The Blood Star by Nicholas Guild

664 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous tense medium-paced

Description

Shot through with dark, exotic lyricism, Guild's majestic historical epic cuts a wide swath through ancient Assyria, Egypt, Phoenicia, Sicily, Greece. Its narrator-hero, Tiglath Ashur, seen before in The Assyrian , is banished from Nineveh by his ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 12 reviews

Moods

adventurous 100%
dark 100%
emotional 100%
mysterious 100%
reflective 100%
sad 100%
tense 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

4.58

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