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| Original Title: | Wolf in Shadow |
| ISBN: | 0099534703 (ISBN13: 9780099534709) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jon Shannow #1, Sipstrassi #5 |
David Gemmell
Paperback | Pages: 326 pages Rating: 4.18 | 4473 Users | 134 Reviews
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| Title | : | Wolf in Shadow (Jon Shannow #1) |
| Author | : | David Gemmell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 326 pages |
| Published | : | December 10th 1987 by Arrow (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic |
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Hmmm. First off I should declare myself as a card carrying long term fan of David Gemmell's work. I've read a dozen or so of his books and variously loved or very much liked them. Technically I like all the components of this book. It's post apocalyptic, its gunslinger-y. I'm not sure why the book didn't really work for me. Possibly it's having read Blood Song, Fool's Assassin, and The Name of the Wind back to back, setting me up for a book-hangover of epic proportions. Many of my Goodreads friends have read Wolf in Shadow and they give it a remarkably high 4.41 average! And yet... The book reminded me of The Gunslinger by Stephen King to some degree and came out only a few years after that work (which I loved). For some reason though I kept getting a Michael Moorcock vibe off this story - the writing and the density of new ideas seemed Moorcockian to me. I like Moorcock - though perhaps less than I did 30 years ago when I really loved his work. So, I'm still saying it was like these things I like but... OK a list: i) It's a short book with a hell of a lot going on. Strange new encounters rush at you. A lot of it felt quite brief without enough flesh on the bones to be real. ii) Lots of the communication between the major characters is by magic and that makes the world feel small to me and the distances arbitrary. The big bad and the big good basically teleport/hologram in for a chat whenever they feel like it and ... I don't like it. It feels random and removes tension. iii) I don't like the magic. The Sipstrassi stones ... I just don't buy into it, the ESPers (hate that name) Gah. I don't know. It just didn't gel for me. There were some things I did like - Gemmell's too good a writer for it all to be miss. So 3* is how I feel about it. Join my 3-emails-a-year newsletter #prizes ....Rating Appertaining To Books Wolf in Shadow (Jon Shannow #1)
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Wolf in Shadow (Jon Shannow, #1), David GemmellWolf in Shadow, is a post-apocalyptic heroic fantasy novel by British author David Andrew Gemmell, first published in 1987. Wolf in Shadow is set in the future, three hundred years after the "fall", an apocalyptic event of which little is initially known, but which is regarded in the book as an event akin to Noah's flood in which the world shook out of its orbit tilting it on its axis, which subsequently resulted in the oceans rising and destroyingJon Shannow is the hero of Wolf in Shadow. A larger than life,tragic hero which i couldnt help but feel so much in the darkness of his world. The interesting post apocalypse/fantasy world,western feel makes this book a great read if you like stories like this.If you like a good yarn in Heroic Fantasy or a Clint Eastwood like western but in post apocalypse world you will enjoy this book.
"What will you do now?""I'll find the Ark and then Abaddon.""And you will try to kill him?""Yes, God willing.""How can you mention God in the same breath as murder?""Don't preach at me, woman," he snapped. "This is not Sanctuary, where your magic fills a man's mind with flowers and love. This is the world, the real world-violent and uncertain. Abaddon is an obscenity to both God and man. Murder? You cannot murder vermin, Ruth. He has forsaken all rights to mercy.""Vengeance is mine, saith the
I thought maybe after some time my perspective of this series would change. Sadly, this wasnt the case. This is my least favourite novel by my most favourite author. This review may be subjective. I abhor organized religion. But still love and respect the MAN.
Hmmm.First off I should declare myself as a card carrying long term fan of David Gemmell's work. I've read a dozen or so of his books and variously loved or very much liked them. Technically I like all the components of this book. It's post apocalyptic, its gunslinger-y. I'm not sure why the book didn't really work for me. Possibly it's having read Blood Song, Fool's Assassin, and The Name of the Wind back to back, setting me up for a book-hangover of epic proportions.Many of my Goodreads
I feel that way about heaven. It's far more important that Heaven should exist than that I should ever see it.Wolf in Shadow is a book with so many ideas rolling around. So much happens, so many characters are introduced, that it feels at times like a mad dash to try and catch all of these ideas in your mind and ascertain exactly what is going on. The last chapter or two of the book was often insane - some passages I had to read more than once to understand what was going on. But beneath the
While a fan of most of Gemmells works, this and Troy are two series of books which I skipped over, most because I switched from fantasy to sci-fi/general fiction in my literary tastes. This has been the case for some years now, but recently Ive been on a Gemmell bender and decided to pick up the Shannow series after re-reading the Drenai and Rigante series. Overall, I liked this book, but I cant say it one of my favorites. This is not a ding on Gemmells writing style, most of his usual troupes
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