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Product Details: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780765342829 ISBN: 0765342820 Manufacturer: Tor Fantasy Publication Date: January 10, 2005 Publisher: Tor Fantasy
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Product Description: The Black Plague. The Pestilence. Disease and death haunt every town and village across 14th century Europe and none are immune from its evil. Some see the devastation of their world as a sign from God for Man's wickedness.
But Brother Thomas Neville sees this swath of death as something much more. Neville is a man beset by demons. Or is it angels? He has had a visitation from none other than the Archangel Michael, who commands Thomas to a mission. This mission will take Neville across the length and breath of the continent in a desperate bid to find the means to stop the minions of Satan who have found a doorway out of Hell and are preparing to venture forth, to try and seize this world in preparation for an assault on Heaven itself.
As Thomas Neville encounters angels and demons, saints and witches, he comes to realize that the armies of God and Satan are arraying themselves for the final battle...and that his soul is to be the battleground.
The question is, has Neville picked the truly good side?
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Rating: - Medieval mayhem - entertaining & confusing (a bit)
In the very first pages, the author establishes a premise for historical inaccuracy with timelines and characters and that gives her authors license to write what she pleases! We are not `on earth' but in a parallel universe and as such, things are `different'. So this is not a true historical novel.
It is great for reminding us of characters in history, locations, pageantry and such.
It also reminds us of the corruption of the time, how politics swayed so many aspects of life ... Read More
Rating: - A fascinating time in English and French history
I enjoyed Douglass' "Threshold" a few years ago and looked forward to trying some of her series. This is the first book in the series "The Crucible," which takes place in the 14th century in the years following The Black Plague, an interesting and turbulent period in Europe. Thomas, a Dominican friar, is visited by St. Michael, who tells him that demons abound in Europe and that it is his life's task to stop them. Although I didn't love it, I'll definitely finish the series. Another wonderful book ... Read More
Rating: - A Well Crafted Story
While the first half of the book is very slow, the pace begins to pick up and by the end you definitely will want to read on. The story of this book is well crafted within the confines of real European history, and thus offers a fun and unique perspective on our own past. The addition of fantastical elements to our history sometimes does not work, but Sara Douglass did an excellent job making everything that happens believable. The character of Thomas is very intruiging. The character of Thomas is ... Read More
Rating: - Intriguing! I couldn't put it down!
The Nameless Day, by Sara Douglass, takes place in 14th century Europe. The Church is increasingly more corrupt, and it seems that all Hell is about to break loose. War is eminent between England and France, pestilence ravages across the continent, and the old man who throws the Earth's demons into Hell on "the Nameless Day" every year dies. The man, Brother Wynkyn de Worde, has a casket with his spellbook, but the casket is nowhere to be found after he dies. His successor, a young stubborn man ... Read More
Rating: - Loved the setting, hated the characters
Thirty years ago, an elderly monk died of the plague before he could perform a ritual that would keep a portal to Hell closed, or pass on his knowledge to a successor.
Now, thirty years later, Brother Thomas Neville is chosen by St. Michael to reseal the portal. To do that, he needs to find the old monk's book.
Thomas is a man with demons of his own; a member of one of England's most prominent families, he forsook secular life for the priesthood after his mistress's death, ... Read More
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