It would be more accurate to describe this as an urban fantasy as if written by Stephen King at the top of his form. Only, it isn't really anything like Charle De Lint. Feist's "Riftwar Saga", and was I ever super-glad I did! This book is better! This is urban fantasy that Charles De Lint would later make a full career out of. I bought this book because I was a big fan of Raymond E. Enjoy! Just don't read it home alone, in the dark. This is one scary tale, on multiple levels. The blurbs refer to the book as "harrowing" and "forboding." Both are true. His magical beings live in a different, sometimes overlapping, reality, with it's own rules. Feist, like King and children themselves, knows that kids are often the targets of the Bad Things and that they must and do struggle with evil he doesn't shy away from these truths. This is the first of Feist's works that I read, and on re-reading, the magic holds. His characters are absolutely real (including the fantasy & supernatural ones). His descriptions of the worlds he visits are vivid you not only see them, you feel them. Damn, this is scary!įeist is certainly one of the best in the genre. since GoodReads doesn't let a person give a book more than 5 stars. I can do this because I know my rating won't change, esp. I will be with it for a few more days, I'm sure, even though I'm putting today's date on the review. Even though I've read this twice already, Feist is scaring the crap out of me, to the point that I have to set it aside sometimes. I decided that it was time to re-read this one.
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