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Original Title:	The Last Light of the Sun
ISBN:	0743484231 (ISBN13: 9780743484237)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2005), Sunburst Award Nominee for Canadian Novel (2005)

The Last Light of the Sun

Guy Gavriel Kay

Paperback | Pages: 501 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 7774 Users | 449 Reviews

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Title	:	The Last Light of the Sun
Author	:	Guy Gavriel Kay
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 501 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2005 by Pocket (first published March 2004)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Cultural. Canada

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In his eagerly awaited new novel, Guy Gavriel Kay turns his gaze to the northlands, brilliantly evoking the Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic cultures of a turbulent age.

There is nothing soft or silken about the north. The lives of men and women are as challenging as the climate and lands in which they dwell. For generations, the Erlings of Vinmark have taken their dragon-prowed ships across the seas, raiding the lands of the Cyngael and Anglcyn peoples, leaving fire and death behind. But times change, even in the north, and in a tale woven with consummate artistry, people of all three cultures find the threads of their lives unexpectedly brought together...

Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father's sins, commits an act of vengeance and desperation that brings him face-to-face, across the sea, with a past he's been trying to leave behind.

In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances and diplomacy-and with swords and arrows-while his exceptional, unpredictable sons and daughters pursue their own desires when battle comes and darkness falls in the woods.

And in the valleys and shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud and raid amongst each other, violence and love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come and Alun ab Owyn, chasing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools.

Making brilliant use of saga, song and chronicle, Kay brings to life an unforgettable world balanced on the knife-edge of change in The Last Light of the Sun.

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This book is absolutely beautiful. The writing is simply gorgeous, and I could not put it down. It's been awhile since I've read a traditional fantasy, and it was a nice break in stride. This book has an absolutely beautiful voice - I could not put it down. The narrative is really different; fast-paced and sort of staggering, like it's stumbling towards beauty. It was really different, and I loved it.Great plot and wonderful weaving of disparate stories into a great narrative with a satisfying

8/10On of the few writers from our era in the Fantasy genre, and perhaps the best one out there, that can make quality stories even through his stand-alone books is definitely Guy Gavriel Kay and this book is no exception.The story of the book, inspired by the Vikings raid in the time of Alfred the Great, is, perhaps, a bit darker than Kays other books as his writing is also a little tougher. But in this book he has managed to make a magical story, filled with wonderful characters that pass

Though fantasy rather than historical fiction, Kay's books evoke different regions of medieval Europe, and The Last Light of the Sun is set in the harsh northern realms analogous to Scandinavia and England, among the Anglcyn (Anglo-Saxons), Cyngael (Welsh), and Erlings (Vikings): rather a different setting from the warm regions and courtly society of his previous (particularly the two books of The Sarantine Mosaic and The Lions of Al-Rassan. The language is beautiful, and Kay deftly interweaves

I vacillated between 4 and 5 stars for this one. Kay's writing is like fine chocolate: so delicious it makes you shiver, and impossible to safely devour in one sitting. That makes light of the prose, though, and this book is so much more than that. It's hauntingly beautiful, the kind of universal poetry that makes you weep for the truths it's trying to impart. It's the kind of high tragedy that has always resonated in Celtic tales. I think this book is ultimately about the old giving way to the

My best friend loves this author. I'd never read anything by him, but a back cover blurb that compares this novel favorably to Stephen King and Shakespeare doesn't exactly make the strongest case for me (I have idiosyncratic tastes, I know.) Regardless, I took my time with the book, wanting to make sure I was fully engaging it, to find in it what my best friend, whose opinion I respect, sees. It troubled me somewhat that it was slow-going -- it's been noted that I tear through books at a very

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.The Last Light of the Sun is another of Guy Gavriel Kays brilliant historical fantasies. This one blends Norse, Celtic, and Anglo-Saxon histories with a bit of faerie mythos. We follow a few main characters from each of these societies as they interact with each other to shape their land and destinies. As usual in a Guy Gavriel Kay novel, we see the struggles from each perspective, so theres no single hero or villain. We understand what motivates each of

Guy Gavriel Kay, along with George R. R. Martin, are perhaps the best living writers of epic fantasy, and "The Last Light of the Sun" is up to his usual standards. However, this does mean that one has to be in the mood to read epic fantasy to enjoy it.This is the sort of book where I think one's enjoyment depends greatly on whether you're in the mood to read what it offers. "The Last Light of the Sun" is not a flexible book or one that fits itself to the reader's mood. It's epic fantasy of a