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  • 07-05-2007 12:00am
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    elusiveguy
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    I remember reading a fantasy series that I want to re-read but for the life of me can't recall the author or titles.... Google is no help from the details I remember...

    It was about a duke(or such) who had a pack of hounds that killed his wife.... the hounds had names like rage,sorrow, good cheer etc


    Ring any bells???


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    Fenster
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    Possibly the Malazan series?


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    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Fenster wrote:
    Possibly the Malazan series?

    The Malazan series sounds good. Is it a series for adults or kids?


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    elusiveguy
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    that popped up in my searches alright but it doesn't seem like it....


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    ixoy
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    CaptainNegative wrote:
    The Malazan series sounds good. Is it a series for adults or kids?
    Adults definitely! It's a very complex, intelligently written series. Events in one book might trigger something three books later but in a way that will make sense. Demanding, yes, but very very rewarding.

    I'll put it another way - the author had the whole series planned before he begun (right down to the titles of the books - all ten names have been available for ages).

    It's become very popular in the last few years, especially here on boards. Book 7 is out today \o/


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    ixoy
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    elusiveguy wrote:
    It was about a duke(or such) who had a pack of hounds that killed his wife.... the hounds had names like rage,sorrow, good cheer etc
    Another guess - Kate Elliott's "The Crown of Stars" series. That featured a host of characters. One of them, Alain, lived with a Duke who had hounds with names like "Rage" and "Sorrow". The hounds only obeyed him and the old Duke and pretty sure they killed the Duke's wife.

    There were also other elements to the seven-books series: a vicious race called the Eika for example, a complex idea of magic based around astronomy, all set in places with names like Wendar and Darre.

    Ring any bells?


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    Baggly
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    ^^^this was the book that came to my mind when i read the OP's description


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    elusiveguy
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    ixoy wrote:
    Another guess - Kate Elliott's "The Crown of Stars" series. That featured a host of characters. One of them, Alain, lived with a Duke who had hounds with names like "Rage" and "Sorrow". The hounds only obeyed him and the old Duke and pretty sure they killed the Duke's wife.

    There were also other elements to the seven-books series: a vicious race called the Eika for example, a complex idea of magic based around astronomy, all set in places with names like Wendar and Darre.

    Ring any bells?

    THATS IT!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!


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