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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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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

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

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

"The flow of time and events is a large river; men and women are usually no more than pebbles in that, carried along. But sometimes, at some moments, they are more. Sometimes the course of the stream is changed, not just for a few people but for many." This is the story of such moments. Its the story of an Anglycn king who, having unified his land, looks for ways to preserve its peace for his children. Of an Cyngael cleric who dreams of uniting all people under a benevolent God. Of a young,

I found this to be one of Kay's more challenging books. Shorter than most of the others, it seemed less substantial, somehow. Once I was engrossed in the story, it was over too soon. Still, the first time I read it, i felt it didn't stand up to his earlier work. By that point I had fallen in love with The Lions of al-Rassan, and everything else suffered by comparison.A second reading totally changed my perspective. The story is so intimate, so visceral, and I had originally expected the kind of

Vikings - I like them, and I like GGK so this is the best of both worlds.

Interestingly, though I listened to this audiobook several years ago, I had completely forgotten that I finished it - I thought I had only gotten a few hours in. It was curious how utterly I had forgotten what happened in the book. As I went through, I kept thinking, "Oh, right, I remember that!" - but didn't remember what happened next.Guy Gavriel Kay often sets his fantasy novels in altered, magical versions of real historical settings. This one worked from a theme of Vikings, Britons and