Blade Of Fire [Paperback]

Stuart Hill (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: NY (1980)
• ASIN: B000N6MLDK
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome: great writing, cool characters, excellent pacing, April 6, 2007

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Julie (NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blade of Fire: The Icemark Chronicles (Hardcover)

Yes, the Cry of the Icemark was better. I definitely liked Thirrin and Oskan better as teens. That said, however, as far as sequels goes, this book gives the first a good "run for the money". I've a few minor nits about the strength of motivation for certain characters' evilness, but for the most part, the characterization is ultra fitting. I will have a more detailed review later, for now, suffice to say, "BUY THIS"! Look, it vexes me to no end to see ultra crap (like certain dragon containing books) do well in sales when well-written stuff like Cry of the Icemark and Blade of fire languishes on the virtual "shelves".

Plot: Decent...fairly straightforward, but still exciting and contains a few good twists.

One more note: the sense of pacing is amazing. The plot being as it is holds the potential to plod on forever, but the pacing keeps it moving. There are nice descriptions of things, but no endless sections of sand describing, thank the Goddess, Moonmother, One, and other deities.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tj from lake tapps says ''this is one of the greatest book ever.'', March 20, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Blade of Fire (The Icemark Chronicles 2) (Paperback)

Clang! The Icemark cavalry and infantry clashed against the enemy and started to hack away at the Empire's troops.
The Blade of Fire is about a queen named Thirrin, her son Charlemagne, nicknamed Sharley, and her arch enemy Scipio Bellorum and his two sons, Octavius and Sulla. Thirrin sends her son away, because he can't fight with a crippled leg. When Sharley gets to his destination in the south and becomes prince regent to the exiles. As Sharley explores the south he finds things he has never heard of, or seen before. He finds unlikely allies, but the question remains is he too late?
My favorite part in the book is the battle at the end of the book. I liked it because it had the greatest details in the whole book, including vampires, wolf-folk, giant snow leopards, Icemark cavalry and infantry clashing with the enemy. Men on both sides getting killed everywhere and the dying screaming in pain
everywhere you looked.
Scipio Bellorum and his sons are the
worst characters in the book. They are ruthless and uncaring. For instance, Octavius had a squad of men shot to pieces by their comrades for marching to slow, and then his brother complimented him on it. They may be the worst characters in the book, but you have to give them credit for being geniuses.
Sharley on the other hand is a very interesting character, because he has a crippled leg and yet he has the brain of a diplomat and the heart of a warrior.
I recommend this book because it is a very awesome book and it's definitely in my top five books I've ever read and that's a lot.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down!!, April 4, 2007

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TiaM - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blade of Fire: The Icemark Chronicles (Hardcover)

OK, so I liked Cry of the Icemark a *little* bit better- mainly because Thirrin is just an amazing heroine... But I loved this book, too! My thanks to Stuart Hill for bringing yet another heartwarming, amazing book into my life!