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Title: Thraxas and the Oracle
Series: Thraxas #10
Author: Martin Scott
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 184
Format: Digital Edition
Series: Thraxas #10
Author: Martin Scott
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 184
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
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The armies have
come together and they all, under the leadership of Lisutaris, begin
the march to Turai to take the fight to the orcs. Thraxas has been
made head of Security and his number one job is to find Deeziz the
Unseen before she wreaks havoc on the barely holding together armies.
Add to that that Lisutaris must consult with an Oracle who has been
banned and whose followers have been wiped out by the true church.
Thraxas is going to
have a very hard time. Worst of all, there are no taverns and
Lisutaris has told him to stop drinking.
The oracle proves
right in all her accounts that do come to pass, Thraxas does find
Deeziz (who escapes yet again) and the allied armies surprise an
orcish one and completely route it. Now they can begin to head to
Turai.
My
Thoughts:
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This was probably the weakest Thraxas story to date. In the middle of
an army is not the place to have Thraxas being a gluttonous drunk. It
just didn't work for me this time. Thraxas is just hit or miss for me
and I can't figure out the why's and wherefore's of the formula
regulating that. I guess it's just a mystery! In terms of enjoyment,
this was a bunt. I still connected with the ball, but it didn't knock
it out of the park for me.
If I were to recommend these books to anyone, I'd say to stop at book
8. Yes, there isn't any resolution at the end of that book, but 2
books later there still isn't any resolution. Also, considering that
it has been 3 years since this book was published and there hasn't
been another, I'd say Scott has dropped the creative ball and is done
as an author. These are not long books. If you are on fire, it
doesn't take 3 years to write a sub-200page book. It is only when
struggling that that is the case.
Scott needs to write one more book where the armies take back the
city of Turai, Thraxas marries Makri, becomes the proconsul of the
newly renovated Turai and the whole gang (Lisutaris, Gurd, Tamrose,
etc) all hang out at a brand new bar and shirk their duties. The End.
Seriously.
★★★☆☆
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