Teckla. [Paperback]

Steven Brust (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Klett-Cotta (July 1, 2003)
• Language: German
• ISBN-10: 3608935150
• ISBN-13: 978-3608935158
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,425,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Pain I Love You For, March 25, 2004

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Andrew J. Patrick "underpaid curmudgeon" (Great Mills, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teckla. (Paperback)

Reading Teckla was agony the first time, seeing our hero brought so low in his own eyes with very little in the way of redemption granted him, other than survival. I was furious with Cawti for her betrayal, and wanted to see Kelly, that Jacobin-in-embryo, made to eat the garbage that he was flinging around. At the same time, I gave Brust huge bonus points for having the courage to write it. Now, with Phoenix, Athyra, and Issola under my belt, I am inclined to be more charitable to the original story. In these books, Vlad seems to be dying to be reborn as something greater, which the end of Issola leads us to believe will happen. I still loathe Kelly and the guillotines he would doubtless build and doubtless justify (they always do), but I admire Brust all the more for taking an easily written franchise and taking it on the road less travelled.