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    Crown of Vengeance
    Crown of Vengeance
    Crown of Vengeance
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    Crown of Vengeance

    Written by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory

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    Crown of Vengeance begins a new epic fantasy saga from New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory

    She is the unwanted spawn of a mad king and queen, her lands lost before her birth; her family—her very name—erased from history. Cursed by many, yet protected by an even greater curse.

    She was born on a night of storm and terror, raised in protected concealment, then banished from the only home she had ever known—an ancient enemy’s final stroke in a war begun centuries before.

    Secret studies of hidden lore reveal the truth of the prophecy that heralded her coming. Dark dreams teach lessons of war and duty, of strategy and magecraft, that she could not learn in a thousand lifetimes.

    She does not have a thousand lifetimes. She has just one—and time is running out. For the prophecy spoke not just of her, but of a great Darkness that would destroy the elven kingdoms. A Darkness that is coming ever closer.

    She is Vieliessar Farcarinon and she must save her people. Even if she must shatter custom and destroy the world she was born to rule.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 8, 2014
    ISBN9781491502990
    Crown of Vengeance
    Author

    Mercedes Lackey

    Mercedes entered this world on June 24, 1950, in Chicago, had a normal childhood and graduated from Purdue University in 1972. During the late 70's she worked as an artist's model and then went into the computer programming field, ending up with American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her fantasy writing, she has written lyrics for and recorded nearly fifty songs for Firebird Arts & Music, a small recording company specializing in science fiction folk music. Also known as Misty Lackey.

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    • 3/5
      On the one hand, this is totally competent generic fantasy - tolerable writing, plausible military action, well-established worldbuilding, and elves who are actually assholes for once.

      On the other, it is many many pages of mostly-repetitive battles between characters with unpronounceable names and no real closure, as it's the first book in the series. The first third isn't bad, as it's all establishing plot and worldbuilding, but the main character never really develops beyond Gloomy Destined Hero, and while the side characters are charming, they're fairly flat.

      It's certainly readable enough, once you accept that you're never going to be able to distinguish Rithdeliel of Oronoviel from Rondithiel Lightbrother, or encompass the ridiculousness that is the Lost City, Celephrandullias-Tildorangelor. (To the authors' credit, they are effusive in their praise of their copyeditors in the Acknowledgements.) But it's a bit of a slog and kind of goes nowhere without the sequel ready to hand.