Mystic Empire (Bronze Canticles, Book 3) - Hardcover

Hickman, Tracy; Hickman, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446531073 ISBN 13: 9780446531078

Publisher: Aspect, 2006

Synopsis

A final installment of the series that began with Mystic Warrior and Mystic Quest finds Theona, a powerless member of an otherwise magical family; Arryk, a rebellious son from a faery kingdom; and Lunid, a hobgoblin academic, endeavoring to breach the barriers between their kingdoms. 30,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Tracy Hickman lives in St. George, Utah, and has been publishing game designs and stories for more than twenty-five years.

From Publishers Weekly:

Three worlds collide in the mystical, and sometimes mystifying, conclusion of the Hickmans' Bronze Canticle trilogy, which began with Mystic Warrior (2004) and continued with Mystic Quest (2005). The ancient Bronze Canticles have foretold the violent "binding" of three parallel universes, whose inhabitants—human, fey and goblin—must find a way to coexist peacefully when the gates separating each finally open. Some lyrical writing only partially offsets an inconsistency of tone. The humor and irony in the sections devoted to the goblin empire, the book's most original concept, tends to jar with the more prosaically presented human world, which resembles Tolkien's Middle-earth, and the lovely, sad fey world. Many fantasy fans will find the ambiguous ending a cop-out, though it leaves the door open for further mystical adventures. (Apr.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Aspect
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0446531073
• ISBN 13: 9780446531078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416