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Anomander · 4th July 2008, 10:08 AM

I hear the last book in the "Kingdoms of thorn and Bone" series (The Born Queen) is out. I'm a bit surprised to read this as I haven't even seen it anywhere. I'll be off hunting it after work today. Has anyone in the UK even seen it in bookshops?

murphy · 4th July 2008, 03:38 PM

From the looks of Amazon UK , it was just released today. Good luck on your search.

Lucien21 · 4th July 2008, 04:57 PM

I saw it in Borders today.

I read the US version when it came out in March.

kaneda · 5th July 2008, 09:15 PM

It's out today. I'm actually really worried about reading this - from the incredible start of the briar king the series has gone down and worried that he's going to mess everything up with this book!

Well, I still have a year to go (as I won't buy it until the paperback is out!)

Anomander · 5th July 2008, 11:17 PM

So I got it from forbidden planet. I've read just about all his novels, and I must agree - he appears to start quite strongly then gradually fade.

Anomander · 5th July 2008, 11:47 PM

Ooops- double response

GOLLUM · 7th July 2008, 06:06 AM

I got it last week. Excellent series.

Anomander · 10th July 2008, 09:00 AM

I got it as well. Read it. Good writing, but Gregory Keyes seems to struggle with story endings, in my opinion

Werthead · 10th July 2008, 08:38 PM

I've been wanting to read this series for a while. Keyes gets great reviews, his earlier series (Age of Unreason and The Waterborn) sounded interesting and his Star Wars and Babylon 5 tie-in novels are excellent. However, I decided I would wait until the series was complete before picking it up. Thus, when I saw The Born Queen finally on UK bookshelves, I immediately picked up The Briar King and The Charnel Prince. Will get to them in a few weeks, hopefully.

Lucien21 · 10th July 2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Werthead

I've been wanting to read this series for a while. Keyes gets great reviews, his earlier series (Age of Unreason and The Waterborn) sounded interesting and his Star Wars and Babylon 5 tie-in novels are excellent. However, I decided I would wait until the series was complete before picking it up. Thus, when I saw The Born Queen finally on UK bookshelves, I immediately picked up The Briar King and The Charnel Prince. Will get to them in a few weeks, hopefully.

You missed one. It's a 4 book series you need to get The Blood Knight as well.

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I loved the series although I did think the ending was a tad rushed as he tried to tie up all the loose ends.

Not as in depth as Martin or the others, but some decent characters and it was well written.

Anomander · 11th July 2008, 10:03 AM

It's a totally good read I assure you. Brilliant literature and all. I remember reading the waterborn, it was absolutely fantastic. The blackgod was slightly less so for me.

GOLLUM · 14th July 2008, 08:31 AM

And now I picked up the collected Lone Wolf stories. Looking forward to checking these out.

Werthead · 14th July 2008, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucien21

You missed one. It's a 4 book series you need to get The Blood Knight as well.

Yes, I know

Money prevented me from getting the third book at the time.

4th July 2008, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anomander Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 77	Gregory Keyes I hear the last book in the "Kingdoms of thorn and Bone" series (The Born Queen) is out. I'm a bit surprised to read this as I haven't even seen it anywhere. I'll be off hunting it after work today. Has anyone in the UK even seen it in bookshops?

4th July 2008, 03:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
murphy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,106	Re: Gregory Keyes From the looks of Amazon UK , it was just released today. Good luck on your search.

4th July 2008, 04:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lucien21 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Midlothian Posts: 538	Re: Gregory Keyes I saw it in Borders today. I read the US version when it came out in March.

5th July 2008, 09:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
kaneda Did you not know? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Greater London Posts: 566	Re: Gregory Keyes It's out today. I'm actually really worried about reading this - from the incredible start of the briar king the series has gone down and worried that he's going to mess everything up with this book! Well, I still have a year to go (as I won't buy it until the paperback is out!)

5th July 2008, 11:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anomander Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 77	Re: Gregory Keyes So I got it from forbidden planet. I've read just about all his novels, and I must agree - he appears to start quite strongly then gradually fade.

5th July 2008, 11:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anomander Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 77	Re: Gregory Keyes Ooops- double response Last edited by Anomander; 5th July 2008 at 11:47 PM. Reason: Double response

7th July 2008, 06:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
GOLLUM Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 5,294	Re: Gregory Keyes I got it last week. Excellent series.

10th July 2008, 09:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
Anomander Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 77	Re: Gregory Keyes I got it as well. Read it. Good writing, but Gregory Keyes seems to struggle with story endings, in my opinion

10th July 2008, 08:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
Werthead Lemming of Discord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 969	Re: Gregory Keyes I've been wanting to read this series for a while. Keyes gets great reviews, his earlier series (Age of Unreason and The Waterborn) sounded interesting and his Star Wars and Babylon 5 tie-in novels are excellent. However, I decided I would wait until the series was complete before picking it up. Thus, when I saw The Born Queen finally on UK bookshelves, I immediately picked up The Briar King and The Charnel Prince. Will get to them in a few weeks, hopefully.

11th July 2008, 10:03 AM	#11 (permalink)
Anomander Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greater London Posts: 77	Re: Gregory Keyes It's a totally good read I assure you. Brilliant literature and all. I remember reading the waterborn, it was absolutely fantastic. The blackgod was slightly less so for me.

14th July 2008, 08:31 AM	#12 (permalink)
GOLLUM Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 5,294	Re: Gregory Keyes And now I picked up the collected Lone Wolf stories. Looking forward to checking these out.

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