![]() Still, despite a little unevenness, the story that comprises “ Dusk/Dawn” is an exciting one, driven by fast-paced action, inventive sorcery, interesting characters and explosive convergences.Īs far as the actual characters of “ Dusk/Dawn”, this is where the results are a bit varied. Lebbon continues to try and avoid various fantasy pitfalls, and for the most part does just that, though certain events that play out are still fairly predictable. In other words, your standard fantasy tale right? Well, that’s where Tim Lebbon comes into play as he makes it an effort to challenge such conventions, as evidenced by the shocking events at the end of “ Dusk”. Not surprisingly, there is much more to Rafe than there first seems, and the boy soon becomes caught up in a deadly adventure across Noreela that attracts an unlikely cast of misfits to his cause in saving the world. Into this dark and despairing time period, hope enters in the form of an ordinary farm boy named Rafe Baburn. In “ Dusk”, Noreela has been absent of magic for 300 years since the end of the Cataclysmic War and the banishment of the Mages. Of course, Noreela is merely the setting for “ Dusk/Dawn” and there is an actual story involved :). As far as fantasy worlds go, Noreela is among the most imaginative & absorbing that I’ve had the pleasure to explore, so it’s no surprise that I found those parts of the books that focused on Noreela the most interesting. Rife with strange peoples (Red Monks, Shantasi, fledge miners, Breakers, Cantrass Angels) and even stranger creatures (the Nax, Tumblers, Mimics), Noreela is a character unto itself, defined by its bloody history, unique cultures/locales and a ton of little details (rotwine, rhellin, fodder) that give the world depth & personality. As to this review, I’ll be mainly looking at the duology as a whole…įirst, the good: Far and away the most fascinating feature of the “ Dusk/Dawn” duology is the world of Noreela that Mr. For Tim Lebbon, multiple award-winning (Bram Stoker, Tombstone, Shocker, British Fantasy) author of numerous horror/supernatural-themed novels (“ Beserk”, “ Desolation”, “ Face”) and short stories (“ White”), the “ Dusk” and “ Dawn” duology marks the writer’s first attempt at a fully realized fantasy world with mixed results.īefore we get into the positives/negatives of the novels, it must be noted that “ Dawn” is a direct sequel to “ Dusk”, so it’s necessary to have read the one before the other, because basically we’re talking about a single story split into two volumes.
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