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The Gathering Storm is the fifth novel in the Crown of Stars series, following Child of Flame. In the previous volume, Prince Bayan has been killed by Quman sorcery, but Prince Sanglant has defeated the Quman hosts, capturing Bulkezu, and now has taken his army to the east. King Henry has been possessed by a daimone and Sister Rosvita has been imprisoned in a dungeon, but Hathui escapes the plotters. Liathano walks the spheres, learning the truth of her mother and meeting Sanglant's grandfather and mother. Alain has met Adica and witnessed her death in the great weaving, but has been swallowed by the white fires of the crowns. Ivar dreams of Alain as he and his friends escape through the tunnels to elsewhere.

In this novel, two Eagles, and a young aspirant, meet in an old Dariyan waystation and exchange information. Hanna and Ernst have come from Osterburg and Hathui from Darre. When they leave, Ernst travels back to Princess Theophanu in Osterburg, Hanna goes to Henry's court in Darre, and Hathui travels to Sanglant in Ungria.

In Wendar, Theophanu holds Osterburg as regent while Henry is pursuing imperial ambitions in Aosta, but has few forces available to her and is beset with uprisings in Varre and civil war in Salia.

In Aosta, Henry and his new queen, Adelheid, have overcome the rebels in the north, but still struggle against riots, Arethousan invaders and Jinna bandits in the south. Hanna has been sequestered by Hugh, but is able to make contact with Rosvita's clerics. When a severe earthquake occurs, they use the distraction to rescue Rosvita and then flee to the Convent of St. Ekatarina, but with Hugh in pursuit.

In Ungria, Sanglant, together with Sapientia and Blessing, is moving east to the great grasslands hunting griffen feathers and sorcerers, with Bulkezu as his guide. While only three years old, Blessing is growing very rapidly in physical maturity, but not emotionally.

In the north, Stronghand is invading Alba and thinking Empire. Alain returns through the crowns from his sojourn in the past, grieving for Adica. Stronghand and Alain begin to perceive each other's thoughts once more.

Soon Anne and the other sleepers will begin the great weaving to forever sunder the Ashioi from the world. Can none stop them?

This volume was a long time coming, but well worth the wait. According to Elliott, the story just refused to stay small. Like the previous volume, this novel is almost 900 pages long. Hopefully, the next, and last, volume in the series will not take quite as long. Just remember, Tolkien worked on the Lord of Rings trilogy for decades; does anyone want to complain about that?

Recommended for all those Elliott fans who have waited patiently and for anyone who likes large-scale fantasy tales of war and intrigue.

-Arthur W. Jordin


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The Gathering Storm Crown of Stars Vol 5 Kate Elliott 9780756401320 Books Reviews

I read a lot of fantasy and alternative history. It's almost sacrilege for a reader like me to say a book should have been shorter. This could have been shorter and been more effective. Too much of agood thing can be overkill. After a point is made and a future point is set up for the reader it's tiring to go over the same problems again and Asian with either the same characters or related ones. We don't need to see everyone point of view on the plot. The relationship built over a serious gives us enough innate for us to extrapolate some understory.

It's still worth reading. )
This review is for the entire seven-volume series, which must be read in order. I'm going to post it for each book, without variation, so no need to read it more than once.

None of the books stands alone. I'd guess the total word count approaches 2 million, which is 15-20 conventional novels. It took me 7-and-a-half weeks to read, but I'm not a fast reader. The setting is modeled on medieval Europe in the Ottonian age (10th century) and does a good job of it in the context of the fantasy elements. The story follows people who are themselves nobility or who serve and regularly interact with the nobility. This is, like its analog, a world centered on secular dynasties that intermarry entirely for political reasons and on a deeply rooted religious culture (where many younger sons and daughters are parked with or without any vocation). Sorcery is forbidden, but it is practiced by some even so.

The plot is extremely complex, and there are several point-of-view characters we follow through all seven volumes. There are three main villains; I found one of them quite entertaining, despite her despicable acts of black magic, because she has talked herself into believing that everything she does is for the sake of religious purity rather than her own lust for power.

Early on, I wanted to shake the lead female character to put some sense into her (she is very young at the start), but I enjoyed her growth into self knowledge and watching her learn how to harness her power (it's fantasy, I know, but I still find that the tale of her origins strains credulity). Interesting that I found only one character completely likable (Rosvita).

Rather than summarize the plot, I'll point out some other likes and dislikes.

Likes
How the religious heresy develops and spreads (in a reversal of Christian orthodoxy and heterodoxy); some of this is comical, given who is doing the spreading
Pursuit of knowledge as something some characters desire above all else.
Rosvita (the best of the secondary leads)
Development of the longstanding consequences of Alain's early act of compassion.
The faithful hounds
Women have agency and men can be victims of a powerful woman's lust (truer in the real world than in most fiction).
Wolfhere (a mysterious non-POV character who is close to a tragic figure).

Dislikes
Too much time and detail on the astrology. Yes, it's central, but a little went a long way. I sympathized with the characters who rolled their eyes over it.
The other seven sleepers. This never really went anywhere.
The Heleniad, Augustina, Gregoria, and so on—amusing a time or two; after that, insistence on female analogs just got tiresome (no problem with them being females; just thought the name game was silly)
Romanticizing primitive lifestyles (the Adica storyline and the Ashioi). One, I don't buy the noble savage and two, once was enough.

On the whole, I liked the series, but it does require a considerable investment of time.
The Gathering Storm is the fifth novel in the Crown of Stars series, following Child of Flame. In the previous volume, Prince Bayan has been killed by Quman sorcery, but Prince Sanglant has defeated the Quman hosts, capturing Bulkezu, and now has taken his army to the east. King Henry has been possessed by a daimone and Sister Rosvita has been imprisoned in a dungeon, but Hathui escapes the plotters. Liathano walks the spheres, learning the truth of her mother and meeting Sanglant's grandfather and mother. Alain has met Adica and witnessed her death in the great weaving, but has been swallowed by the white fires of the crowns. Ivar dreams of Alain as he and his friends escape through the tunnels to elsewhere.

In this novel, two Eagles, and a young aspirant, meet in an old Dariyan waystation and exchange information. Hanna and Ernst have come from Osterburg and Hathui from Darre. When they leave, Ernst travels back to Princess Theophanu in Osterburg, Hanna goes to Henry's court in Darre, and Hathui travels to Sanglant in Ungria.

In Wendar, Theophanu holds Osterburg as regent while Henry is pursuing imperial ambitions in Aosta, but has few forces available to her and is beset with uprisings in Varre and civil war in Salia.

In Aosta, Henry and his new queen, Adelheid, have overcome the rebels in the north, but still struggle against riots, Arethousan invaders and Jinna bandits in the south. Hanna has been sequestered by Hugh, but is able to make contact with Rosvita's clerics. When a severe earthquake occurs, they use the distraction to rescue Rosvita and then flee to the Convent of St. Ekatarina, but with Hugh in pursuit.

In Ungria, Sanglant, together with Sapientia and Blessing, is moving east to the great grasslands hunting griffen feathers and sorcerers, with Bulkezu as his guide. While only three years old, Blessing is growing very rapidly in physical maturity, but not emotionally.

In the north, Stronghand is invading Alba and thinking Empire. Alain returns through the crowns from his sojourn in the past, grieving for Adica. Stronghand and Alain begin to perceive each other's thoughts once more.

Soon Anne and the other sleepers will begin the great weaving to forever sunder the Ashioi from the world. Can none stop them?

This volume was a long time coming, but well worth the wait. According to Elliott, the story just refused to stay small. Like the previous volume, this novel is almost 900 pages long. Hopefully, the next, and last, volume in the series will not take quite as long. Just remember, Tolkien worked on the Lord of Rings trilogy for decades; does anyone want to complain about that?

Recommended for all those Elliott fans who have waited patiently and for anyone who likes large-scale fantasy tales of war and intrigue.

-Arthur W. Jordin