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Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
9. 3 books
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:10 PM
Feb 2013

I read:
"Shadowfall: Book 1 of the Godslayer Chronicles" by James Clemens,
"The Lost Gate" by Orson Scott Card (had started last year but had left off with a few chapters to go)
"Sandstorm" by James Rollins

I thought Shadowfall was excellent and had a very unusual (though a little gross) system of magic going on where powers are granted from the "humours" of their Gods (like tears, spit, blood, piss...) and each had a different effect in alchemical mixtures.
Also, I found out James Rollins and James Clemens were pen names for the same guy.

It's kind of funny, because I'd gone to Barnes and Noble with my mom to use some giftcards we'd gotten, and I picked up Shadowfall. When I found her, she was picking up a newer James Rollins Sigma Force book. Found out they were the same guy when I asked her what the first Sigma Force novel was and went to wikipedia on my phone to check, lol.

The Lost Gate was pretty good too, with it's own unique magic system and cool almost sci-fi take on the Gods of the ancient world. Though there was a sort of sex scene involving the young male protaganist that was kind of... odd. Finding out just what a crazy Mormon homophobe he is though, and reading a couple interviews with him afterwards, helped that scene and a few others make a bit more sense. Dude has serious issues with sex.

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