Guy Gavriel Kay
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| Title | : | Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic #2) |
| Author | : | Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 560 pages |
| Published | : | February 6th 2001 by Harper Voyager (first published February 11th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Historical Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Science Fiction. Alternate History |
Narration To Books Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic #2)
The Thrilling Sequel To Sailing To SarantiumBeckoned by the Emperor Valerius, Crispin, a renowned mosaicist, has arrived in the fabled city of Sarantium. Here he seeks to fulfill his artistic ambitions and his destiny high upon a dome that will become the emerror's magnificent sanctuary and legacy.
But the beauty and solitude of his work cannot protect his from Sarantium's intrigue. Beneath him the city swirls with rumors of war and conspiracy, while otherworldly fires mysteriously flicker and disappear in the streets at night. Valerius is looking west to Crispin's homeland to reunite an Empire -- a plan that may have dire consequences for the loved ones Crispin left behind.
In Sarantium, however, loyalty is always complex, for Crispin's fate has become entwined with that of Valerius and his Empress, as well as Queen Gisel, his own monarch exiled in Sarantium herself. And now another voyager -- this time from the east -- has arrived, a pysician determined to make his mark amid the shifting, treachearous currents of passion and violence that will determine the empire's fate.
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| Original Title: | Lord of Emperors |
| ISBN: | 0061020028 (ISBN13: 9780061020025) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sarantine Mosaic #2 |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2001), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2001), Sunburst Award Nominee for Canadian Novel (2001) |
Rating Epithetical Books Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic #2)
Ratings: 4.23 From 11351 Users | 375 ReviewsArticle Epithetical Books Lord of Emperors (The Sarantine Mosaic #2)
This duology is a masterpiece. A contest between 4 and 5 stars for both books, but in the end, I think the immaculate ending sealed it for this one.Full review to come.Like with Under Heaven, I found the ending to a let-down. Kay seems to be desperate to wraps up every loose end, to close the book on the entire life of nearly every character you've come to care about, and sometimes the epilogue he writes for these characters is inadequte to their due. It's a shame, because I like a little mystery when a good book comes to a close: I enjoy being left wanting more, but Kay doesn't want to give me more, and is adverse to leaving the reader with room for
9/10Lord of Emperors is another great example of Kays talent as in this book he has added much more characters and making a more complex story than the previous one, full with intrigues, machinations, betrayals and some great twists.The story continues with Rustem, a physician from Bassania, as he is summoned by the King of Kings to save his life but to take also a mission to Sarantium that may well bring him to great danger and will, probably, may cost him his own life in the way. However,
Kay is a writer of great skill, one who is able to create a new world filled with believable, lovable, characters, and delight the reader with descriptions that come to immediate life in the minds eye, while showing the perfect restraint of the true artist.
An amazing book! I was really surprised and pleased that Part 2 of The Sarantine Mosaic was even better than the first Part! It was easy to figure out it was Kay's conception of a fantasy Byzantium. I'm so glad that not only did he concentrate on Crispin, the Rhodian [Roman] mosaicist but that there were fascinating subplots involving characters from the previous novel. I liked his introduction of a sympathetic Bassanid [Persian] physician, Rustem. Rustem had been sent as a spy by the King of
Guy Gavriel Kay certainly kept me turning the pages on this wrap-up to his Sarantine Mosaic duo. We're introduced to a few more wonderful characters like the charming, indomitable, and convoluted young-old soul, Scortius, the champion charioteer of the Blues. And he deepens and revisits old characters thoroughly as well. Though the plot thickens and the entire last third of the book is an intricate, hair-pin turn denouement of sorts, this second book is as much about character development as the
Lord of Emperors brings the great characters and the great world of Sailing to Sarantium (my review) and adds so much more, in this conclusion to Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic.The characters are pretty much the same as the first book. The addition of Rustem, a doctor, introduces us to the Bassanid (Muslim like culture) and has much to do in the book. With all of the worldbuilding in the first book, there isn't much new introduced. But there are more magical allusions made that speak to more
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