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Title	:	Shadowmarch (Shadowmarch #1)
Author	:	Tad Williams
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 796 pages
Published	:	September 5th 2006 by DAW (first published November 2nd 2004)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy

Shadowmarch (Shadowmarch #1) Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 796 pages

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The maze-like castle of Southmarch stands sentry along the border between the human kingdoms and the land of the immortal Qua. Now, the darkness from beyond that border has begun to enfold Southmarch - or Shadowmarch - the Qua's ancient home. To stop the darkness falling, the Southmarch royal family must face their human enemies, supposed friends and the family curse. Twins Barrick and Briony shoulder impossible burdens as their father is imprisoned and their brother murdered. Briony flees towards her father and the slave armies of the Autarch, while her brother Barrick crosses the Shadowline gripped by madness ..

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Original Title:	Shadowmarch
ISBN:	0756403596 (ISBN13: 9780756403591)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Shadowmarch #1
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2005)

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I really like Tad Williams' writing style. I can't say exactly what it is, but I really enjoy how he puts words together. Also, he has some impressive ideas for stories. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that everything he writes is golden. He has a tendency to drag things out and his characters are often less-than-likeable and on occasion, he is a bit disjointed while telling various threads of a story that have yet to come together. Shadowmarch, unfortunately, is a good example of all of his

It took me two weeks to read 200 pages from The Quiet War and I finished this mammoth of more than 800 pages in just one. This says something about how good and gripping is Tad Williams writing.If youre used to his style, then youll know that this book is just a longer prologue for future events. There are a lot of things happening here as well, but the story is just beginning to unfold.Shadowmarch is, like the Osten Ard Saga, another epic fantasy with a multitude of main characters, all caught

Everything you could wish for in an epic fantasy, this one has it all. Multiple POVs, interesting characters, different folks with juicy politics, immense worldbuilding, lurking danger and most important a sense of wonder on every corner. During all those 800 pages I never get bored and enjoyed every beautiful written word. Yes it's slow sometimes and most things are just placed into position, but there is so much going on and it ends with a bang that throws me immediately to book #2 to dive in

I was about six hundred pages into this book - roughly 75% - when I looked again at the back of the book and noticed the word that I so horribly feared: TRILOGY.I like Tad Williams. I think he's a lot of fun, and creates fascinating worlds that are well-built, deeply historical and full of complicated characters. But his stories are so. Damn. Long. They require a huge investment of time and energy, and by the end of this book I was mentally editing out passages that could have made it a lot

This book reminds me of what I dislike about Williams' writing, but also what I enjoy about it. There's a depth to everything, and a texture to the world. Southmarch castle feels lived in is what I mean. It's not just a place on a map or a place where characters happen to be, but a place with its own history and weight.That's what Williams does so well, I think. Making this unreal place as real as any ancient place one only reads about. And this is true of all the settings in the novel, even

I had high hopes for this book, after reading and liking The Dragonbone Chair series by the same author. Unfortunately, this book suffered from distracting disconnect and fragmentary storytelling. The book constantly switched between plotlines and characters, often multiple times in a single chapter. Just as I'd start to 'get into' a story I'd find the point of view switched to another character, or another country entirely! Then when I was interested in that story, it would be switched again. I

I'm a fan of Tad Williams. I've read his Memory of Sorrow and Thorn series twice, and plan to read Otherland again someday. But this one is just not for me. It's definitely in the category of Dark Fantasy, and I'm not ready to read 2500 pages of bleakness, hopelessness, and madness. I know when it starts out bad only to get worse, when everything that could go wrong does, and everyone who started out solid begins to fall apart and twist into something else, that it's not going to improve through