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Title: The Fallon Blood by Robert Jordan, Reagan O'Neal ISBN: 0812543971 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83
Rating: 4
Summary: Not your usual Robert Jordan
Comment: This offering from Robert Jordan, a tale of one Southern man's life during the American Revolution, has little of the action, adventure, spills, and thrills that we fans are accustomed to from this author. Of course, there are the battle scenes and even a great catfight between two women vying for the love of the same man, but absent are the mystical, magical confrontations and the unparalleled descriptions of mano-a-mano contests. This book focuses much more on relationships of an earthly kind. In fact, it walks the line between the fantasy and romance genres, so anyone looking for the typical Robert Jordan adventure in this book will be a little disappointed.
However, let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater. Robert Jordan does an inspiring job of portraying the emotional struggle of a man finding his way in the world and the way of his heart. Instead of dealing with large countries, monumental wars, and the most powerful leaders alive, Michael Fallon conducts shrewd business and encounters love and war at the personal level. In writing this tale, Robert Jordan tells an entertaining, emotionally gripping story on a stage smaller than his usual grand amphitheatre.
Rating: 5
Summary: For Fantasy or Non-Fantasy Fans
Comment: After reading the Wheel of Time Series, I started to think that Robert Jordan was one of my favorite authors, but I thought I should take a look at some of his other works. So far Fallon Blood is the only other book I got to, but after I read it I have decided that Robert Jordan is my favorite author...or whatever his real name is (it's not Robert Jordan). I didn't finish the book, but that was because I moved and had to return it to the place I was borrowing from. Otherwise I wouldn't have put it down. His villians are truly evil and the hero very impressive. The book is more about family fued than war, but for the war fanatics, there's definately plenty of it. As much as I know of history, it's accurate but there are still plenty of fine details that only a scholar would know presented in this book. And for those of you who like WoT, there are some similarities in his writing. The woman are all still very strong characters, and the hotels are an awful lot like the ones in the fantasy series, plus there is a lot to do with travel. I would recomend this book to anyone. (As long as they are teen and older).
Rating: 4
Summary: A great historical adventure
Comment: The Fallon Blood is an excellent work of historical fiction, and it ought to be read by all who have a love for adventure and who have even just a mild curiousity about the American Revolution. Jordan commands both a top notch understanding the war and late 18th century American lifestyle.
Jordan writes about the period via a story about fictional characters who occasionally run into famous historical figures. Generals Lafayette and Nathaniel Greene, for example, make appearances in the novel. Younger writers, such as Jason Manning, have written with this approach, but Jordan is masterful with this book.
Despite his excellence, Jordan is not without his weaknesses. Even with all of the historical expertise he displays in the pages of the Fallon Blood, Jordan will always be a "Conan the Barbarian" writer at heart. The hero, Fallon, is handsome and macho. Sex is offered to him frequently and easily. He possesses tremendous skill and physical strength as a soldier. The women are beautiful and extremely sexually active. The villains are evil and twisted. Hence, the story is a bit unrealistic at times, but what a fun way to learn a greal deal of historically accurate information about early America!
Readers from South Carolina will loves this book more than any other fans of Jordan's work. Jordan possesses an undeniable arrogance and pride about the role of South Carolina in the American Revolution, and the Fallon Blood is his vehicle for sharing those feelings and beliefs with the rest of the world. Regardless of whether or not you will agree with Jordan's historical evaluation of his home state, this book is a sexy and exiting look at the birth of our nation. Give it a read!
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Title: The Fallon Pride (Fallon series) by Robert Jordan, Reagan O'Neal ISBN: 0812567609 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Fallon Legacy by Reagan O'Neal, Robert Jordan ISBN: 0312867018 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan ISBN: 0312864590 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Cheyenne Raiders by Robert Jordan , Jackson O'Reilly ISBN: 0312876076 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Legends 3 by Robert Silverberg, Tad Williams, Robert Jordan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0812566645 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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