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    The Glass Word

    By Kai Meyer

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    When they emerge from Hell, Merle, her friend Junipa who has mirrors for eyes, and Vermithrax the flying stone lion find themselves in Egypt. Of course the Flowing Queen is with them as well, since Merle swallowed her back in Venice. There is something very wrong in Egypt--it is freezing cold, and everything is covered in snow. Winter is here, looking for his lost love, Summer. And another creature is here as well--Seth, the highest of the Horus priests. Betrayed by the pharaoh and his sphinx henchmen, Seth is seeking revenge. Together they travel to the Iron Eye, the vast fortress of the sphinxes.But what does the Flowing Queen want Merle to do there?

    Meanwhile Serafin, the master thief, the beautiful sphinx Lalapeya, and Eft, the mermaid, are also headed for Egypt. They are traveling underwater, in a submarine piloted by pirates. Serafin is not sure what they can do to the fight the pharaoh, but he knows surrender is not an option. Egypt has captured and enslaved his beloved Venice, and he and the others must fight the empire no matter what the cost. But the final battle will not be one that Serafin has even imagined--and the cost will be high indeed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMargaret K. McElderry Books
    Release dateJun 24, 2008
    ISBN9781439108413
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    Kai Meyer

    Kai Meyer is one of Germany's most successful authors, with millions of books sold worldwide. His novels have been translated into thirty languages. The British edition of The Flowing Queen (published in the U.S. as The Water Mirror) won the 2007 Marsh Award for Best Children's Book in Translation, and his historical novel The Vow was turned into a movie by celebrated German director Dominik Graf. Kai lives in Germany

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    • 3/5
      So my major questions were answered and nothing's really nagging at me now. Yay! But it was a frustrating read because I kept getting hints of how it could be better. Sometimes Meyer would take the story in a direction I didn't expect, and I was happy to be surprised. However, the book is plagued with head-hopping, telling instead of showing, elements that were included maybe more because they were nifty than because they were essential, and a host of flat characters. Still, I was impressed that Meyer killed Serafin off, and I did like the absolute end, when Merle and Junipa went off on new adventures together.
    • 4/5
      I finally gave up waiting for the library to get this one in audiobook format. I barely remembered the weird dark magical Venice of the other books, but got sucked into the whirling strange wintery adventure in Egypt on a stone lion's back.
    • 4/5
      "Das gläserne Wort" bildet den Abschluss der Merle-Trilogie. Wie zu erwarten war werden hier alle Handlungsstränge (Merle-Serafin-Junipa) wieder zusammengeführt: Definitiv ein Fortschritt zu Band 2. Auch werden, und hierfür schätze ich Kai Meyer als Autor besonders, logische Gründe für alles was geschieht genannt (unnötig zu erwähnen, dass die Erklärungen dem Genre entsprechend einen fantastischen Touch haben). Die gebotenen Erklärungen können weitgehend überzeugen, sind allerdings sehr komplex, sodass ich mir gewünscht hätte, sie wären teilweise schon in den Vorgängerbänden angeklungen - so muss man in diesem Band doch viele Informationen verarbeiten. Das Ende ist durchaus dramatisch und unerwartet, wenngleich der eigentliche Höhepunkt etwas lapidar mit einem "welche Rolle spielen schon die Einzelheiten?" abgefrühstückt wird - dafür muss ich 1,5 Sterne abziehen, denn das ist wirklich zu wenig und unbefriedigend. Als würde man den Herrn der Ringe schreiben und Frodos Handlungsstrang im dritten Band durch ein "er schaffte es den Ring zu zerstören. Welche Rolle spielen da die Einzelheiten?" ersetzen. So nicht! Genau um der Einzelheiten willen lese ich Bücher - um der einzelnen Gedanken, Gefühle und Taten der Charaktere, sowie der Details der fantastischen Welten willen. Daher war ich doch enttäuscht vom Abschlussband, obwohl ich auch ihn gern gelesen habe.
    • 2/5
      This grand finale of the Dark Reflections Trilogy is put together like a Pot Luck Supper. Many creative ideas, wonderful in their individual elements, but when blended together they become muck. The first installment was of a fantasy world of Venice, the second book was some version of the Devil in Hell, and this last book of a frozen snow covered Egypt. There are too many fantasy worlds, and many creatures and players that simply do not mix well together. The story does not flow easily, and is so fragmented it would have been better if the author had written three completely separate novels of each different world. The entire large cast of characters are all terribly flat, lifeless and not very likeable. I found myself not caring whether they lived or died, I didnt care what was happening, nor found their plights interesting or suspenseful. The 3 books in this series lack depth in the characters, and the right kind of glue to hold the stories together as one. The character of the Flowing Queen, to me, was pointless. The story could very well have been done better without her part, and the whole involvement of Winter and Summer was just plain dumb. That aspect of the story added nothing to the main body of the tale. A lot of this story is confusing and often feels like nonsense. A good editor and better translator might have improved this series quite a bit, it needed some element of proper blending to make the reading a much smoother ride. I struggled to finish this but I do feel the author is truly gifted. I have read his later trilogy which to me was much more polished, a better adventure, and would eagerly read his works in the future just on the soul point that his fantasy worlds are quite unique. I cant give this one book, or the whole trilogy much praise because although the ideas were original, they were very poorly executed. I see why even now after a few years have passed since the publication date, there are only just a few reviews. That alone is telling that this series didn't fly. I'm very glad that the aut