730 pages

English language

Published April 2, 2010 by DAW Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7564-0640-0
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OCLC Number:
669672612

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4 stars (1 review)

Something is awakening underneath Southmarch Castle, something powerful and terrible that the world has not seen for thousands of years. Can its young defenders Barrick and Briony, along with a tiny handful of allies, ordinary and extraordinary, find a way to save their world and prevent the rise of a terrible new age--an age of unending darkness?

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reviewed Shadowheart by Tad Williams (Shadowmarch -- v. [4])

Review of 'Shadowheart' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

So, this was it, the end of the Shadowmarch books. While I still love Tad Williams dearly and find he is a tremendous writer, I ultimately find the series of four books contains flaws that diminish the pleasure.

Above all, it is a story on an epic scale with a fantastic theme. It's an interesting look at world religions, really, and it's probably easy to see similarities between some of our modern religions. The story of the world's Godwars is almost the same for Trigon believers, Xixians and Qar, and yet the details differ. It's a story about terrifying gods and the wrongs they have done each other. That part I loved and really enjoyed how this story built in books 2 and 3.

Shadowheart is a satisfying conclusion. In fact, it has over 100 pages of after the big event closure for every single storyline, and there were a …

Subjects

  • Gods
  • Fiction
  • Twins
  • Fate and fatalism