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The Eye of Night [Mass Market Paperback]

Pauline J. Alama (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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June 25, 2002
From Pauline J. Alama comes a stirring fantasy tale of three vagabonds in a dying world and their terrifying quest into the heart of darkness...

The Eye Of Night

It is a magical world on the verge of collapse. In the North the Troubles rage. Cities and kings are being annihilated; the very earth is in upheaval, waking even the dead from their graves. All notions of time and space, of day and night, of seasonal change seem fractured beyond repair. But as the chaos moves slowly south, engulfing land after land, three unlikely heroes--an ex-priest, a battered serving girl, and an exquisitely beautiful, refined lady--journey bravely to the dying regions, their only weapon an enchanted stone of enigmatic power and ancient origin.

Jereth, disillusioned with his faith in the Rising God and robbed of his family after a deadly shipwreck, struggles to find meaning in his blighted life, searching the devastated land without direction--until he meets two extraordinary women. Each has her own secrets to keep; both are on a quest to save the world. But they must first save themselves, conquering their demons and rousing their well-disguised strengths. Only then will it be revealed how three penniless, unarmed wanderers can light a darkening world. For one is a prophet, one is a fool, and one’s life is now in their hands.

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The unlikely hero is a fantasy fiction staple, from The Hobbit's Bilbo Baggins to George R. R. Martin's dwarf antihero, Tyrion Lannister. Alama richly develops the concept. Jereth, a wandering former priest encounters and befriends an elegant beauty with a child's mind, Trenara, and her abused serving girl, Hwyn, in ghost-ridden Kelgarran Hall. Hwyn is there to steal the Eye of Night, a pocket-sized stone that contains the egg of something wonderful and terrible. She isn't sure just what the egg's hatching will bring, but she must bear it through miles of troubled wilderness to Larioneth. Jereth and Hwyn are young people with pain in their pasts, who resolutely pursue their tasks while learning to trust one another. Those they meet and the stories they hear occasionally lighten their hunger, thirst, and fear, and they are granted love before their journey's end. Martin's fans and lovers of Lois McMaster Bujold's Curse of Chalion (2001) should enjoy this tale that is unencumbered by "high" language and full of everyday human eccentricity. Roberta Johnson
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PRAISE FOR THE EYE OF NIGHT:
One has to go back to the works of R.A. Lafferty to find another fantasy in which an apocalypse means not the end of everything or the begnning of a harsh and cruel world, but rather the beginning of new heavens and new earth. The Eye of the Night is an ingenious and exhilirating story with an indomitable woman protagonist.
-Andrew Greeley, author of The Bishop in the West Wing

"In her debut novel, Ms. Alama delivers crisp dialogue, wonderful writing full of pathos and surprises, and clearly presents a complicated theology integral to the story."
--Romantic Times

"an enjoyable and pleasantly different fantasy."
--Locus Magazine

"A very good, engaging tale...a masterful first novel."
--Rendezvous

"Martin's fans and lovers of Lois McMaster Bujold's CURSE OF CHALION should enjoy this tale...full of everyday human eccentricity."
--Booklist

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 451 pages
  • Publisher: Spectra (June 25, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553584634
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553584639
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,420,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, April 28, 2004
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Alama has created an original, fascinating world into which she thrusts three highly unusual characters. This isn't sword-and-sorcery or another Tolkein ripoff. Eye of Night is high fantasy at it's best. The hero and heroine are anything but typical, their relationship develops believably through the course of the book, and the plot has some very unexpected twists and turns. If you like fantasy, you won't be disappointed.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful epic fantasy, July 6, 2002
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Magic is alive in the world but it has insignificant affect on the troubles in the North. Kingdoms are at war with one another; plagues sweep the land; and earthquakes destroy whole cities. The weather plays havoc on the crops; drought is common; and the cattle dies from extreme thirst. The people in the North are traveling but that will do them no good because the troubles accompany them southward.

Three people on a quest are moving against the trend by heading northward. The mystic Hwyn, the beautiful simpleton Trenara, and the former priest Jereth follow the instructions of the Sky-Raven's Egg. Hwyn knows that the Eye of the North is readying itself to give birth and that it could mean the death of civilization or something quite wondrous.

THE EYE OF NIGHT is a beautiful epic fantasy starring three protagonists chosen by the gods to play a pivotal role in the rebirth of a world. Readers will be surprised to realize what these roles will be but it is all tied together in a way that makes sense. This is Pauline J. Alama's first novel but with the talent she displays with this strong tale, the audience will realize there will be more forthcoming. Just having patience to wait will prove nerve wracking.

Harriet Klausner

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Effort for a First Book, September 2, 2004
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An intriguing story about things never being what they seem, with enough of a mystery to make you wonder what will happen at the end of the journey. The character's are definitely not your typical heroes but heroes none the less even if they tend to be a bit dramatic at times. Definitely entertaining, I was not disappointed. Wouldn't mind reading another book about Jereth's & Hwyn's land.
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