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A gripping new racing thriller from bestselling author John Francome In life, horse-fancier and antiques dealer Glyn Cole caused a heap of trouble - for his girlfriends, their jealous partners and his creditors. His two-year absence from the close-knit Berkshire horse community has been something of a relief. Broken bridges have been mended; lives have been rebuilt. And his disappearance has been a miracle for one individual in particular: the person who killed him. But now Glyn is back - in bizarre circumstances. A record-breaking storm has ripped his corpse from its ingenious hiding place, thirty feet up in the air, concealed in a stand of dense conifers. How did he get up there and how did he die? Many have benefited from his absence - but who is no longer sleeping so soundly at night? It seems that, even in death, bad boy Glyn is as much trouble as he ever was...… (mais)
Loved this whole series, the first 4 Gemmell books I've read. I felt this one was a little behind the other 3. Didn't find Gaise as likable character as the central characters of the other 3 books. Kept wanting more Kaelin Ring in the foreground instead of background. ( )
Substance: The Rigante clansmen, after long oppression by their conquerors, especially the Moidart (local ruler), have to unite with his son Gaise "Stormrider" to save the world from the demon-controlling Redeemers (a really evil group of false priests who oppress). Style: More like the usual fantasy-medieval genre than his Waylander series, possibly because of the clan (based on Scots or Irish) setting. ( )
In the fourth book of the Rigante series Stormrider and Ravenheart meets each other and their fate to defeat an ancient evil horror who wants to erase mankind and rule the world... ( )
The final book of the Rigante series pays off, with Gemmell hitting on all his usual Gemmell cylinders. Characterization remains especially strong in this series, and we see character growth here on a deeper level than might be found in a typical Drenai volume. ( )
Gemmell continues with his foray into the early years of firearm usage. I found reading about the horrors of war less enjoyable with the increased similarity between this world and ours. ( )
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This edition of Stormrider is dedicated to Dale Rippke, whose internet "musings" have broadened my knowledge of the worlds I have created. Grateful thanks, Dale!
My thanks to my editor at Del Ray, Steve Saffel, and to test reader Jan Dunlop, Tony Evans, Alan Fisher, Stella Graham, Steve Hutt, and Kathleen O'Shea David.
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The winter in the northern mountains was the most vicious in thirty years.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
One of them, seeing the meat they carried, fell to his knees and offered up a prayer of thanksgiving.
A gripping new racing thriller from bestselling author John Francome In life, horse-fancier and antiques dealer Glyn Cole caused a heap of trouble - for his girlfriends, their jealous partners and his creditors. His two-year absence from the close-knit Berkshire horse community has been something of a relief. Broken bridges have been mended; lives have been rebuilt. And his disappearance has been a miracle for one individual in particular: the person who killed him. But now Glyn is back - in bizarre circumstances. A record-breaking storm has ripped his corpse from its ingenious hiding place, thirty feet up in the air, concealed in a stand of dense conifers. How did he get up there and how did he die? Many have benefited from his absence - but who is no longer sleeping so soundly at night? It seems that, even in death, bad boy Glyn is as much trouble as he ever was...
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I felt this one was a little behind the other 3. Didn't find Gaise as likable character as the central characters of the other 3 books. Kept wanting more Kaelin Ring in the foreground instead of background.
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