No segundo dia da semana especial Guerra dos Tronos, temos uma crítica ao segundo livro da saga A Song of Fire and Ice.
Autor: George RR Martin
Sinopse: Time is out of joint.
The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close,
and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Two great
leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who held sway over and
age of enforced peace are dead...victims of royal treachery. Now, from
the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of
Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven
Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and
war.
As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky—a comet the color
of blood and flame—six factions struggle for control of a divided land.
Eddard’s son Robb has declared himself King in the North. In the south,
Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming
courtiers who teem over King’s Landing. Robert’s two brothers each seek
their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to
conquest. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons,
risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to
win back the crown that is rightfully hers.
A Clash of Kings
transports us into a magnificent, forgotten land of revelry and
revenge, wizardry and wartime. It is a tale in which maidens cavort with
madmen, brother plots against brother, and the dead rise to walk in the
night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the
mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend
from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside.
Against
a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of
glory may be measured in blood. And the spoils of victory may just go to
the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest
hearts. For when rulers clash, all of the land feels the tremors.
Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A Clash of Kings is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment—a tale of pure excitement you will never forget.
Os enredos multiplicam-se adicionando mais cor e profundidade à trama.
Esta característica faz com que nada se possa prever, ao contrário dos
enredos mais lineares. As personagens continuam a surpreender-nos,
mostrando-nos uma faceta muito humana, com reacções bastante credíveis. O
universo continua consistente, que deverá ter valido ao autor um
trabalho gigantesco, e que acaba por passar para o leitor. Considero que
neste volume nada foi deixado ao acaso, nem mesmo o ritmo com que a
história avança, que é o único ponto menos bom. Se compararmos ao
primeiro volume, fica-se com a sensação de que acontece muito menos
acontecimento marcantes e reviravoltas.
Recomendo-se vivamente a todos os que gostam de um bom épico de low fantasy.
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