The Starfollowers of Coramonde [Mass Market Paperback]

Brian Daley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 1981

Under
The
Trailingsword

Gil MacDonald, soldier and exile in an alternate reality, must find Yardiff Bey, master wizard and archvillain. Bey has abducted Gil's friend and threatens to destroy this world of mystery and magic that the American has made his home. Coramonde's Prince Springbuck sends him south to the accursed lands of Shardishku-Salama, where Yardiff Bey waits to capture and torture him.

With the comet Trailingsword hanging in the sky above, Springbuck sets out with his army to save Gil from an enemy that cannot be slain.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (June 12, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345301420
• ISBN-13: 978-0345301420
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,046,238 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 read this one (after Doomfarers of course), May 24, 2003

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JVerkuilen (BAYSIDE, NY, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Starfollowers of Coramonde (Mass Market Paperback)

As I said about Doomfarers, this one is really a great read. It wouldn't make much sense without Doomfarers, but it develops the world nicely and provides a really good sense of completion. THe great characters from Doomfarers continue: Gil MacDonald recovers his sanity eventually, Springbuck grows up, and Yardiff Bey gets run through, but only after making a good play for the brass ring. And the supporting cast--van Duyn, the de Courtenays, Angorman, Reacher and Katya, etc. And the pace keeps up, never letting things slide.

Unlike the standard fantasy cliche nowdays, the Coramonde series has but two lean and mean books, not a trilogy or the multi-volume bloat that has become all too common these days. I'd love to have seen more in the world of course but not at the expense of quality. Alas they don't write 'em much like this anymore.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but..., November 29, 2010

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This review is from: The Starfollowers of Coramonde (Paperback)

I have no problem recommending the Doomfarers/Starfollowers duo as a good read, I would've given it 5 stars for content alone. I gave it 3 stars as a heads-up about something I think potential buyers ought to be made aware of. That is that the layout of the manuscript is that of the original Del Rey paperbacks, ie. the format is that of the 4"x7" paperbacks (which I have) with zero changes - same page layout, typefaces and all. For this 6"x9" printing I was expecting at least a larger typeface that would make use of the increased page area (my eyes are not what they used to be!) instead of an inch of blank space around every page. IMHO the publisher, iUniverse, is ripping off the reading public by charging $18 for what is effectively a $7 reprint on larger paper. That said, even had I known this I probably would have bought them at some point anyway (my other copies are showing their age and starting to lose pages) but at least I would have known what I was getting and could have waited for the price to drop to my comfort level. As it is, I just feel irritated at being duped...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fond memories of this book and series, April 12, 2007

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Scott Baron (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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I read this and Doomfarers when they first came out during the horrid period in the 80s when fantasy was either new Conan novels or plain junk. Only Glen Cook's Black Company series kept me as entertained as these two books did. I can't recommend these two enough.