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    Mask of the Sorcerer: An Epic Fantasy Novel

    By Darrell Schweitzer

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    "If ever your heart has said, 'The great days are no more. The golden afternoon of golden tales has faded into night, and I came late, born out of time, to warm my hands at the embers that flicker and fade hour by hour' -- read this. . . Here are ghosts grim and gentle, red gold of Ophir, and fell weavings. Here is a tale to keep Scheherazade talking a hundred years." -- Gene Wolfe


    "Darrell Schweitzer is a fine writer . . . Not only is he skilled in the exotic use of the best trappings of Fantasy, he employs a disquieting awareness of the dark nooks of the mind and soul. . . .Best of all, Schweitzer is a story-teller, by whose smoky fire one may sit spell-bound." -- Tanith Lee


    "Superlative." --Interzone


    Darrell Schweitzer has been three-times nominated for the World Fantasy Award, twice for Best Collection, and once for the novella "To Become a Sorcerer," which forms the first four chapters of this book. He is also the author of "The White Isle," "The Shattered Goddess," and nearly 300 short stories, many of which are collected in such volumes as "The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack." An expert on fantastic fiction, who has written books about Lord Dunsany and H.P. Lovecraft, he also co-edited the legendary "Weird Tales" magazine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateFeb 7, 2014
    ISBN9781479401826
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    Mask of the Sorcerer: An Epic Fantasy Novel
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    Darrell Schweitzer

    Darrell Schweitzer is the award-winning author of numerous works of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within these genres.  

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    • 5/5
      Probably one of the most original and touching fantasy novels read in years.
      The world is magic and it captures the reader.
      The plot is complex and highly satisfactory.
      The characters are fascinating.
      And the writing is absolutely perfect.
      An excellent book, a novel that deserves thehighest praise.
    • 4/5
      This will appeal to weird fiction readers who are looking for Lovecraftian atmosphere in an adventure novel form. This is not Sword & Sorcery, but will appeal to that same crowd (it is very dark…all sorcery). This will NOT appeal to readers looking for soap-opera fantasy, young-adult fantasy, or a light read. The first three Chapters were amongst the most bizarre, inspiring fantasy bits I have ever read. The pace slows after, but by then I was emotional connected to Sekenre’s character. Note, it is difficult to string together a series of weird stories into a novel, since the pulp- style of writing is known to be highly dense with description. The genre works well with short stories. H.P. Lovecraft tried with a lengthy novella with “The Dream-Quest to Unknown Kadath,” which I have yet to complete after three valiant tries (despite my urge to see how the reappearance of the artist Robert Pickman fares). Schweitzer does better here, taking the readers to the ambiguous lands of dreams and death, making us feel as disoriented as his cursed protagonist; at the moment we are about to become totally lost in trippy language, he brings us back to firm footing.The battle scenes are intermittent but very vivid; given the lack of traditional weaponry, readers will be surprised by the brutality. From the book’s description I thought I would be immersed in traditional Egyptian mythology; not so. Egyptian setting/lore is clearly an inspiration for this, but as Christianity (the Crusades) served as a foundation for Schweitzer’s “We Are All Legends”, the author rapidly takes the reader beyond these influences. His work is anything but traditional or derivative. The book is ~380pages; I would have given this 5 stars if it could have somehow been reduced to ~300. Sequel: There is a standalone sequel called SEKENRE The Book of the Sorcerer, which I look forward to reading.