The Folded Land: A Relics Novel
The Relics Trilogy, Book 2
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Narrateur(s):
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Esther Wane
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Auteur(s):
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Tim Lebbon
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In the dark underbelly of our world, there's a black market in arcane things - living and dead. Angela Gough has been pulled into this world, making her a criminal on the run.
In London she encountered the Kin-satyrs and centaurs, Nephilim and wraiths, hunted and slaughtered for their body parts. Fleeing back to the United States, Angela discovers that the Kin are everywhere, and they are tired of being prey.
When her niece Sammi is struck by lightning, she is drawn toward the mysterious Folded Land and its powerful and deadly ruler. Helped by her lover Vince, caught in the midst of a Kin uprising, Angela must locate Sammi before the girl is lost forever.
©2018 Tim Lebbon (P)2019 Blackstone PublishingCe que les auditeurs disent de The Folded Land: A Relics Novel
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Au global2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2023-05-26
An R-rated Childrens' Fairy Tale
This trilogy frequently reminded me of the 'Artemis Fowl' series of kids' books. Much like in Eoin Colfer's world, the Fae ("Kin" in Tim Lebbon's imaginings) exist in a parallel, hidden society.. the targets of human attempts to track them down and exploit them. The difference is that Lebbon tells the tale with strikingly dark, adult themes, unreserved expletives, and gory violence.
In this episode, we discover that over the millenia, Kin in North America have become invisible - integrated into society rather than remaining separate (as they have in Europe). A powerful Fairy named 'Grace' is gathering people who are unknowingly really Fae (like protagonist Angela Gough's neice 'Sammi') by striking them with lightning - and if they survive - kidnapping them into a "Fold" (an extradimensional reality where the Kin can thrive). The megalomaniacal Nephilim 'Mallian' violently opposes - and Angela, her boyfriend Vince, and various Human/Fae allies find themselves caught up in murderous war between opposed Kin forces while trying to rescue Sammi.
Albeit fairly complex, the plotting is imaginative and Lebbon's characteristic mind's-eye vivid visceral description is on full display. Less fortuitously, the pacing is terrible (there are looooong stretches of nothing happening), and some of the dialogue is genuinely eyeroll-worthy.
Likewise unfortunate, reader Esther Wane defaults to cartoonish character voices (the stereotypically falsetto "female" voice of the Nymph 'Lilou' is particularly grating). Don't get me wrong.. Wane's diction, timbre, cadence, and especially tone are praiseworthy (she sounds surprisingly interested despite some awful script).. but the narration overall comes across as "adequate".
Altogether, this "Urban Fantasy-Thriller" offering merits 4 stars out of 10. It's not awful.. but not for me. The clever plotlines and visceral delivery just can't overcome the sophomoric silliness.
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