Forest Mage, Robin Hobb
Forest Mage, Robin Hobb
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Forest Mage

Author: Robin Hobb

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 31 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/17/2009

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

A luminary in SF literature, Robin Hobb continues her marvelous Soldier Son trilogy with part two, Forest Mage. Nevare Burvelle has survived major combat and is making a quick recovery from a disease plaguing his fellows in the King's army. He also believes he is free from the Speck magic that held him under its sway. Now traveling home to rendezvous with his fiancEe, Nevare suffers haunting visions and soon realizes that malicious magic still resides within him-and is intent on destroying everything he holds dear.

About Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb is the author of four well-received fantasy trilogies, the Farseer trilogy, the Liveship Traders trilogy, the Tawny Man trilogy, and the Soldier Son trilogy. Writing as Megan Lindholm, she authored Wizard of the Pigeons, Harpy's Flight, The Windsingers, and The Reindeer People. Her short fiction has won the Asimov's Readers' Award and has been a finalist for both the Nebula and Hugo Awards. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Choko on July 31, 2022

*** 4.65 *** A very bleak and quite depressing read, but so well crafted, that I couldn't put it down, despite the heaping on of tragedy after tragedy, obviously not leading to a good end... Mesmerizing!!! I just finished and I have to exercise a real strength of will not to jump straight into the nex......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on March 02, 2022

Boy, was this one a rough book to read. I mean, it was never hard to read and I never once wanted to stop reading it but damn it was ROUGH on the main character. I mean, this is book two in the trilogy so it wouldn't make any sense without the one before it, but I was getting used to the idea that bec......more

Goodreads review by Jake on August 06, 2023

Well that was really really good. So I totally got why the goodreads rating for book 1 was low, it was way to long, but this kicked ass, and is one of the best books I have read this year. I guess it does still live and die by whether you like Nevare, but in this novel I thought he was a great charact......more

Goodreads review by Emma on January 19, 2022

However well written, this book was so full of awfulness that I really cant score it higher. It has really depressed me. I will not be reading the final book in the trilogy.......more

Goodreads review by Choco on October 02, 2024

Qué terrible final!. Qué horrible todo!. Esta mujer maltrata muchísimo a sus protagonistas y hace que leerla sea a la vez una maravilla de profundidad y algo absolutamente acongojante. Ver a este pobre hombre sufrir de esa manera, de forma tan prolongada y constante, a todas partes donde va, azuzado......more