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March 19, 2023
King wraps up his ambitious and far reaching trilogy with Skyfire and wraps up the various threads with a bow. That stated, I am not sure if every reader will be pleased with the denouement, but I felt it fitting. Like the previous two installments, King starts off with a series of vignettes, this time going once again back 65 thousand years ago, then moving on to medieval Europe, the WWII era before the bulk of the novel, which takes place shortly after in time from the last one.
In the last book, the cosmic battle between the forces of Thule was brought to a head in a small town in Scotland, but the main protagonists escaped. It seems now that a final showdown is planned, although Ptythonious has something up his sleeve, some wild act of faith that he hopes will end the age-old conflict. Robert, the cop, once again features as our main protagonist in the latter part of the story, and once again, is fairly clueless as to what exactly is going on...
I cannot believe this series has faded into obscurity; maybe it was too 'out there' for 1980s sensibilities. It does have some rather unfortunate sexist aspects, but overall, pretty tame for the era. This is fantasy without the fluff. King probably could have worked this out to a 10+ volume series, and likely would have today, each being a massive doorstop. yet, these three slim volumes tell a quite a story as it is. Cosmic clash between 'good' and 'evil'? Check. Interesting characters? Check. Plotting? Excellent. Well worth a visit for fantasy fans. 4 stars!!
In the last book, the cosmic battle between the forces of Thule was brought to a head in a small town in Scotland, but the main protagonists escaped. It seems now that a final showdown is planned, although Ptythonious has something up his sleeve, some wild act of faith that he hopes will end the age-old conflict. Robert, the cop, once again features as our main protagonist in the latter part of the story, and once again, is fairly clueless as to what exactly is going on...
I cannot believe this series has faded into obscurity; maybe it was too 'out there' for 1980s sensibilities. It does have some rather unfortunate sexist aspects, but overall, pretty tame for the era. This is fantasy without the fluff. King probably could have worked this out to a 10+ volume series, and likely would have today, each being a massive doorstop. yet, these three slim volumes tell a quite a story as it is. Cosmic clash between 'good' and 'evil'? Check. Interesting characters? Check. Plotting? Excellent. Well worth a visit for fantasy fans. 4 stars!!
May 5, 2008
Slightly disappointed with this end to the trilogy. it is still a trilogy worth reading just felt this wasn't quite as good as the other two, I wasn't very satisfied with the ending
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