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Sales Rank: 4397536
Category: Book
Author: Robert Stanek
Publisher: Reagent Press Echo
Studio: Reagent Press Echo
Manufacturer: Reagent Press Echo
Label: Reagent Press Echo
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Deluxe
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 484
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 157545517X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781575455174
ASIN: 157545517X
Publication Date: January 2, 2008
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Product Description
For the first time ever, Robert Stanek's Fields of Honor is available in a deluxe hardcover edition with a dust jacket. Featuring an exclusive Art of Ruin Mist insert with illustrations from original paintings, and many additional extraordinary extras, this powerful fantasy novel will delight even the most demanding fantasy enthusiast! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Stanek is the award-winning, international best-selling author of more than 65 books for young people and adults. He lives with his wife and children in the Pacific Northwest in the United States, and is intensely fascinated with our natural world. He loves the outdoors and frequently takes his family on short trips to see the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest, including Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, the Columbia River Gorge, and Puget Sound. ABOUT THE BOOK: Fields of Honor is the continuation of Robert Stanek's multilayered epic fantasy adventure begun with Keeper Martin's Tale and continued with Kingdom Alliance. In his acclaimed Keeper Martin's Tale, he introduced us to the story of Ruin Mist, an extraordinary world of magic, adventure and intrigue. Now in the eagerly awaited follow-up to Kingdom Alliance, he once again proves himself a wonderful storyteller with a gift for fast pacing and believable storylines. Already hailed as a classic, Robert Stanek's powerful series has been enjoyed by readers all over the world. War came to the Kingdoms. Many perished in the turmoil and unrest. An attempt was made to kidnap a princess and assassinate a king. Now, from the ancient past a dark power returns. As prophecy becomes reality, the factions struggle for control, only to further divide the lands. Some would say that King Andrew Alder foolishly agreed to support the Elves of the Reaches, sending men to aid their cause when the causes of all Men in all lands were being put to the test of steel. And in the North, men back their words with action. Against a backdrop of treachery and intrigue, murder and mayhem, the price of free will is high. Many will pay with their lives. Many will succumb to imprisonment and enslavement. For when alliances shatter, old hatreds rise anew and the plotting and scheming begin. Bold, inventive, brilliantly imagined, Fields of Honor is a novel of magic and wonder-a tale of pure excitement you will not soon forget.
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 A turning point for the series December 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Keeper Martin's Tale and Kingdom Alliance are mostly about the kingdoms of men. Fields of Honor represents a turning point where much of the story is about things beyond the kingdoms of men. From the opening on, I was hooked and couldn't put it down. Truly a magnificent read and very highly recommended.
A well-told story November 21, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Robert Stanek is wonderful fresh new voice in fantasy and his Ruin Mist Chronicles are exceptional. The series started with Keeper Martin's Tale and continued with Kingdom Alliance.
Throughout the series, the writing has been excellent with many moments of sheer brilliance. What I like best about the series is that it is so wonderfully inventive, and that the author has created such a remarkable world. The world itself is like the tenth character in the story.
Better and better October 20, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ruin Mist Chronicles is one of those rare series where the books get better as the the series goes. This is a terrific read for anyone who likes adventure or fantasy. Stanek has a knack for creating strong characters and good action scenes. I liked that the reader finally gets to explore the reaches and experience the lives of the elves firsthand.
Great Book July 27, 2006
22 out of 27 found this review helpful
"Ruin Mist Chronicles" is fantastic and Fields Of Honor is the book that sets the series apart from all others. You might as well buy the whole series now because its very well done and highly addictive. The author doesn't beat you over the head with flowery prose, instead his writing is clean, concise and extremely enjoyable. What a great series!
The author weaves a complex storyline with much skill, which makes the mysteries, intrigues, and plot turns easy to follow and very entertaining. Each book is successively better than the one before and this one is without a doubt my favorite book of all time. A fascinating world of adventures awaits.
Truly Outstanding May 13, 2006
18 out of 23 found this review helpful
Very well-written and complex, and, as others have said be prepared for plot twists and turns. It is no exaggeration to say that among the ever-increasing number of multi-volume fantasy series, each thicker than the last, that Robert Stanek's "Ruin Mist Chronicles" is the clear exception.
The books are relatively short, the pacing is fast, and theres a hekc of a lot going on. With wonderful prose, a twisting storyline, and characters that live and breathe, "Keeper Martin's Tale" sets into a motion a tale that will no doubt stand as one of the high points in modern fantasy.
Stanek turns standard fantasy cliches on their heads and makes an eminently readable fantasy tale. There is little not to like here. It is very well-written and complex, and the cast of characters is large, and Stanek manages to make us believe in them all. We grow to love them, hate them, fear for them, feel bad for them. The characters are consistent, complex and fascinating.
They're in danger quite frequently and you learn quickly Stanek has no qualms about killing off major characters. It makes moments of tension truly tense because it is clear early on that main characters can and will die.
The story flows well and what has come before all serves the narrative in a believable fashion. And it is a terrific changing narrative where viewpoints change with each new section and rarely is space wasted. Just about every chapter reveals important information and quite frequently unexpected things happen (and its perfectly sensible and believable).
At times Stanek throws in some red herrings to make you think one things is happening, then sends you spinning when you doubt the obvious only to have it actually happen.
I was rarely able to predict what was going to happen and that was pure bliss. The story keeps you on your toes that's for sure.
At merely 400 pages, one wouldn't think it is a sprawling epic but it is. Stanek creates an entire world populated with wondrous peoples, places and things. Patient readers are rewarded with strange happenings, magic, mystery and mayhem.
Definitely a compelling and truly satisfying read. If you like fast reads that you can really get into, or a book that you just can't put down, then this is definetly for you.
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