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Tor Books (1993), Mass Market Paperback
Description
"Second of Diane Duane's "Middle Kingdoms" sequence, sequel to THE DOOR INTO FIRE. The quest of Freelorn Ferrant's son, exiled prince of Arlen, continues as he and his people push eastward across the Middle Kingdoms in pursuit of his lost throne. But his companion, the warrior and sorceress Segnbora, brings her own possibly deadly agenda to the search..."--
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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
It's a Duane, so of course it's saving the world from the Darkness by figuring out who you are and surrendering to truth. She's about as formulaic as Andre Norton - amazing what variety you can get from something that can be described with a simple formula! The Doors series is somewhat frustrating
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- been waiting for the fourth one for...16 years now? Ah well, it's a good re-read anyway. This one is largely Segnbora's (sp?) story - she's already done some major changing in Fire, now she really blossoms. Show Less
LibraryThing member melannen
This book is really, really good.
So good that I didn't even notice until about my third read-through that there's a human-dragon sex scene in the middle of it. :D
It's the story of Segnbora, who's a minor character in the first book in the series and a major character in the third book; this second
Segnbora our heroine is just practical-minded and cynical enough to pull of the storyline, and as always with Duane, the path she takes to get there is just compelling and vivid and real and true and *mythic*, so that I've adopted parts of this story into my personal mythology without even noticing.
So good that I didn't even notice until about my third read-through that there's a human-dragon sex scene in the middle of it. :D
It's the story of Segnbora, who's a minor character in the first book in the series and a major character in the third book; this second
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book is where she -- well, comes of age. Coming-of-age fantasy isn't exactly rare, and I have to admit that my initial reaction to part of it was "blah, blah, strong female charater was raped in her backstory, oh not *again*," but Duane just does it so *well*, as always.Segnbora our heroine is just practical-minded and cynical enough to pull of the storyline, and as always with Duane, the path she takes to get there is just compelling and vivid and real and true and *mythic*, so that I've adopted parts of this story into my personal mythology without even noticing.
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Original publication date
1983
Physical description
320 p.; 8.6 inches
ISBN
0812536738 / 9780812536737
Local notes
Tale of the Five, 2
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| Fic SF Duane |