The Hounds of Skaith (The Book of Skaith, #2)

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More beast than man Stark had killed the king dog Flay on the plains of Worldheart Now he was the leader of the ferocious Northhounds nine great white beasts that responded to his every command But should they ever turn on him, the hounds could provedeadly than any enemy on that hostile planet Download The Hounds of Skaith (The Book of Skaith, #2) author Leigh Brackett – kino-fada.fr In this second volume of Leigh Brackett s exemplary trilogy The Book of Skaith, our hero Eric John Stark, having expelled the Lords Protector from their northern Citadel and released his friend and mentor galactic ambassador Ashton, heads toward the south to find the wise woman Gerrith, forment rebellion, and in spite of the Wandsmen and the Lords Protector s wishes open the dying planet to star travel Although he is outnumbered, he possesses one extraordinary advantage he now holds mental ma In this second volume of Leigh Brackett s e...After a solid decade of no new fiction from the pen of Leigh Brackett, the so called Queen of Space Opera, the author released, in 1974, the first volume of what would ultimately be called her Skaith Trilogy But fortunately, her fans would only have to wait a mere matter of months before the sequel to the first book, The Ginger Star, was published That second volume, The Hounds of Skaith, managed to accomplish what all great follow up novels should enlarge on the scope of the previous s After a solid decade of no new fiction from the pen of Leigh Brackett, the so called Queen of Space Opera, the author released, in 1974, the first volume of what would ultimately be called her Skaith Trilogy But fortunately, her fans would only have to wait a mere matter of months before the sequel to the first book, The Ginger S...This second book in Skaith series was enjoyable read and Stark is one of my favorite anti heroes I wish the story this wasfocused on him even if the worlbuilding, the human cultures in this world is a fascinating read.The second book in the Eric John Stark Skaith adventures Also very good.Part two of the Eric John Stark trilogy.Eric drove North to the enemy citadel to rescue his friend in the first volume In this volume they move South by a different route toward the Spaceport This time Stark has new allies, namely several very powerful war dogs he commands with telepathy This Southern journey is at first much like the journey in part one It has an episodic structure in which Stark s group encounters various hostile life forms The land itself and everything on it is hostile Part two of the Eric John Stark trilogy.Eric drove North to the enemy citadel to rescue his friend in the first volume In this volume they move South by a different route toward the Spaceport This time Stark has new allies, namely several very powerful war dogs he commands with telepathy This Southern journey is at first much like the journey in part one It has an episodic structure in which Stark s group encounters various hostile life forms The land itself and everything on it is hostile Once again the reader may wonder how anyone could survive on such a hostile world At least this time fewer humanoids are willing to eat travelers.The corrupt priesthood of the first book is still active They control a major city and a powerful army, andof those fiercely powerful wardogs As Stark journeys South he realizes that to reach the Spaceport he must bypass the enemy city And to do that he must become increasingly involved in planet politics So as he moves he gathers an army An army of those want...The Hounds of Skaith by Leigh Brackett is the middle book of her Skaith trilogy, and the 3rd Erik John Stark book I ve read Like the others, this is published by Paizo s Planet Stories line, and is a reprint of a classic sci fi book that has been hard to find and not well known by modern readers I won t repeat the info on the author or line of books, since I ve mentioned them twice now, so scroll down to earlier reviews to read about them .The book picks up immediately after the end of The The Hounds of Skaith by Leigh Brackett is the middle book of her Skaith trilogy, and the 3rd Erik John Stark book I ve read Like the others, this is published by Paizo s Planet Stories line, and is a reprint of a classic sci fi book that has been hard to find and not well known by modern readers I won t repeat the info on the author or line of books, since I ve mentioned them twice now, so scroll down to earlier reviews to read a...Old school SF, so I can t help but treat it differently I confess compared to some of mymodern favourites it would have been a 3 , but a good read, much better than the 1st of the trilogy It s a stunning and imaginative world, Skaith, one that is dying and full of genetically modified monsters and plenty of darkness If you like hippies you may well be offended, and I was thinking this could be enjoyed from a rather fascist viewpoint, but I think it less about a critique of alternative l Old school SF, so I can t help but treat it differently I confess compared to some of mymodern favourites it would have been a 3 , but a good read, much better than the 1st of the trilogy It s a stunning and imaginative world, Skaith, one that is dying and full of genetically modified monsters and plenty of darkness If you like hippies you may well be offended, and I was thinking this could be enjoyed from a rather fascist viewpoint, but I think...Fun old skool on a distant planet space action So Leigh Brackett at her best I m told Its not anything new or rule breaking, but it s quite fun and would make an excellent cheesy sword and sorcery crossed with space opera movie, it s written in a visual style rather than anything introspective Though the world is understated there s still a lot of complexity and characterisation there Would have bloody helped if I d read the first though Probably would have had a much better idea of what Fun old skool on a distant planet space action So...Not as good as the first book in the trilogy, but still pretty great Brackett can write classic sci fi adventure scenes with the best of them, but why so little from the main female character this time around She was along for the ride for most of the book, but only gets a c...There was some fun here for most of the book Unfortunately, the last few chapters lurched back into the tiresome events and descriptions that trouble the first book in the series Unlike the early Stark books these have so far been infected with bloated prose.

The Hounds of Skaith (The Book of Skaith, #2)
  • English
  • 15 November 2018
  • Paperback
  • 183 pages
  • 0345242300
  • Leigh Brackett
  • The Hounds of Skaith (The Book of Skaith, #2)