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The seascape tattoo

Title:

The seascape tattoo

Author:

Niven, Larry.

ISBN:

9780765378736

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

394 pages ; 25 cm

Subject Term:

Swordsmen -- Fiction.

Wizards -- Fiction.

Enemies -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Rescues -- Fiction.

Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Added Author:

Barnes, Steven, 1952-

Summary:

Aros of Azteca, a swordsman, and Neoloth-Pteor, a sorcerer, are deadly enemies who have been fighting for fifteen years. But when the princess Tahlia is kidnapped, Aros must pretend to be a lost princeling and infiltrate the deadliest cabal of necromancers in the world. To save the princess and prevent the most powerful and diabolical spell ever created from destroying the world, he needs Neoloth's help. They can't trust each other. They will betray or kill one another the first chance they get. But each is all the other has. --

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)	SCI_FI FANTASY NIV	Searching... Unknown
Searching... R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)	SCI_FI FANTASY NIV	Searching... Unknown
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The Seascape Tattoo : the latest spellbinding adventure in Larry Niven's acclaimed collaborations with Steven Barnes!

Aros of Azteca and Neoloth-Pteor are the deadliest of enemies: Swordsman and Sorcerer, locked in mortal combat, who have tried to kill each other more times than either can count. But when the princess Neoloth loves is kidnapped, there is only one plan that offers any hope of rescue . . . and that requires passing off the barbarian Aros as a lost princeling and infiltrating the deadliest cabal of necromancers the world has ever seen. They cannot trust each other. They will betray or kill eachother the first chance they get. But they're all each other has.

Author Notes

Larry Niven received his B.A. in mathematics in 1962. His first novel, World of Ptavvs (1966), was a success and launched his career. Niven has won five Hugos and one Nebula award, testimony that his colleagues in the science fiction world respect his work. Perhaps Niven's most well-known creation is Ringworld, a distant planet that may be taken as a metaphor for Earth, as it was once great but has since fallen into decay.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Niven and Barnes team up to deliver a trite epic fantasy with a few redeeming qualities. Neoloth-Pteor, the old and jaded wizard of Quillia, is secretly in love with Princess Tahlia. When the princess is kidnapped at sea by unknown nefarious sources and the queen offers the princess's hand in marriage to any who rescue her, he decides to step up to the challenge. But to do that, he needs the help of former enemy Aros the Azteca. Readers will roll their eyes at the abundant clichés (the princess is literally locked in a tower), some of which are deeply discomfiting (a sole Smurfette-like woman wizard who's primarily valued by the men for her "beauty and mystery"; the use of the Aztec name and elements of Aztec culture for the far-off "barbarian" lands, and the characterization of Aros as a classic noble savage). But those who are willing to overlook these significant flaws will enjoy the burgeoning friendship between wizard and warrior, their schemes to infiltrate the secrets of the isolationist kingdom responsible for Tahlia's imprisonment, and the backdrop of failing magic and serious engagement with the question of whether a man can truly change. The stakes are satisfyingly personal and global, without any risk of the reader encountering something new. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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