Customer Reviews:
Great setup to a great series...........2007-07-19
Buy it and see how it all begins. Of course, it will make you dislike the Claremont stuff even more!
Cool stuff.......2007-04-07
As a fan of the "What if?" series when I was a kid, I was very interested to see the Exiles team jumping from one alternative universe to the next. I haven't been disappointed so far: fun stories, good drawing.
X-Men + Sliders + Quatnam Leap = Freakin' Awesome.......2006-11-06
This series caught my attention when it first came out, considering I was a big fan of the Age of Apocolypse story arc and that it had Blink and Morph on the cover. Different Morph, but no matter! There a a variety of situations that this group gets into which involves missions to fix whatever problem there may be in whatever reality they may be in. Which can vary from major (Kill the Pheonix) to minor (buy a cheese danish). You'd be suprised how much can spiral out a pastry problem. The original team consists of Mimic - previously a minor character in the main reality (616), Blink - From the Age of Apocolypse reality, due to fan reaction most likely, Nocturne - Daughter of Scarlet Witch and Nightcrawler, Morph - A prominent hero and member of the Xmen and the Avengers in his reality, who will also just make you laugh with everything said, T-Bird - John Proudstar, thunderbird, who died on his first mission with the X-men in the 616 reality, but from his was captured by Apocolypse and turned into one of the Horsemen, and Magnus - the daughter of Magneto and Rogue, with gifts and curses from both of his parents, along with incredible power. If you have an at least decent knowledge of past events in the Marvel history, you would probably appreciate this title. I found it amazing when they got a mission in a reality that I only knew about from reading one issue ten or fifteen years ago. Pretty obscure! I like all the little references and cameos from the depths of the Marvel history and universe. Humurous and intense,it draws you in and you care what happens to the characters just like any other title that may be a bit more mainstream. Buy it, read it, love it. This review is meant not just for this volume, but this goes for the whole series run.
One of the Best Series to READ........2006-09-13
I have read the whole series. This is the first graphic novel in the series. It starts you off with a fun rollercoaster ride with reality saving Marvel characters. The stories through out the series are well developed and are a fun read. They remain true with their continuity and sub-plots through out the storylines. And it gets complex. Enjoy. :)
P.s. If you can remember the "What If" series that Marvel had out a very very long time ago. This series adds a 3rd degree to it, it accomlishes that same answer to a lot of those "what if's" and then gives it an ongoing reality. What If's like what would happen if the Brood survived or if the legacy virus mutated or this villain took over or if this person wasn't exposed to gamma rays . . . or whatever . . . and then it answers those questions and keeps those stories alive and mixes in all the other realities to create a whole universe of ongoing answered what if questions with their own specific and weird reality. :)
Fantastic and Original.......2006-02-06
Marvel's X-Men franchise has launched many spinoffs and various comic book lines but, in my opinion, none have been as unique as Exiles.
This trade collects the first 4 issues of Exiles (the first two story arcs) and was written by Judd Winnick who stayed to write a good portion of the next 35ish issues.
The basic premise of the series is that the team is a collection of hereos from alternate Earths (in the Marvel universe, mainstream Marvel takes place in the "616" universe) and they travel to different alternate realities with missions to complete. I was drawn to this series because of the characters, specifically Blink and Mimic. Blink earned a following from her exploits in an X-men crossover called "The Age of Apocolypse" that was written in the 90's while Mimic has been in a few X-men comics but never explored much after that.
In addition to the having a very interesting cast of characters, the writing for Exiles is what set itself apart from the other comics out there. I feel as though it is/was fresh when compared to some of the other X-titles and other comics in general. The art isn't Jim Lee or any of the other top artists but the various artists do an excellent job of creating colorful, distinct, and different worlds and characters.
A word of warning however... While the first few trade paperbacks of Exiles are very good, some of the later collections are not quite as entertaining as the writing quality falters a bit when Austen takes over.
Customer Reviews:
Good Exiles with some shaky issues..........2007-07-07
this was a goodTPB. The battle with Hyperion was great and it was fitting for Magik to go out the way she did. Looking back at this book after reading the whole "no time broker, just time breakers" stuff, it doesn't really make sense for the bugs to have the heroes fight each other to the death since they could simply have had the time broker appear and tell them that they have completed their last mission and sent them home. If they wanted Hyperion to die they could have scoured the multiverse to find the biggest, baddest fighters to handle him. But forgetting all of that, it was still very enjoyable. Hyperion makes a great foil.
Some of the best issues of this series..........2006-10-31
Along with the "With an Iron Fist" arc, the story arc here involving Hyperion is by far the best of this above average series. Sure, the Hyperion arc is violent, and while there is shock and horror, the violence is not done for shock and horror's sake. In comics, I prefer violence to be more or less realistically depicted, rather than 10 city blocks being destroyed and only a few people barely hurt scenarios we see so much in the mediocre comics.
The advantage that the Exiles has over most other comics series is that here, you could actually see your favorite heroes (or alternate reality versions of them) sacrifice themselves in combat. Or, at the very least, know that there is the potential for them dying. Likewise, in this series you could see what actually happens when our heroes fail and the earth dies, what Spiderman would be like were he psychotic, what Sabretooth would be like as a good guy, etc. And this series has maximized the potential of peripheral and largely forgotten characters like Hyperion.
The action and pacing here is top-notch. The art, especially in the first Hyperion arc, is exceptional. But the main highlight of this TPB is the non-gratuituous shock, horror and pathos you feel watching heroes and worlds die.
What if Superman was bloodthirsty?.......2006-01-18
The Basics: The Exiles are a team of mutants from different realities. They travel randomly from reality to reality, fixing things in each that went wrong, or preventing them from going wrong. Weapon X is another reality hopping team, a dark counterpart to the Exiles. Weapon X is given the "wetwork" jobs, the Killing-Hitler-as-a-Child scenario.
This book collects issues 38-45 of the monthly comic, consisting of three story arcs. In the first "King Hyperion," written by Chuck Austen, and illustrated by Jim Califiore, Hyperion, a mock Superman character Marvel uses, joins Weapon X. The world they land on is almost devoid of superheroes and Hyperion wonders what would happen if they disregard their assignment and take over the world instead. He defeats and/or kills the remaining local mutants as well as memebers of the Weapon X team. Ultimatley things end very very badly for this reality's Earth. It's a very violent story, and very different from what we've come to expect from the Exiles book, and from comics in general. I assume that was the point. Shock and horror.
The second story written and illustrated by Jim Califiore (his first written work for Marvel) is about Nocturne, one of the first members of the Exiles. Instead of an adventure in fixing a world, this is a story of her past, her relation ship with her father, and her life before the Exiles. I've been a fan of Jim Califiore's art since his run on Peter David's Aquaman. His writing seems to be equally as goog. The story is well told. The alternate history of the world is well thought out, and you can really get a feel for the main characters.
The third story "A Blink in Time" written by Chuck Austen and illustrated by Jim Califiore, continues where the first story arc left off, and also where the previous Exiles collection left off. Blink has rejoined the Exiles, after the death of Sunfire. Sunfire had been killed by Mimic, who was infected with a brood egg. Morph, who was in love with Sunfire, is pissed at Mimic. In this state they land on a world occupied by Weapon X. Hyperion has again taken out the world's heroes, and is currently occupying New York, threatening to kill hostages unless the President turns over control of the country. The mission this time has nothing to do with fixing the world. The Timebroker, the etherial representative of the Omniverse, isn't happy with Hyperion so this new mission is housecleaning. Of the twelve reality hopping mutants of the Exiles and Weapon X, only six move on two the next world. The rest need to be eliminated.
This collection is very violent, and not at all in keeping with the overall tone of the Exiles book before or after this. Even when Judd Winick, the creator of the Exiles, did a darker story starring Weapon X, he would tell the history of the world they were on, and how, though they didn't know it, their actions benefitted the world. The two Weapon X stories in this collection are just intensely violent, with no redeeming qualities.
Chuck Austen has gotten a lot of negative press. I have liked some of his work quite a bit. But his stories here have no real sense of structure, and mediocre characterization.
This set of stories does come before new regular writer Tony Beddard joins the team, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was meant to be a cleaning exercise, tying up some loose plot threads before handing the book over. If that's the case, then I can understand the point of the Hyperion stories, but I still feel they could have been executed better (no pun intended).
Book Description
The Exiles return to prime Earth, only to find it not so prime anymore. So not only do the Exiles have House of M to deal with, they have to face the most powerful mutant on the planet! Collects Exiles #69-74.
Customer Reviews:
I want to read more Exiles. :).......2006-09-13
This graphic novel covers Exiles # 69 -74.
I just finished reading this graphic novel, and I don't want to give away story plots. But this one had a great adversary, interesting reality and a new added twist to the ever loving reality bending storylines. I really enjoy this series because it stays correct to it's stories continuity and the characters keep things true and believable. The story in this one is a sad one. Enjoy it, I know I did. :)
Average customer rating:
- Go West, young Rhodry!
- Fifth of the Ten (currently available) Book Series
- Rhodry Maelwaedd's first death & the silver dagger's return
- Not All Smoke and Mirrors
- Another Great Celtic Fantasy Story
|
A Time of Exile (Deverry Series, Book Five)
Katharine Kerr
Manufacturer: Spectra
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 Kerr, Katharine
| ( K )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Epic
| Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Historical
| Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
( K )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
Epic
| Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
General
| Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
Historical
| Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
All 4-for-3 Deals
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
A Time of Omens (Novel of the Westlands)
-
Days of Blood and Fire (Deverry)
-
The Dragon Revenant (Deverry Series, Book Four)
-
Days of Air and Darkness (Deverry)
-
The Bristling Wood (Deverry Series, Book Three)
ASIN: 0553298135
Release Date: 1992-06-01 |
Book Description
The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time Of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens new territory in The Deverry Saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord Rhodry took the throne of Aberwyn. When Rhodry's lost lover, Jill-now a powerful wizard-comes to Aberyn and tells him it's time he accepted his elven heritage, Rhodry faces the most difficult choice of his life. But with Jill's help and that of a human wizard named Aderyn who has lived for years in the westlands, Rhodry begins to understand how his life is connected not just to his own people, but to the Elcyion Lacar as well. At last, destiny begins to unravel its secrets, revealing Aderyn's true purpose among the elves-and the god' deeper design behind Rhodry's dual heritage.
Customer Reviews:
Go West, young Rhodry!.......2007-09-27
In contrast to the previous book, "The Dragon Revenant," which took place entirely in the 'present,' "A Time of Exile" takes places almost entirely in the past. Moreover, it skips pretty far back in time, to events we've already seen from Nevyn's perspective, and tells us what was happening in the Westlands at that time. This is the real start of the weaving of timelines; up until now, the flashbacks have been fairly linear. Now we're jumping all over the place, and all over the map, too. I happen to love this; I can understand, however, if some people give up in hopeless confusion.
We open about forty years after the close of "Revenant," which had Rhodry inheriting the powerful title of Gwerbret of Aberwyn and Jill leaving to study dweomer with Nevyn - the culmination of her destiny, and the fulfillment of Nevyn's 400-year-old vow. Now, however, Rhodry's secret half-elven blood threatens to betray him. An aged Jill returns and tells him point blank that he must leave Aberwyn before his semi-eternal youth gives him away. Reluctantly, Rhodry takes up the silver dagger again and follows Jill west to the lands of his father.
There they meet Aderyn, the human dweomermaster who has lived most of his life with the elves. And from there, we jump back to Aderyn's early apprenticeship with Nevyn, his destiny with the elves, his love affair with the powerful elven dweomermaster Dallandra (who will return later), and the birth of his son, Loddlaen, who if you remember started all the trouble that brought Jill and Rhodry together way back in "Daggerspell." See how it all starts to fit together? We also get several more of Rhodry's past lives, in which we see the pattern emerge of an ordinary man whose life seems destined to always become entangled with, and often ruined by, the dweomer.
After the somewhat pale "Revenant," I found this installment in the series to be a bracing, complex breath of fresh air. I love seeing known events from a new perspective; I love the insight we get into the elves and their way of life. (Anyone else notice that they seem to be based heavily on Native American culture? Just curious.) As the start to the second act of the Deverry series, "A Time of Exile" is a wonderful portent of what's to come.
Fifth of the Ten (currently available) Book Series.......2006-08-01
The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens hew territory in the Deverry saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord Rhodry took the throne of Aberwyn. When Rhodry's lost lover, Jill--now a powerful wizard-- comes to Aberwyn and tells him it's time e accepted his elven heritage, Rhodry faces the most difficult choice of this life.
But with Jill's help and that of a human wizard named Aderyn who has lived for years in the Westlands, Rhodry begins to understand how his life is connected not just to his own people, but to the Elcyion Lacar as well. At last, destiny begins to unravel its secrets, revealing Aderyn's true purpose among the elves--and the gods' deeper design behind Rhodry's dual heritage.
In Deverry the volatile history of humanity continues as a dashing young king journeys to his throne in disguise, fulfilling ancient prophecy. In the Westlands the exiled lord Rhodry travels anonymously as a silver dagger--a mercenary--as he did in his youth, following a destiny that will take him from the grassy plains of the elven peoples to the hills and towns of Deverry, where dark forces are gathering. And from the shadowy land of the Guardians come omens, ill-defined and mysterious, that seem to point the way toward cataclysmic war...
It charts the progress of the Deverry civil wars during the ninth century, and especially focuses on the return of the true king--Maryn--to dun Cerrmor and his marriage to teh young Bellyra; of Rhodry's adventurings as a silver dagger during the wars; and of the strange talisman entrusted to his keeping. And we meet once more the seductive and infuriating Salamander as he searches for and finds a lost love; and witness the beginning of Jill's search for the lost elves of the Southern Isles.
Katherine Kerr's writing takes a bit of getting used to, but it's worth the effort. She approaches her stories with a Celtic storytelling mindset, which means she conveys events according to their significance to the story, as opposed to chronologically. Consequently, while the stories begin in the "present" (which is an elastic concept, anyway, in a fantasy setting), the events unfold, chapter wise, both in the "present" and in the distant past. This can be frustrating, at first, but Kerr's writing is heavily steeped in Pagan and Western Mystery tradition, and the Celtic setting (and mindset) of her characters means that time, or chronological time, is not essentially relevant. To be honest, I found the first book infuriating, as I spent a lot of time trying to adjust to the writing style. However, I found the story engrossing enough that I persevered, and by the second book was so hooked I've read all ten in her three series.
Kerr's story evolves around the concept of reincarnation, and unfinished business, and "karma", and fate. The same souls recur again and again, just in new bodies, over the course of the centuries over which the story unfolds.
Kerr's world is one of High Fantasy, populated by Elves, Men, and Dwarves, as well as faeries/elementals, which she terms the "Wildfolk". However, hers is a slightly more dark, dangerous and less clear cut world than the works of other High Fantasy authors, not the least due to the fact that someone who was your friend in a former life can re-emerge in the story centuries later as a foe, and vice versa. There is a tremendous amount of magic, but it's the magic of the Western Mystery tradition (quite a bit of Golden Dawn and even Enochiana), and that of R.J. Stewarts Faery tradition. There are dragons, and giant beast men.
The Elves are a fallen race, driven out of their magnificent and palatial cities centuries before by invaders, and who now roam the plains as primitives. They possess the potential to be superlative magicians, but the knowledge was lost in the fall of their civilization. Humans, though warlike and shorter lived, have preserved this knowledge, but guard it jealously. The Wildfolk, basically magic incarnate, are unhinged from the effects of "karma", but lack permanence of personality, and cannot grow or develop, cursed to stagnation. The Dwarves are a secretive mystery, entrenched within the earth. Each has something to offer the other, and the story that unfolds is the story of this "technology" exchange, of sorts, between them.
Fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley, who clearly influenced Kerr, will be enraptured by this series, as will fans of Kate Eliott, who Kerr, herself, clearly influenced. It's phenomenal! Devotees of the New Age, Esoteric or Occult will find themselves nodding and smiling as they read, and sincerely hoping Kerr's writing will do for the Western Mystery and Faery traditions what Bradley's has done for Wicca.
Rhodry Maelwaedd's first death & the silver dagger's return.......2002-04-15
This volume is the first of the Westlands group, but Kerr's nonlinear braided storytelling style loops back and forth in time to resolve mysteries left open from volumes 1 (DAGGERSPELL) and 3 (THE BRISTLING WOOD).
Rhodry, being not only half-elven but lucky enough to have lived through his battles, has reached an age where his long-lived elven heritage is beginning to show: he's still in his prime, and people are beginning to talk. Jill, now a dweomermaster in her own right, confronts him with the need to fake his own death and leave Deverry, rather than have the truth about his right to Aberwyn (or rather, lack thereof) come out. (Nevyn, having fulfilled his ancient vow, finally passed on to his next life.) The best place for Rhodry to go is to his father's people out on the grasslands, leading to Kerr's first detailed treatment of the Elcyon Lacar, known as 'elves', and fulfilling the prophecy that he would die twice.
Apart from the 'present', with Rhodry, the main thread follows Aderyn. Naturally enough, when the elven kingdoms of the far west and south were destroyed by the Hordes, driving the elves out into the grasslands, they lost nearly everything, including much of their knowledge of dweomer. Aderyn, as a human apprentice passing his final dweomer test, was given a destiny to travel west and 'make restitution'. (This picks up a thread from THE BRISTLING WOOD).
We finally see the beginnings of things: how Aderyn's son, Loddlaen, began to go wrong, leading much later to the events in DAGGERSPELL (and even how the ruined fortress out on the edge of the grasslands came to be there). We meet the Guardians for the first time, one of whom first got the dwarven silver ring from Rhodry's then-current incarnation, only to give it back a few generations later when it was needed.
Nevyn really wasn't lying about 'a trace of elven blood in the Maelwaedds'; upon his first return to Deverry from Bardek after Maryn's death, he travels to Cannobaen, the Maelwaedds' home, to begin creating what will later be the Great Stone of the West. (For the stone's fate, see DARKSPELL; for where Nevyn got the idea, follow the thread of the Time of Troubles, which begins in THE BRISTLING WOOD).
We also see how matters were finally resolved between Maddyn and Bellyra: not in those incarnations during the Time of Troubles, but after their rebirths and next meeting in Cannobaen. As for Rhodry's current incarnation, now that he's out on the grasslands, some incidents from past lives are beginning to crop up, and Aderyn fears he may think to ask the question nobody should ask about death unless they're ready to face the dweomer...
Not All Smoke and Mirrors.......2000-04-15
Although I've read all of the Deverry series books that were published, this was the first in the series I ever read.
I was raised on C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and later discovered for myself Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I still remember the evening seven years ago when I opened A Time of Exile and read the prologue about the dwarven smith. I knew from the style and the tone that this was a work of some scope and that I had to decide then and there to follow the series or give this book away and forget the whole thing.
I've followed the series through and have not been disappointed. No other modern author of fantasy has had the ability to hold my attention for so long. There is a feeling of authenticity in every concept that is brought to our attention. We feel, truly, the joy and anguish of the main characters. We chortle madly with Rhodry when the berserk rage takes hold of him, and feel Lilli's despair and guilt about Maryn. And yes, we share the tedium of long sea voyages. Other authors have been flayed for less.
I am, admittedly, a very slow reader. I linger over passages and often have to put a book down to let what has transpired in the past few pages sink in. An average paperback novel will take me a few months to finish; it took me about three weeks to finish The Black Wyvern.
One can recognize that certain passages in the Deverry series are borrowed from pop culture; a scene from the movie Lawnmower Man and the Battle of Agincourt to name two. But where others might be accused of plagiarism, Ms. Kerr manages to pull it off and weaves them elegantly into her tapestry and keep us waiting hungrily for more.
Another Great Celtic Fantasy Story.......2000-03-16
I've loved every book I've read of Katherine Kerr in her Deverry series, and this one is no exception. It focuses on new characters and new story lines rather than dragging out the stories from earlier books (which she kindly resolved in a few books). If you like celtic-based fantasy, then you should be reading Kerr!
Book Description
With this book, Alan Wald launches a bold and passionate account of the U.S. Literary Left from the 1920s through the 1960s. Exiles from a Future Time, the first volume of a trilogy, focuses on the forging of a Communist-led literary tradition in the 1930s. Exploring writers' intimate lives and heartfelt political commitments, Wald draws on original research in scores of archives and personal collections of papers; correspondence and interviews with hundreds of writers and their friends and families; and a treasure trove of unpublished memoirs, fiction, and poetry.
In fashioning a "humanscape" of the Literary Left, Wald not only reassesses acclaimed authors but also returns to memory dozens of forgotten, talented writers. The authors range from the familiar Mike Gold, Langston Hughes, and Muriel Rukeyser to William Attaway, John Malcolm Brinnin, Stanley Burnshaw, Joy Davidman, Sol Funaroff, Joseph Freeman, Alfred Hayes, Eugene Clay Holmes, V. J. Jerome, Ruth Lechlitner, and Frances Winwar.
Focusing on the formation of the tradition and the organization of the Cultural Left, Wald investigates the "elective affinity" of its avant-garde poets, the "Afro-cosmopolitanism" of its Black radical literary movement, and the uneasy negotiation between feminist concerns and class identity among its women writers.
Book Description
In a unique analysis of Cuban literature inside and outside the country's borders, Eduardo Gonzalez looks closely at the work of three of the most important contemporary Cuban authors to write in the post-1959 diaspora: Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005), who left Cuba for good in 1965 and established himself in London; Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-2005), who settled in the United States; and Leonardo Padura Fuentes (b. 1955), who still lives and writes in Cuba.
Through the positive experiences of exile and wandering that appear in their work, these three writers exhibit what Gonzalez calls "Romantic authorship," a deep connection to the Romantic spirit of irony and complex sublimity crafted in literature by Lord Byron, Thomas De Quincey, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In Gonzalez's view, a writer becomes a belated Romantic by dint of exile adopted creatively with comic or tragic irony. Gonzalez weaves into his analysis related cinematic elements of myth, folktale, and the grotesque that appear in the work of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock and Pedro Almodovar. Placing the three Cuban writers in conversation with artists and thinkers from British and American literature, anthropology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and cinema, Gonzalez ultimately provides a space in which Cuba and its literature, inside and outside its borders, are deprovincialized.
Book Description
Stories of people in Hawaii struggling with conflicts of race and alienation, and a powerful novella about a father's search for justice after his daughter's murder.
Customer Reviews:
Great Short Stories.......2007-01-11
This book is six short stories. The first story describes how he was underneath his raised floor home (crawling in the sand) trying to poison termites. The description includes the smell of the termite juice mixed with termite droppings that will more than likely down your run down your arm. Having had this very experience myself it was nice to see it chronicled. He had to have lived in an older home in Coconut Grove of Kailua. The stories are of Hawaii but specifically Oahu, and many set on the Windward side. Living on the Windward side of Oahu, I almost feel as I know some of these characters. Great front Photo too.
Brilliant stories from a brilliant writer.......2001-11-08
Ian MacMillan is a writer from Hawai'i, and while some of these short stories have that "local flavor", you don't have to be a kama'aina to enjoy his writing style. Each story is very unique, and MacMillan definitely knows how to use words to its fullest potential. Subtitled "Stories Of Hawai'i", the short stories all have to do with people in Hawai'i. Not only do you want to read them, but you want to get to know them too. It builds up to the last story, a novella about a man who still struggles with the death of his daughter. He eventually joins a support group and finds the others there are just as bad as he is. He finds someone, a woman, and they manage to get along. But along the way he comes across things that steer him towards another direction. I'll stop before I give away the whole story, but at one point, MacMillan writes the story so well you almost feel like you're moving in "slow motion" in the appropriate spots. An excellent book that will you not be able to put down.
Books:
- Facing Your Giants: The God Who Made a Miracle Out of David Stands Ready to Make One Out of You
- False Colors: Art, Design and Modern Camouflage
- Fever 1793
- Find It, Fix It, Flip It!: Make Millions in Real Estate--One House at a Time
- Fire Star
- From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism
- Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt
- Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
- God's Grace and the Homosexual Next Door: Reaching the Heart of the Gay Men and Women in Your World
- Guess How Much I Love You
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- History: Fiction or Science
- Violence and the Sacred
- Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus: The Surrealist Funhouse from the 1939 World's Fair
- The Bishop's Palace: Architecture and Authority in Medieval Italy
- The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method
- Vector Calculus
- The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning
- SAVING BODY & SOUL: THE MISSION OF MARY JO COPELAND, CD INCLUDED
- Robert M. Hutchins: Portrait of an Educator
- The Africa Competitiveness Report 2000/2001
Exiles Vol. 2: A World Apart
Exiles Vol. 4: Legacy
Exiles Vol. 5: Unnatural Instinct (X-Men)
Exiles Vol. 6: Fantastic Voyage (X-Men)
Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time (X-Men)
