The Black Star (Lin Carter Discovery) [Paperback]

Lin Carter (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Borgo Press; First Edition edition (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587150956
• ISBN-13: 978-1587150951
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,089,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Heroic adventure, August 28, 2011

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wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Star (Lin Carter Discovery) (Paperback)

This time Carter sets his characters amid crumbling kingdoms in the lattr days of Atlantis. Evil wizardry sweeps the land, brushing aside lawful rule and benevolent dynasties. Barely ahead of the slavering hordes, Niane, a delicate girl of the court, escapes the conquered castle. Mighty Diodric befriends and protects her, when there's nothing left of the abandoned castle to protect. As they make they way toward the emperor in exile, a wizard joins them and aids them on their way. But Niane has a secret, and the wizard has another.

Okay, if sword'n'sandal adventures don't float your boat, this won't do much for you. Instead, it follows the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs: a hero with rippling sinews, a saveable princess, and slavering bad guys hot on their heels. Throw in a little sorcery and romance of the chaste and somewhat confused sort - well, if this were a movie, it would demand popcorn and a rainy Saturday afternoon. The intellectual depths would barely make a splash pool, but it's a grand adventure anyway.

-- wiredweird

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent fantasy-adventure, October 13, 2002

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JEB (Laurel, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Star (Lin Carter Discovery) (Paperback)

A good fantasy action-adventure novel set in Atlantis, with strong ties to Carter's Thongor series. The warrior Diodric, along with the noble Niane, flee an Atlantean capital under attack, bearing with them an artifact that Atlantis' conqueror needs to take over the world. Some nice action follows, with bits of humor, horror, and romance. The only flaw is that the story ends hurriedly and a bit anti-climactically, mainly due to the fact that it is part one of a proposed trilogy (the next book being "The White Throne").