Another favorite bites the dust (Rides a Dread Legion spoilers)
wjvdr
Another favorite of mine is dead, completely and unexpectedly dead :(
The first one was Locky aka Squire Locklear. It's been quite a few years and
I've still not forgiven Ray for his death ;)
Now, in Dread Legion, it's Miranda...
The odd thing is, I didn't like Miranda at first. She came out of nowhere,
could we even trust her, but over the years I've grown to like her and her
death upset me.
To be fair, unlike Locklear's death, this one was not as unexpected.
Especially after Ray stressed Pug's prophecy early on the in the book, I had
a feeling something like this might happen, but still :(
I look forward to the next book to see how the family copes with this loss.
By the way, Dread Legion was an excellent read!!! Good continuity too with
some familiar faces showing up ( I always love it when Tomas goes
all-powerful Valheru.)
P.s. there's a tiny typo in my copy (Voyager first edition hardcover). On
page 399 there's a line that says:
"He was unknown to any of them, save Amirantha and Brandos, and what the old
fighter new about Belasco came through Amirantha."
"new" should be "knew"
Steve Foster
> Having just finished the book, I had to get this off my chest.
You might have put in some spoiler space, for those who've not read it
yet (or where it's not yet available). Just annotating the subject
isn't enough IMHO (especially since it's at the end, where it might not
be seen/noticed!).
I'd have been mightily ticked to have had my pleasure of reading the
book spolied this way (fortunately, I've already read it).
--
Steve Foster
gs
> The odd thing is, I didn't like Miranda at first. She came out of nowhere,
> could we even trust her, but over the years I've grown to like her and her
> death upset me.
That's just good character development ;-)
Bajori
"gs" <gp.sk...@talk21.com> wrote in message
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There is something interesting in this book, and Mr. Feists' interview for
Harper-Collins on YouTube gives me an idea of things that may be coming....I
have been wondering at an interesting dichotomy for several books now, and
"wrath of a Mad God" was key....Nalar used Leso as a weapon, seemingly in
concert with other Midkemian Gods, to stop the Dasati Dark God...so it isn't
his desire to see the entirety destroyed, just chaotic. So who have we seen
in the series that commands God-like power that would be able to do the
things we have seen....Nalar has focused on destruction, not total
obliteration, and has helped to prevent such...
Mr. Feist, correct me if I am wrong, but we have been introduced to the
culprit...in some ways it is a mystery, and the clues are all there...and if
I am right, it would explain alot about the Quor and their charges also...
Raymond Feist
"Bajori" <baron...@aol.com> wrote:
Nice guess, but not quite.
I would not dream of spoiling what's coming, but you have encountered
the "bad guy" before, quite some time ago, actually, in an earlier book,
and when all is revealed (I hope) it will make sense.
Best, R.E.F.
--
Never attribute to malice what can
satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
Bajori
"Raymond Feist" <ray...@nospam.bittersea.com> wrote in message
news:raymond-9BF43B...@news.la.sbcglobal.net...
The Quor reference was just a wild guess, but I am fairly certain as to the
"bad guy"...because certain timelines just don't make complete sense, unless
this certain character is behind most everything.
Oliver Nowak
> There is something interesting in this book, and Mr. Feists' interview for
> Harper-Collins on YouTube gives me an idea of things that may be coming....I
> have been wondering at an interesting dichotomy for several books now, and
> "wrath of a Mad God" was key....Nalar used Leso as a weapon, seemingly in
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This reminds me of a question I had after finishing "Wrath...". I read
it relatively quickly and ATM have lent the book to someone else, so I
can't reread right now - sorry if I don't remember things correctly.
At that time I asked myself whether it was kind of redundant what Pug
did on/with the Tsurani world, because I had the impression that the
Dasati God had already been dealt with by the Nakor/Leso Varen thread.
Can anyone explain to me why (or whether) the destruction of that world
had been necessary?
--
O.
Raymond Feist
Oliver Nowak <oliver_and...@yahoo.de> wrote:
It may have been too obscure; Pug had no idea what Nakor was doing with
Bek and the ancient Dasati god of war. He also had no idea that Nakor
was carrying the seed of destruction within him to take out the
Dreadlord who was masquerading as the Dasati Dark God. Pug thought he
was on his own so he did what he thought was necessary to keep the Dark
God out of his native space time, which was to destroy Kelewan before it
could become the Dasati beachhead.
I will have Pug reflect on this, because it becomes a center point to
the last trilogy, especially the final book, because one of the
struggles throughout the cycle has been that mortals are tools of the
gods, sometimes willingly, sometimes not, sometimes knowingly, sometimes
not.
Oliver Nowak
Thanks for answering, Ray.
The thought had crossed my mind that this could probably become a moral
problem for Pug. Things point into the direction of him becoming a
quite tragic figure right now - it's going to be interesting to read
what you have planned for him.
But I think he's a very mature person at this point and, contrary to
what was posted earlier in this thread, won't "go mental" at all.
--
O.
Raymond Feist
Oliver Nowak <oliver_and...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> Nach längere Bedenkzeit hat Raymond Feist geschrieben :
> > In article <mn.0c917d94e...@yahoo.de>,
> > Oliver Nowak <oliver_and...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Bajori wrote :
> >>
> >>> There is something interesting in this book, and Mr. Feists' interview
> >>> for
> >>> Harper-Collins on YouTube gives me an idea of things that may be
> >>> coming....I
> >>> have been wondering at an interesting dichotomy for several books now,
> >>> and
> >>> "wrath of a Mad God" was key....Nalar used Leso as a weapon, seemingly in
> >>
> >> [Snip... SPOILERS for "Wrath of a Mad God" following if anyone still
> >> cares...]
> >>
> >> 1
> >> 2
> >> 3
> >> 4
> >> 5
> >> 6
> >> 7
> >> 8
> >> 9
> >> 0
> >>
>
> Thanks for answering, Ray.
>
> The thought had crossed my mind that this could probably become a moral
> problem for Pug. Things point into the direction of him becoming a
> quite tragic figure right now - it's going to be interesting to read
> what you have planned for him.
>
> But I think he's a very mature person at this point and, contrary to
> what was posted earlier in this thread, won't "go mental" at all.
I can't make promises, or spoil surprises, but Pug has gone through a
lot of changes and will go through more. The burden he bears is one
that would grind any of us down to sand but he's managed to come
through. The thing about Pug, the key to who he is, is you come to
realize he is 100% committed to "doing the right thing." The problem
with anyone who's 100% committed to anything, it becomes an out of
balance life. He's willing to do the right thing, no matter what the
price, and so far no one has challenged on that. So far.
Raymond Feist
guig <gu...@yerawathame.com> wrote:
> On 2009-04-01 18:55:24 +0100, Raymond Feist
> <ray...@nospam.bittersea.com> said:
>
> >
> > It may have been too obscure; Pug had no idea what Nakor was doing with
> > Bek and the ancient Dasati god of war. He also had no idea that Nakor
> > was carrying the seed of destruction within him to take out the
> > Dreadlord who was masquerading as the Dasati Dark God. Pug thought he
> > was on his own so he did what he thought was necessary to keep the Dark
> > God out of his native space time, which was to destroy Kelewan before it
> > could become the Dasati beachhead.
> >
> > I will have Pug reflect on this, because it becomes a center point to
> > the last trilogy, especially the final book, because one of the
> > struggles throughout the cycle has been that mortals are tools of the
> > gods, sometimes willingly, sometimes not, sometimes knowingly, sometimes
> > not.
> >
> > Best, R.E.F.
>
> Have you had this whole arc in place since the time you wrote Magician
> or has it eveolved as you wrote the other books?
>
> BTW I never made it to Edinburgh or Birmingham :( I hate it when work
> gets in the way of life
I knew there were five riftwars when I did Magician and sketchy details
about what happened during those wars. That's lore from the game. I
began to fashion the monster backstory arc during the creation of the
SerpentWar, and had everything in place (more or less) when I started
Conclave.
Raymond Feist
guig <gu...@yerawathame.com> wrote:
> On 2009-04-01 06:48:50 +0100, Raymond Feist
> <ray...@nospam.bittersea.com> said:
>
> >
> > Nice guess, but not quite.
> >
> > I would not dream of spoiling what's coming, but you have encountered
> > the "bad guy" before, quite some time ago, actually, in an earlier book,
> > and when all is revealed (I hope) it will make sense.
> >
> > Best, R.E.F.
>
> Oh .. thanks very much!!! You realise I'm now going to have to go to
> the loft, drag out every copy of your books, pack a case with them and
> read them while on holiday just to get a clue? :(
>
> Nah, I'll wait and have it revealed like everyone else.
>
> BTW was I right in my reading of your other post that book 2 is ready to go?
Just waiting for some editorial notes, which should take me less than a
week to respond to, but the book has been at my publisher since
February. There's been a title change. It's now At The Gates Of
Darkness.
Beset, R.E.F.
aar...@gmail.com
wrote:
> In article <gZBAl.125852$8E2.55...@fe01.news.easynews.com>,
> "Bajori" <baronjos...@aol.com> wrote:
> > "gs" <gp.skin...@talk21.com> wrote in message
Hmm, we've encountered the bad guy before, who over the years did I
get a wierd vibe on that I wondered if there was more going on?
O.M.G. It's Kulgan! He's been in hiding all these years biding his
time, building up his power! He's angry because he can't get married
and is going to take it out on all living beings!