A Fall of Princes (Avaryan Rising) [Hardcover]

Judith Tarr (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Two princes of mutually hostile lands find themselves thrown together in a battle for survival that forges an unlikely bond between them that could saveor destroyboth their kingdoms. The author of "The Hound and the Falcon" trilogy brings her latest three-volume work to a startling conclusion in a fast-paced novel that stands on its own as a strong, intelligent fantasy. Recommended for all fantasy collections. JC
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 401 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (April 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312930631
• ISBN-13: 978-0312930639
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,651,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have a lot of academic credentials (PhD from Yale, MA from Cambridge University, AB from Mt. Holyoke) and taught writing and Latin at Wesleyan University in Connecticut--before I ran away from it all to live on a mesa in Arizona. I breed and ride Lipizzan horses, read and study history (and make up my own alternate and fantastical versions), and write--novels, short stories, articles. I teach writing online (details at http://capriole.smoe.org) and blog on the livejournals as dancinghorse. My alter ego is author Caitlin Brennan, who also has a plog on amazon.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gripping for 1/2 of it, falls flat at end, November 29, 2004

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This review is from: A Fall of Princes (Avaryan Rising) (Mass Market Paperback)

I had read the first two novels in this series, so I was pretty psyched to read this one. The book is strong in the beginning, and the intense relationship between Hirel (an emperor's son) and Prince Sarevan is enough to carry it through quite well until the halfway mark, where the author descends into a jumbled mix of convoluted reasoning and ill-conceived plot moves that destroys the whole thing. I won't tell you how it ends or how Judith Tarr resolves the stated "impossible" problem of her two very MALE princes falling in love, but I will say this; I nearly ripped the book in half when I realized the path she was taking. What an utter cop out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's actually 2.5 stars but I can't find the .5 button, October 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: A Fall of Princes (Avaryan Rising) (Mass Market Paperback)

For three quarters of the book, I was really enjoying it. So much so, I was going to rate it 4 stars, if not 5. But then the author chose the easy way out of the major problem her two main characters faced - it was such a cop-out, it ruined the rest of the book. I almost stopped reading right there, but decided to finish it since I was almost done. It really is disappointing. What made it even worse was the reactions of the characters to the solution. Suspension of belief only goes so far, even in fantasy novels. It was such a life altering solution, they way the characters reacted to it before it was implemented, during, and after (especially after) was just not believable. It was quite ridiculous actually. I would tell you what the author did, but if I had to go through that annoyance, so do you!