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Original Title: | Slaves of the Mastery |
ISBN: | 0749749016 (ISBN13: 9780749749019) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Wind on Fire #2 |
William Nicholson
Paperback | Pages: 340 pages Rating: 4.04 | 10370 Users | 164 Reviews
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Title | : | Slaves of the Mastery (Wind on Fire #2) |
Author | : | William Nicholson |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 340 pages |
Published | : | April 22nd 2001 by Egmont Books Limited (first published 2001) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Science Fiction. Dystopia. High Fantasy. Young Adult Fantasy |
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Five years have passed. The city of Aramanth has become kinder--weaker.When the ruthless soldiers of the Mastery strike, the city is burned, and the Manth people are taken into slavery. Kestrel Hath is left behind, separated from her beloved brother Bowman, and vowing revenge.
Now Kestrel must find Bowman again, and Bowman must learn the secrets of the Singer people. Only then will they break the power of the Mastery.
Cover illustration by David Scutt
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Ratings: 4.04 From 10370 Users | 164 ReviewsColumn Based On Books Slaves of the Mastery (Wind on Fire #2)
With all the fuss over The Hunger Games,I was never drawn into actually reading it.Though I blundered into this middle volume in the Wind On Fire trilogy,(there is nothing on the cover to indicate this status)it seems to me that it presents a very similar but more coherent alternate reality as a setting for its young protagonists to acheive moral awareness.The ritual of manaxa,with its combination of lethal grace,wrestling and dancing,provides a far more compelling contest than the aimlessOften with a trilogy, it's the middle book that disappoints, not with this series, this is an excellent second book. The story has moved on five years from the end of the first book. The people of Aramanth are free and unprotected. They capitulate when the Mastery attack and they have been marched away from their destroyed city to their new home where they discover everyone is a slave. Despite acts of extreme cruelty, they are allowed to work in the places where their skill can be used to make a
I really enjoyed this, and more than the first in the series. It's an engaging, enjoyable and thought-provoking read.
I am continuing my re-read of this series as an adult. This book also delivered and was a pleasant read, although I had a few little niggles with characterisation and the portrayal of love, marriage and gender roles. That said, Nicholson definitely made efforts to have his characters evolve and grow, and challenge these problematic ideas of marriage and obligations, and that somewhat made up for it.The plot was again quite simple and predictable, but still well-paced and entertaining enough to
I didnt want this book to end. I deliberately took my time reading this book so that I wouldnt reach the end so quickly.Slaves of the Mastery has a lot of depth to it, as did the book before. Nicholson does a really good job of having different cultures with different beliefs and ways of life in his stories that they become enjoyable to read as our protagonists have to find ways around each culture they are faced with in order to achieve their end goals.5 years after the event of the Wind Singer
based on the same society as the first, all you need now is three words: love, war and problems.
I really, really enjoyed the second book of this series. Once again Nicholson gives us a somewhat vague criticism of government (the second book must be communism, but the first? I'm not really sure, it was definitely a punishment/rewards system though) as the backdrop for the story, but I wasn't terribly interested in the precise nature of his philosophical leanings. No, once again I found myself completely in love with the characters, Kestrel in particular."...And yet, glorious as it was,
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