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Title	:	The Tower on the Rift (The View from the Mirror #2)
Author	:	Ian Irvine
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 664 pages
Published	:	1998 by Penguin Group
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy

The Tower on the Rift (The View from the Mirror #2)

Ian Irvine

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 664 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 2267 Users | 49 Reviews

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In the second volume of this stunning and original saga, Ian Irvine continues The View from the Mirror, a brilliant epic fantasy that rivals the works of Robert Jordan and J. V. Jones.

THE TALE OF THE DRY SEA
The ancient city of Thurkad has fallen, and all who gathered there for the Great Conclave are scattered. Driven mad, the young sensitive Karan is left for dead. Her lover, Llian the Chronicler, is captured by the renegade Aachim, who plan to use the Twisted Mirror for an act of millennial vengeance. The great mancers, including Magister Mendark, flee, die, or are rendered powerless, and even the conquering sorcerer Yggur is threatened by a growing fear of what is to come. For the path of all heroes and villains will meet in the cursed desert called the Dry Sea. And there, in a lost fortress of power, terrible forbidden magics will merge with desperation and folly— and unleash forces that can shatter the destiny of worlds...

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Listed in the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Books of 1998

Listed in Sciencefiction.com's Best of 2001


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“High suspense and tense character interaction – great reading!” Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald BEST BOOKS OF 1998.

‘Wonderfully deep, fast-paced adventure.' Barnesandnoble.com (US).

Mention Books To The Tower on the Rift (The View from the Mirror #2)

Original Title:	The Tower on the Rift
ISBN:	0140276807 (ISBN13: 9780140276800)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The View from the Mirror #2, The Three Worlds Cycle #2

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There are a few pros and cons to the second installment. Pros - In this series, the characters are three-dimensional, more in-depth than the first installment. - The plot takes unexpected developments and twists - Fantastic world developmentCons - At over six-hundred pages, it was too long for the amount of action that took place, a lot of it could have been either trimmed down or skipped. - The laws of 'magic' in the Three Worlds was never explained and referred to as a 'Secret Art' more time

This book has some amazing moments and terrific characters, as always. *****SPOILERS****But the moment that makes it a book to never forget is when Rulke jumps out of the void. Irvine had been building him up as a major power, a Sauron type, and when he comes out he delivers just the kind of power you wish he had.

Wow. I laboured through the first book and hoped the second would pick up. It didnt. I simply dont care enough about the characters, the plot or the awkward writing style to continue this series.

Continue the story from the first book, but it can stand alone (there is enough exposition to cover those who may not have read the first book).Unlike many second books of a trilogy, this one actually has its own, important, content.

Really dissapointing book. The story has the potential to become really epic but the lack of any development until the last 50 pages makes it really hard to read. Also the characters are inadequate at best, most of the time they were just annoying with their whole behaviour and sometimes idiotic actions. Also there is virtually no magic system despite the fact that magic is essential part of the story... Well I can continue to give things that I did not like in this book but I will stop. Just

Book two in the View from the Mirror series and it was definately better than the first book. It still dragged a little bit but once the group got to their destination it was interesting to see how everyone managed to converge.

As the plot gets more and more involved in this series, a real problem in Irvine's writing style emerges- and that's a lack of in-depth detail about the 'rules' that apply to the Three Worlds. There's all kinds of magic flying around, and it plays a really central role in the climax of the novel and yet I feel like I don't really understand the basic laws that govern each characters' use of it. The plot sort of feels vague and loose, because everytime a character is able to swoop in and come to