gone wrong. The apprentice's dagger had glowed; it had resisted attempts to pick it up; and there had been a blinding flash at the end of the ceremony. But Tabaea's dagger didn't do any of those things. And it wouldn't free her from bonds, or heal her wounds -- it didn't seem to be magical at all. It just turned black. Then, by chance, Tabaea discovered that her dagger indeed had its own kind of unusal magic -- a dark, powerful magic that promised invincibility to its bearer. But magic can be dangerous even in the hands of an expert -- and for Tabaea, magic and power could spell disaster . . . Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The basic premise here is a pretty good one, even if the plot does then go off in some rather strange directions. And I liked the setting, especially the way this world features many different varieties of magic, each with its own unique properties. Unfortunately, the characters are somewhat less interesting. The thief has the potential for some intriguingly shades-of-gray characterization, but instead she mostly comes across as unsympathetic, improbably naive given the kind of life that she's lead, and not very bright. Not that she has a monopoly on that last one, as other characters are also guilty of some pretty big stupidities. (Apocalyptically big, in one case. Or very nearly so.) But, the intelligence levels of its characters notwithstanding, it's a decent and readable enough fantasy story, although probably not a very memorable one. In fact, I suspect that's a good description for this series in general. I know I've read a couple of the earlier books, but all I remember about them is that I liked them okay, and that they somehow involved wizards. ( )