Matthew Woodring Stover
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| Title | : | Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4) |
| Author | : | Matthew Woodring Stover |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2012 by Del Rey (first published January 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Dark Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
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SOME LAWS YOU BREAK. SOME BREAK YOU. AND THEN THERE’S CAINE’S LAW. From the moment Caine first appeared in the pages of Heroes Die, two things were clear. First, that Matthew Stover was one of the most gifted fantasy writers of his generation. And second, that Caine was a hero whose peers go by such names as Conan and Elric. Like them, Caine was something new: a civilized man who embraced savagery, an actor whose life was a lie, a force of destruction so potent that even gods thought twice about crossing him. Now Stover brings back his greatest creation for his most stunning performance yet. Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe. Hey, it’s a crappy job, but somebody’s got to do it.Identify Books In Pursuance Of Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4)
| Original Title: | Caine's Law |
| ISBN: | 0345455894 (ISBN13: 9780345455895) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Acts of Caine #4 |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 2428 Users | 108 ReviewsDiscuss About Books Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4)
A preamble, if you will. Matthew Stover is one of my three or five favorite speculative fiction writers. Trying to write this review, I admit now, I felt intimidated and not sure if my abilities are up to the task of doing right by what Stover did in this novel, with the Acts of Caine, and up to the task of not completely gushing with fanboy joy at hearing Caines voice once again. Here goesThe not-so-straightforward narrative not only changes POV character and voice, but time / history as we seeThis is another book that just came too late for me; I remember loving the first Caine duology and also the first half of the duology ending here, but when I opened this one I realized that I kind of forgot most of what was about except in a vague sense. I did a quick refresh and i realized that I simply cannot suspend disbelief any more for the ultimate simplistic super hero taking revenge on an unjust society storyline which this series amounts too in the end; yes, the hero is complicated,
Stover falls into the trap of over-writing this installment, much as he did with "Blade of Tyshalle" two books ago. If you're going to write a non-linear book, then it should serve some grand purpose, but I'm not sure if this one wouldn't have been even better if Stover had just written it near chronologically. As it is, with all the time jumps, it's very difficult to read and follow, and there are certain things that don't quite hang together by the end. That being said, there is one nice
Ok - I finally got the pacing right in this book. Carefully reading it. This one is complex. Lots of different timelines interwoven chapter-by-chapter. The romance with the horse-witch is simple and compelling - reminded me of how straightforward the first book in this series was. Sad to see it done.
I've been anticipating this book the way that I used to look forward to Christmas. It wasn't quite what I expected. It was better than that. Take Tolkien without the boring bits, add in some Moorcock, Gaiman, gratuitous profanity, time travel, violence, and salt it with a little Orwell and you've got Caine's Law. It was awesome. Don't start with Caine's Law, of course. You must first read Heroes Die, and Blade of Tyshalle, and Caine Black Knife. I would reread them all, but someone has stolen my
I've rated this book lower than the other books in the series. The reason is not that "in it's way" it's not as good, but that simply as "a novel" it's not as good or as satisfying.This book is set in a shifting universe of temporal anomalies and philosophical epiphany. It's in many ways far more philosophical debate than it is a novel. There is a story-line buried within the points that are being made built upon what we've seen go before and the "events" swirling around Caine/Hari/John here. I
Matthew Stover has, in this book, repudiated everything that made the first three so kickass. Before this book Caine was more powerful than some, less powerful than others, and absolutely ruled when he was in his element. But he spends this whole book staging a cosmic coup and putting together a kind of Ultimate Power Committee in order to overthrow essentially every power structure and god in both worlds and redeem Caine in the eyes of some chickenshit liberal cocktail party crowd Stover's
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