by Robin Hobb
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The stirring conclusion to The Soldier Son Trilogy—the acclaimed epic tale of duty, destiny, and magic by New York Times bestselling master fantasist Robin Hobb Loyal, privileged, and brave, Nevare Burvelle proudly embraced his preordained role as soldier in the service of the King of Gernia—unaware of the strange turns his life would ultimately take. Exposed to a plague of enemy sorcery that felled many of his compatriots, he prevailed, but at a terrible cost to his soul, body, and heart. Now he stands wrongly accused of unspeakable crimes—including murder, the most heinous of them all. Condemned by his brother soldiers and sentenced to death, Nevare has no option but to escape. Suddenly he is an outcast and a fugitive—a hostage to the Speck magic that shackles him to a savage alter ego who would destroy everything Nevare holds dear. With nowhere to turn—except, perhaps, to the Speck woman Lisana, the enemy whom he loves—he is mired in soul-rending despair. But from out of the darkness comes a bright spark of hope. Perhaps, somehow, the hated magic that has long abused Nevare can be used by him instead. Could he not learn to wield this mighty weapon for his own purposes rather than be enslaved by it? But down what perilous road will this desperate new quest lead him? And what will be the outcome and the ultimate new incarnation of Nevare Burvelle?
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 Wraps is all up, 2008-09-29
It's nice to finally read a trilogy that completes the story in the final book. A great read.
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Lost in the forest, 2008-09-17
This is the third and final volume in the Soldier Son trilogy (after Shaman's Crossing and Forest Mage).
Barely escaping Gettys and its angry mob with his life, Nevare flees into the forest. Realizing that the King's Road is planned to go right through the part where Lisana's tree stands, he makes one last attempt at stopping its construction with the Magic. Alas, it doesn't work as expected and Nevare's Magic is all be depleted.
Finding him in this poor condition, Olikea and her son Likari need to feed him again until he regains a respectable girth, so they can present him as Great One to their kin clan at the Wintering Place, on the other side of the Barrier Mountains.
As time passes and Nevare tries to find out what the Magic expects him to do, his Speck self, Soldier's Boy, becomes more and more powerful, until he finally takes control of his body. Nevare is then nothing but a helpless witness of Soldier's Boy's actions: when he tattoos his skin with the dapples of the Specks, or when he plans a raid on the Gernians in Gettys to stop their Eastward progression. Only on rare occasions can Nevare surreptitiously tap Soldier's Boy Magic and dream-walk to his cousin Epiny, to try and warn her of the impending attack.
A major part of the book takes place in the forest with the Specks, and even though I'm a tree-hugger, sadly I must admit that their culture failed to intrigue me. I felt close to Nevare but not to Soldier's Boy. Probably because the "Gernian-bred" me was taking sides, and I found myself constantly waiting for signs that things would look up for Nevare, that the scales would finally tip in his favour and reunite his split personality without too much loss and sacrifice. But that's also why I found the last third of the book tremendously exciting.
As a whole, the Soldier Son trilogy was a more than excellent series, and Robin Hobb's storytelling surpasses everything I have read. However, I still have a preference for her precedent trilogies (The Farseer, The Liveship Traders, and The Tawny Man). I do hope it grows on me with time, though. I'm sure it will.
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 Just can't recommend it, 2008-09-11
Much as I like Robin Hobb's work, and much as I respect what she is trying to do in the Soldier's Son Trilogy, I just can't recommend anyone read this book. My main complaint: it is an extremely boring read. I can generally read anything but I really had to work at this one as it was frankly painful to sit through Soldier Son and Nevarre conversations. They took up a great deal of space in the text and I don't think they ever had a conversation that wasn't just a repetition of things that had been said before. I found myself skipping pages at a time just to get to some plot development. If you have read the first two books in the series and want to know hoe things will end, just read the last 50 or so pages. You really won't miss anything by skipping over the beginning.
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Great book, 2008-08-27
I'm writing this review assuming that the reader has already read books one and two of the Soldier Son Trilogy. The first two books of the trilogy, to me, seemed a bit slow. The author would have the same type of event happen to the Nevare over and over again, and each time she would write it in great detail. I found this kind of annoying, but I wasn't disappointed in Renegade's Magic. In the third book, it's got a lot of magic and fighting in it, as well as a sense of adventure, as Nevare does a lot of traveling. Add to that that this book is a bit shorter than the other two, and it makes for a faster read. There is also a lot of drama and tension in the book (more than the last two), which keeps you very engaged, making you always want to know what's going to happen on the next page. The author also explores the Speck culture a lot, which I thought was interesting.
The only cons to this book was the lack of consistency in some parts, especially the ending. In the first two books the Specks are seen as very primitive, something like wild elves, but in this book they act much more like ordinary people. Additionally the climax has a very doom and gloom feel for it, and then suddenly the author suddenly flips the world completely upside down. I think that if the author had gave hints to this more happy ending, the book would've been less of a depressing read and a bit more enjoyable, as the reader would've had more to look forward to. Without that, Robin Hobb has turned the ending into a surprise that just didn't seem to make sense, as it contrasted so greatly with the rest of her trilogy. But that's just how she writes I guess.
Overall it was a really good book, no major complaints, if you've read the first two this book is definitely worth picking up.
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 Always the third in the series, 2008-08-24
Not sure if anyone else has experienced this with Robin Hobb books, but I always seem to loose interest with her stuff during the third books. Happened withe assassin apprentice series also, probably has something to do with the book never really reaching a climax very well in the plot. Couldn't put this series down until the third one, maybe I was tired of reading how the main character was insanley fat, kinda ruined it for me I guess.
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