by Sara Douglass
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SINNER
Book Four of The Wayfarer Redemption
The land of Tencendor has been united for more than forty years, thanks to Axis, who is the legendary Starman. He defeated Gorgrael and brought peace to the three races--and upon fulfilling his destiny, Axis and his consort Azhure retired to the ethereal sphere in the heavens, and ceded his authority to their son Caelum.
But the path of the son is not necessarily that of the father. Caelum is untried and has known nothing but peace during his lifetime. And while the three races seem to be at peace, there are undercurrents of jealousy and bitter memories buried just beneath the surface.
So when strange powers begin to manifest in their world, and threaten the destruction of all he holds dear, Caelum will have to find the strength to fight this threat--and to fight his mortal brother Drago, who is not as powerless as he appears to be. Something killed their sister, and Caelum knows Drago is the culprit--but the Supreme Ruler of the land must have proof, and Caelum has none.
Caelum desperately tries to juggle saving the world with proving his brother killed their sister, but time grows short and the demons are drawing near...
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 DARK!!!, 2008-09-28
I'm 3 quarters done with the book. This book really is a deviation from the original Wayfarer trilogy. She throws mud on all her characters and leaves you not knowing who to root for. For the first half of the book I was rooting for the 'bad' guys. She takes Axis and Ashure of the first trilogy and turns them into trite, half brain dead incompetents (The little they show up in the book). I'm hoping as I go into the 2nd and 3rd book she somehow redeems someone. She seems to have taken a very dark turn when she wrote the 'Hades Daughter' and hasn't come back.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Another mediocre installment, 2008-09-02
I promised myself I wouldn't continue with this series after the first trilogy of books. As I said in previous reviews, the books had a great premise, but the writing was lackluster and the characters were ho-hum.
I picked up Sinner out of desperation on a boring vacation. It made for a quick read. I am giving this 4th installment the same 3 stars I have given all the books, although I think I liked this one slightly better than the previous three, despite my criticisms.
The writing is still lacking. Again, poor semantics and oddly written dialogue continue to jar the reader. It's obvious that Douglass is managing a much larger cast of characters than she can handle. Killing RiverStar off in the first part of the book was a flimsy plotting device that added no depth to the story.
This book reads like it was a complete and utter afterthought to the first 3 books. While they are connected, Douglass undermines the entire first three books to change the whole direction of the story.
I was glad to be done with Axis and Azhure. I liked them, but they were very boring characters and got rather irritating. The new crop of characters, Drago, Zenith, StarDrifter, Faraday, Zared, and Leagh, are much more appealing. This time I actually liked Faraday, rather than viewing her as a self-sacrificing bore. Douglass doesn't seem to put much thought into her characters' personalities, especially their flaws. She simply seems to assign a few flaws to largely stock characters and work them mechanically. It is difficult to really find a compassion and concern for these characters because of this. I am not particularly fond of Isfrael. What an insufferable boor. I can handle that if there is a reason for it, but it's never explained why he's such a major jerk.
It is annoying to see the hate levied on Drago. It doesn't make sense. Douglass's attempts to explain it are flimsy and tiresome. His "crime" against Caelum in book 3 was a strange plotting device (and a major reason I think this 4th book was an utter afterthought) that continues to be a problem in book 4 and I assume, ongoing.
As others mentioned, the darkness in this book takes a major leap. Some of the descriptions of suffering are simply disgusting. I don't understand what kind of mind can even think this stuff up. I agree that she goes way, way too far with some of the horrors she describes that occur to the Tencendorians as a result of the TimeKeepers desctructions. I feel almost violated at having to read some of it. It adds nothing, and only serves to disgust the reader and wonder what kind of person thinks this stuff up.
I am interested enough to keep going, so I will give this 3 stars. However, readers are encouraged to just skip a few pages when the disgusting descriptions start. They serve no purpose.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 Sinner, 2007-09-25
A good author gone DARK.....What Happened to cause such a dramatic change in styles of writing we may never know but this is NOT the Sarah Douglas I began reading.
Dark Fantasy & Horror fans may find some pleasure here but all other fans of her first books should BE AFRAID.. Its like stepping from 1 world into another that would frighten Even Stephen King, and that World is very dark indeed...Ripping babies from wombs and tearing to pieces is a BIT MUCH Sarah.........you lost me, and MANY others I'm sure!!!
Very Self Destructive Writing IMHO......WHY????
Thats the real Question!!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
The beginning of the end, 2007-03-17
The ties that binded this mythology together begin to unravel. As I enjoyed the first three, it is a sad thing to have to say, but the characters leave much to be desired, the story is splintered, and the brutality is often unnecessarily gruesome.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Wow, What A Change!, 2007-02-16
Though Sinner takes the focus away from Axis, Azhure, and the other seven Star Gods we've met in the first three books, the new characters don't disappoint in terms of depth and experience. Drago and Caelum, who seemed to be sketches of Cain and Abel, respectively, during the first books, now have a different sort of relationship now that they are all grown up. The only thing I found odd about Sinner upon first read was that the book skipped ahead 40 years from the end point of Starman. But later on, I understood why Douglass had chosen not to write about the 40 years of peace--she makes constant flashback references that sketch out the plot quite nicely anyway, and after all, conflict makes the (fictional) world go 'round. This book does take the series in a vastly different direction from what you might expect, but it's an intriguing change and a welcome surprise anyway. And for Faraday fans, her reappearance is also quite refreshing to the overarching plot. If you want to see how the idyllic realm of Tencendor can change (for better or worse), definitely pick this book up.
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