The Mask and the Sorceress: The House of the Pandragore, Book #2

by Dennis Jones

Book Overview

For seventeen centuries a primal sorcery deemed too dangerous for use by humankind has been locked away by a powerful spell. But the Deep Magic is chained no more, and war again threatens a royal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380978024
• ISBN13: 9780380978021
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Voyager
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

better than the first

ok, i loved dennis jone's "the stone and the maiden", he created a new world and it was wonderful, and it took my breath away.....i truly loved the first one, so naturally i got the secondwould u beilve it was better than the first.u leave off with the new dynast and dynastessa, with a newly born child]in the second book, the boy is grown up and has a sisterhe is a good sailor and ends up in a huge stormwould ya know it.....it leads him to a new world and place were things are ultimatly different and strange, and life is mostly cruel.As well as the dynastessa's sister being imprisioned on an island.....a group frm the new world bombard it and take her to this new world.then conflict starts with the new prince and the fugative.they both get caught up in a war between sister and brother, ruling the island....where the brother is cruel...and the sister a young but wise ruler.....both the prince and the fugative get caught on oppisite ends.....if i tell u more i might give things away.....so i recomend reading this book to find out what is happeninggreat great book.^_^

Excellent fantasy novel

If you love fantasy, then this is the book for you. Dennis Jones has an amazing way to take you on fantical adventures to different world. He blends magic with polotics and music to create a unique set of characters. Jones even throws in a funny twist. I would recomend you read this book.

Beautifully Woven Tapestry of Words

Dennis Jones took me (a neophyte to this genre of fiction) on a spell-binding journey to a world I never knew existed and on the way made a fantasy believer out of me! Having read his "Stone and the Maiden", I could hardly wait to embark on this new adventure and what a breathtaking one it was! I loved every page of this richly written and amazing tale. Bravo!

Entertaining pic fantasy

Evil beings broke the Ban that safely locked away the Deep Magic, leading to a vicious war. Though the forces of good won, one malevolent individual Theatana, sister to the ruler of Ascendancy escapes. Her nephew Ilarion, knowing his aunt is a dangerous lunatic, pursues her in an attempt to stop her spreading madness before civil war II further decimates the country.Though insane, Theatana begins to accumulate allies while her foe struggles to simply survive. However, Ilarion finally catches up with his aunt on an island on the edge of the world where the magically powerful Mask of the Adversary can be found and, if harnessed, should lead to easy victory.THE MASK AND THE SORCERESS is an entertaining epic fantasy that though part of a series can stand alone (what a unique thought for the genre). Dennis Jones provides enough information from the previous book (see THE STONE AND THE MAIDEN) within the subplots so those in the audience who did not read that novel will understand how events reached the points in this fun to read story line. Genre fans will look forward to the final tale of the "House of the Pandragore" where good vs. evil in confrontation with the stakes being world domination.Harriet Klausner