Silver's Bane

by Anne Kelleher

Book Overview

Silver's Bane by Anne Kelleher released on May 31, 2005 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373802226
• ISBN13: 9780373802227
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Luna Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Series

The writer of this series saw me inquiring about these books on one of Yahoo's reading groups and graciously offered me the first two books. I am so glad she did. Both books were wonderful and I was thrilled to find out there is a third. The goblins were horrible villains who feasted on humans and sidhe alike. To control them, a silver caul was created with faery magic. The caul protects the realms for many years but a new sidhe queen sits on the throne and she isn't the leader her mother was. I love books where multiple groups of people come together for a common cause. When the caul goes missing and the goblins once again overrun both worlds, young heroes from the sidhe and mortal worlds step forward to do their parts to stop the savage goblins. To their horror, the goblins are bigger and fiercer than ever before. I fell in love with the sidhe and was entranced by their beauty. I could see how mortals would be bedazzled by them. I was equally repulsed by the goblins. Kelleher's descriptions and characterization brought her characters to life for me and I was totally immersed in her worlds. I can't wait to read Silver's Lure.

At last...the sequel

I was left hanging by Silver's Edge, so I bought Bane as soon as it came out and wasn't disappointed. The story moves well and I love that the characters are complex enough to surprise you. Just like the real world, the good guys are a little bad, and the bad guys a little good. Most of all, I love her writing, which is just poetic. The power of her words conjures up amazingly vivid pictures in my mind, and isn't that what we read for? Looking forward to the prequel.

Strong finish, keeps you hooked

"Silver's Bane" was an excellent sequel and finish to the story begun in "Silver's Edge." All of the action, excitement, and romance came to a good conclusion in this book. For a fantasy novel, this was very realistic. By that I mean, not all the characters had a happy ending. Nobody came away from the war unscathed and they all had to deal with the aftermath. Some of the characters have to make hard choices, and deal with the repercussions of those choices. It lent an edge of credibility to the novel. I'm looking forward to the prequel, "Silver's Lure," which should hopefully be out soon!

BRILLIANT EVOCATION OF A FANTASY WORLD

In Silver's Edge and the conintuation of the story in Silver's Bane, of the war between the mortals of Shadowland and the faerie-like Sidhe of Otherworld that eventually involves the savage and evil goblins, author Anne Kelleherkeeps the reader enthralled in a world of pure magic. She uses Celtic mythology in the way J.R.R. Tolkien used Norse and Anglo-Saxon folklore to spin a suspenseful tale. A third book, Silver's Lure, continues the story of Nessa, the blacksmith's daughter, the reluctant queen of mortals, Cecily, and Delphinea of the Sidhe, and will be released next year.

Great ending...

... to an eagerly awaited sequel. Anne Kelleher's Silver's Bane takes up where Silver's Edge leaves off and continues the story of the struggle of Nessa, Cecily and Delphinea to save their worlds from disintegration, chaos and tyranny. In the process, all three young women discover depths of character, inner strengths and love. Unlike Silver's Edge, where the emphasis was on the fantasy, Silver's Bane develops the relationships of the three heroines and their respective (and sometimes unlikely) heros.