La battaglia degli albi

I do not know if I should like or hate the Älfar. They are monsters after all, but then again, they are good to each other, they just dislike every other race that is below them...right. So you see, the Älfar are a hard race to like. They want to conquer, kill and make slaves of others. But at the sa Leggi tutto

Gelungene Fortsetzung, aber gefühlt zu viele Blickwinkel. Storytechnisch absolut mitreißend, aber hier und da waren mir die Blickwinkel zu viel. Sinthoras und Caphalor bekommen hier eher eine Nebenrolle und andere schieben sich öfter nach vorn. Die vielen verschiedenen Blickwinkel sind allerdings nötig Leggi tutto

I was initially dubious about this, book. These characters established as protagonists in a new setting, are appearing for the first time in a context where they were previously established as clear antagonists. Heitz has a simple way of negating this. He's just essentially transformed them back int Leggi tutto

Leider hat mich der zweite Teil der Albae-Reihe nicht so überzeugt. Für meinen Geschmack gab es zu viele POVs und dadurch zu viele "flache" Charaktere, denen keine Entwicklung ermöglicht wurde. Ich muss ehrlich sagen, ich hatte mir mehr erhofft. Zwischenzeitlich (und vor allem am Anfang des Buches) h Leggi tutto

I’m not sure how to rate this book... I’m no fan of the characters most of the time, 90% are just Incredibly cruel. The plot was less cruel, more focused on battles and strategy than the first book, which I liked. The style is really lovely though, as is in all his other books. And the narrator was gr Leggi tutto

Ich finde dieses Buch hat seine Längen, aber ich liebe die Zwerge & Albae Reihe von Markus Heitz einfach

Band 2 schließt direkt an Band 1 der Legenden der Albae an und es geht genauso düster und brutal weiter wie in Band 1. Fand es von Anfang bis Ende Spannend.

My words are as arrows flying straight and true: hurting, wounding, killing My words are as balm to wounds of the soul: curing, mending, healing. My words are as death itself. My words are as life itself. For they are my own words. - Carmondai (Page 208) The story is a direct continuation of the book Leggi tutto