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Shadowmarch: Volume I di Tad Williams
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Shadowmarch: Volume I (originale 2004; edizione 2006)

di Tad Williams

Serie: Shadowmarch (1)

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An epic tale of magic and mystery, duty and betrayal, Tad Williams' SHADOWMARCH trilogy is destined to become a classic of modern fantasy. At the uppermost edge of the northern kingdoms, towers shrouded in mist, lies Southmarch Castle. For hundreds of years it has remained hidden from the affairs of empire. Now its isolation can protect it no more. Southmarch is under siege; from both its neighbours, without, and the more insidious enemies who would destroy it from within. Even further to the north, within the ancient walls of Qul-na-Qar, in a land of silence and gloom, the Twilight People gather to hear Ynnir, the blind king, pronounce the dark fate of human kind. In the south, the Autarch, the god-king who has already conquered an entire continent, now looks to extend his domain once more. It is upon Southmarch that the armies advance, and to its people that darkness will speed.… (altro)
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Titolo:Shadowmarch: Volume I
Autori:Tad Williams
Info:DAW (2006), Edition: Reprint, Paperback
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Etichette:fantasy, fiction, series

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Shadowmarch di Tad WILIAMS (2004)

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    Il trono del drago di Tad Williams (Cecrow)
    Cecrow: A better introduction to Tad Williams' fantasy oeuvre.
  2. 21
    Cronache del ghiaccio e del fuoco di George R. R. Martin (alcc)
    alcc: Another high fantasy, the first novel in the series a A Song of Ice and Fire, that shares many similarities. It has an amazing cast of characters, an intricate world, riveting plot, and was thoroughly enjoyable.
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    The Dark Tide di Dennis L. McKiernan (Cecrow)
    Cecrow: This earlier work also featured an encroaching "shadowline"
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I give it more of a 3.5 rating, but have to give a BOOOOO to the publisher for messing up the books available for Kindle. Book 2 is missing, with the other books available. ( )
  jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 |
I didn't read this book for years because of personal writing reasons. Now that I have I am glad I waited. Having said that I still enjoyed it. The book started really slow for me. Eventually it got going and by the time I reached the end I felt invested in the characters and the story. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
Plods along for awhile in the way I have come to recognize from Tad Williams but eventually got around to being an engaging read. ( )
  levlazarev | Oct 18, 2023 |
The pace is far too slow for such a lengthy book (or perhaps I’m just an impatient reader...), and until the point that I stopped reading (around one-fifth of the way in), I was feeling that the plot just wasn’t developing at all.

The characters in this book should be interesting to me, right? There are simply too many protagonists here, which means none of them get the development time they need to be interesting. To me, protagonists don't need to be likable. An unlikable character can still be captivating. Most of these main characters aren't very likable.

This book is merely the first act of a much larger story, which is fueling all other problems. The purpose of the first book is to do just that! The plot also doesn’t have a lot of forward motion, and apart from a single murder that occurs near the beginning, it resolves nothing else.

It feels like I’ve just read a 750-page prologue, and that’s not good.

A waste of time. ( )
  onlyfiction | Oct 2, 2023 |
La Línea de Sombra separa los reinos humanos del país crepuscular de los qar, adonde éstos fueron expulsados tras cruentas guerras. Durante siglos, los reyes de la Marca han vigilado esta frontera septentrional, atentos a todo lo que pueda intentar traspasarla. Esta sagrada misión prevalece sobre los vaivenes de los imperios del sur, pero la Marca no siempre ha podido mantenerse alejada de los conflictos con sus vecinos, y se encuentra en un momento de especial debilidad. Por desgracia, justo ahora la Línea de Sombra ha comenzado a moverse, invadiendo su territorio...
En el castillo de Marca Sur, el príncipe regente Kendrick se ha hecho cargo del trono desde que su padre, el rey Olin, fue llamado al sur con promesas de alianza y se encontró secuestrado en la antiquísima ciudad de Hierosol. Los nobles del reino, soliviantados por los tributos necesarios para reunir el rescate, complican con sus exigencias el gobierno de la Marca. La visita del embajador de Hierosol portando cartas de Olin y un nuevo acuerdo para el pago del rescate tendrá consecuencias imprevisibles para el reino.
Especialmente para los mellizos Barrick y Briony, los hermanos menores del regente. El melancólico Barrick tiene un brazo tullido y esconde un oscuro secreto relacionado con el rey, pero las circunstancias no le permitirán mantenerse apartado del juego por el poder. Y Briony, una muchacha independiente y aventurera, se encontrará atrapada en el papel que su condición de princesa demanda de ella, y deberá luchar por zafarse de quienes desean convertirla en un peón de los pactos dinásticos.
Mientras que en el remoto sur el poderoso dios-emperador conocido como autarca prepara sus legiones para la invasión del norte, al otro lado de la Línea de Sombra los misteriosos qar ponen en marcha sus planes para la reconquista de las tierras perdidas. El menguado reino de la Marca tendrá que enfrentarse a ambas amenazas al mismo tiempo, sabiendo que si fracasa no sólo perecerán todos sus habitantes, sino que habrá llegado el fin del mundo de los hombres.
  Natt90 | Jan 24, 2023 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
WILIAMS, Tadautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
FEBERWEE, EricaTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Hurme-Keränen, AuliTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato

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This book is dedicated to my children, Connor Williams and Devon Beale, who as I write this are still small but extremely powerful. They amaze me every day.

Someday, when they are grown and their mother and I have ambled on to the Fields Beyond, I hope the two of them will be warmed by the knowledge of how fiercely we loved them, and a tiny bit embarrassed by how wickedly they took advantage of it, charming, funny little buggers that they are.
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For almost a thousand years before our Trigonate Era, history was written only in the ancient kingdoms of Xand, the southern continent that was the world's first seat of civilization.
Come away, dreamer, come away. Soon you will witness things that only sleepers and sorcerers can see.
The belling of the hounds was already growing faint in the hollows behind them when he finally pulled up.
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Perhaps it really is as the ancients say, he thought. Perhaps a heart was indeed like a piece of dry birchwood, and could only take fire and burn brightly once - that any fire that came after would be only an ember, smaller and cooler.
It's as if we live on a thousand, thousand different islands in the middle of an ocean, he thought, but with no boats. We can see each other. We can shout to each other. But we can none of us leave our own island and travel to another.
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An epic tale of magic and mystery, duty and betrayal, Tad Williams' SHADOWMARCH trilogy is destined to become a classic of modern fantasy. At the uppermost edge of the northern kingdoms, towers shrouded in mist, lies Southmarch Castle. For hundreds of years it has remained hidden from the affairs of empire. Now its isolation can protect it no more. Southmarch is under siege; from both its neighbours, without, and the more insidious enemies who would destroy it from within. Even further to the north, within the ancient walls of Qul-na-Qar, in a land of silence and gloom, the Twilight People gather to hear Ynnir, the blind king, pronounce the dark fate of human kind. In the south, the Autarch, the god-king who has already conquered an entire continent, now looks to extend his domain once more. It is upon Southmarch that the armies advance, and to its people that darkness will speed.

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