Lord of Emperors
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Crispin the mosaicist wants to concentrate on his art. Rustem of Kerakek, a physician, is also on his own journey of self-discovery. But no man may withdraw from society that easily, and both men soon find themselves drawn into the deadly webs of Sarantium. The sequal to Sailing to Sarantium.
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2 primary booksThe Sarantine Mosaic is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Coming off the great Sailing to Sarantium, I was let down by part two of this duology. This book expands on several story threads and introduces new characters that I struggled to invest in. I would have been perfectly satisfied with a book solely focused on Crispin and the construction of his grand mosaic. Kay pushes the story well beyond the reaches of Crispin's plight and, in doing so, created a story that feels uneven, unwieldy, and mostly uninteresting to me. It is still beautifully written and ambitious, so I certainly do not regret finishing it, but it falls towards the bottom of what I've read from GGK so far.
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Too. good.
So touching, so straight forward, no nonsense way of delivering the story. I have always felt a pull towards these tragic stories, with dramatic faiths and grimm or bitter-sweet endings. Might be the read of the year for me.
