The Golden Shrine: A Tale of War at the Dawn of Time
Written by Harry Turtledove
Narrated by William Dufris
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Their terrifying cavalry rides wooly mammoths. Their bows can shoot arrows farther than those of the southerners. Their wizards wield power that neither the shamans of the Bizogots nor the wizards of Raumsdalian Empire can match-a magic that can melt the stone beneath a man's feet, call down blasting fire from the sky, or decimate a tribe with plagues that have no cure. Scattered survivors of the Bizogot tribes hide from the Rulers. The Empire is shattered. The feckless Emperor Sigvat II is in hiding.
Against the Rulers stands Count Hamnet Thyssen and his small band of friends: Jarl Trasamund of the Three Tusk Bizogots; the adventurer Ulric Skakki; and, most important, Marcovefa, the female shaman of a cannibal tribe that lives atop the Glacier itself. Marcovefa has magic that the Rulers cannot counter.
But there are many Rulers, and they have many wizards. Marcovefa is but one.
Perhaps Hamnet and his allies can save their lands from the Rulers. But first they must seek out the legendary Golden Shrine-and the Golden Shrine has not been seen by human eyes since the time before the glaciers came.
Harry Turtledove
Harry Turtledove (he/him) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer who Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove’s works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the standalone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters.
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Reviews for The Golden Shrine
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I generally really lke Turtledove's writing but this is very dull. The idea and plot are good but the constant attempt at amusing banter between main charactors is boring. Hamnet's troubles with women are interesting the first time they come into the plot but not the 10 th, and he could have been a very interesting charactor. That's my main feeling about this whole series, it could have been so much better, Turtledove has done much better.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Looked forward to this, the final one in the trilogy. Tore through it, enjoying the characters and situations. The ending was a little predictable and too-neatly-wrapped-up, but still fun. Sad to see the series end, as so often with Turtledove's books. But thoroughly enjoyable. I am more into the alternative history end of things, so the magic was not my favorite part, but he made it interesting, and essential to the plot.