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Title: Death Angel's Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner ISBN: 0-446-30749-1 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Nothing else comes close.
Comment: Kane is to most fantasy as Jack the Ripper is to Disney characters. My respect and admiration for the Kane books and stories is exceeded only by my sorrow that there will be no more.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for all fantasy fans...
Comment: This book and another Kane book "Night Winds" contain some of the best short stories and novellas ever written in the fantasy form in my opinion. I've managed to collect most of the out of print Kane books over the years and wouldn't sell for just about any price. Kane is a far better example of the "anti-hero" than Michael Moorcocks Elric that there really isn't any comparison. This particular book has 3 fantastic stories, and though I agree with the prior reviewers that the 2nd is probably the best, I also rate the 1st and 3rd among my all time favorite fantasy short stories. All-in-all, this is required reading for any fan of the fantasy genre.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best book of an excellent series of "Kane" books
Comment: All 3 novellas this book are excellent reading. The first, about a werewolf's attack in a snowbound castle/hunting lodge is the closest I have ever seen any fantasy author get to true mystery tales of Sherlock Holmes/Arthur Conan Doyle calibre. Next is an action-filled bounty hunt where "good" confronts evil. A moral study and a ripping sword and sorcery yarn woven into a mesmermizing tapestry. The last is a chilling tale of lust and vampiric possession. The emptiness this tale leaves behind is trademark Karl Edward Wagner ("Never Dessylyn" and "Last Song of Valdese" are other fine examples (Night Winds)). After years of re-reading these tales and discussing them with friends, I still cannot decide upon a favourite. Wagner's skill in describing action realistically, mystery tantalizingly and weird occult phenomena in a way that tingles are showcased in each story of this book, his crowning masterpiece of dark fantasy. If you can get your hands on a copy, pay any price. You'll enjoy reading them many times. Get the other KEW titles first (Darkness Weaves, Dark Crusade, Bloodstone and Night Winds) and save Death Angel's Shadow for the grand finale. You'll be wishing there were more stuff that was even close to this good...
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Title: Bloodstone by Karl Edward Wagner ISBN: 0446306290 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1983 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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Title: Darkness Weaves by Karl E. Wagner ISBN: 0446306533 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1983 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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Title: DARK CRUSADE by Karl Edward Wagner ISBN: 0671720597 Publisher: Baen Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $24.50 |
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Title: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner ISBN: 1892389517 Publisher: Night Shade Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner ISBN: 0446308129 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1983 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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