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Title: The Lord of Castle Black
Subtitle: Book Two of the Viscount of Adrilankha
Author: Steven Brust
Narrator: Kevin Stillwell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-31-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 89 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Publisher's Summary:
With his best-selling novel The Phoenix Guards, Steven Brust took readers to a time a thousand years before the events of his popular Vlad Taltos novels. Its sequel, Five Hundred Years After, was hailed by Science Fiction Chronicle as the best fantasy novel of the year.
Now Brust has returned to the Khaavren epic, first with last year's The Paths of the Dead, and now with its direct continuation, The Lord of Castle Black, a novel that gives Vlad Taltos and Khaavren fans alike a new look at one of Brust's most popular characters, the Dragonlord Morrolan. Along the way, we'll also encounter swordplay, intrigues, quests, battles, romance, snappy dialogue, and the missing heir to the Imperial Throne. It's an old-fashioned adventure, moving at a 21st-century pace.
Members Reviews:
A good book.
I love Steven Brust, he's my favorite author. But this book was a little difficult to read. Several times, every other chapter really, I got annoyed at the style he used in this series and it pushed me out of my "happy place". I understand it was/is for the sake of humor, but it was extremely annoying. It didn't make me laugh, it grated on my nerves. But fit all that, the story is still great. So I had to give it at least 3 stars.
Great books
As I have written before, Steven Brust has developed a believable world, and I don't have a problem with suspending belief to immerse myself with the characters and plot
The world of Steven Brust , A different view of Elves
I like the whole world of the series , the idea of Elves thinking of themselves as Humans and the Humans as Easteners makes great sense . The laws of sorcery in this world of Brust also make good sense . Sorcery here is not a catch-all solution , it requires work and study . The use of the Orb is a find and the social organization is very well done . Each caste with it's animal DNA mixed with the Human DNA , the hints that another race of scientists tinkered with the people of that planet , leads to total new ideas in fantasy . The style of writing , the slow conversations and the old-fashioned manners ( yet fast-packed actions ) are very Elf-like in my mind . The characters are interesting , sometimes mysterious . However , you get enough characters that are understandable , funny and fascinating so you never get bored with any of the people of this world .
You need a bit of time to read the books but it is time well spend . Anyone who likes fantasy with a touch of reality and social criticism will like this series .
Yay, Brust.
Steven Brust's _The Lord of Castle Black_ is, I can now say, the second part of the longer work _The Viscount of Adrilankha_, rather than the second book in a trilogy. Why can I now say this? Because in the Preface, Paarfi (our historian narrator) informs us that "As for the entire question of splitting the book into several volumes, the author will not pretend to more knowledge than he has; if it is the custom of those who publish such works to make such mutilations, for whatever reason, then so be it.