The King of Shadows traded many of its lighter moments of the earlier novels for the darker tones and tragic moments. In fact, if I had to compare this with anything, it would be with Book #3 Mister Slaughter. And the funny thing is, as bleak as this book gets, it's set in paradise. Just as he is about to leave, the Lightning Dragon appears out of nowhere. Jay instinctively jumps off the ruin with the support of his gliders while his fellow comrades follow suit. Upon seeing the ninja escape, Samukai laughs evilly as things going according to plan. The ninja escape to the Forest of Tranquility, where they are celebrating as Wu meditates.) This is one of those novels I would give six stars if I could. An easy, easy five stars. If you haven’t read any of the Matthew Corbett novels, you need to do it right now. Begin with SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD, then get ready to become completely obsessed like I have. Where all you do is eat, sleep and read Matthew Corbett. Life doesn't get any better. My other major issue with the series, is the degradation of the adversaries pitted against Corbett. Almost every major fantasy and horror series has this problem of getting to the high stakes and the major monsters early in the game and being at a loss what to come up with to trump them in later books.

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The latest addition to the Matthew Corbett series is another brilliant book, I have said it before, this series is my favorite book series ever, McCammon has such a rich fantasy, the writing is so good, and you never know what to expect because each book is so different from the next. When he wakes, Nat finds himself in 1599, an actor at the original Globe - and his co-star is none other than the King of Shadows himself: William Shakespeare.

Robert McCammon still amazes me. He doesn't pull punches, and he doesn't gloss over the details. If he sees you squirm, he'll keep on pressing. And he also knows how to make his characters more human. Good or bad, you will care for the people he creates. The Invitation · 36. Only One Can Remain · 37. Versus · 38. Ninja Roll · 39. Spy for a Spy · 40. Spellbound · 41. The Forgotten Element · 42. The Day of the Dragon · 43. The Greatest Fear of All · 44. The Corridor of Elders

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Goodness, but this book is even better than I remembered. This is excellent storytelling with extremely interesting characters (well, mostly Nat and Shakespeare, but the others are all right). As a first-time reader of the novel, I was fascinated with the descriptions of Elizabethan England. This time I was especially drawn to the characterization for Nat and Shakespeare, and to the details about the "magic" of theater (something I appreciate a lot more now than I did as a teenager). Susan Cooper is a genius writer who describes things such as smell, noise, feeling, tastes so richly, it made me feel like I was in the scene with Nat. (Although, sometimes there are things that I don’t want to imagine...) There are lots of scenes that are difficult to imagine in this book because she writes about an old period but the letters make me see the scene, when I close my eyes.The writing in this one is once again sublime. There is an excellent origin story of one of the main characters that adds much to the story. Matthew Corbett stays inquisitive as ever, always on the lookout for mysteries to be solved even if it means getting in people’s way. "It was his belief that bereft of curiosity, the mind died, and this was a factor that had kept him inquiring even when the inquiries were met with hostility and even violence; it was simply a fact of life." He went to search for the Blade in the place where Gith was reported to have gone missing, the Nine Hells. There, Jerro was able to retrieve the blade from Levistus, the Still Lord of the Fifth Circle of Hell, and his servant Mephasm. He then fought the King in a titanic battle in the tiny village of West Harbor, where he banished the King. The Blade was shattered in the fight, however - blasting Jerro himself into the Hells - and one shard was embedded in the chest of the infant who would grow to bring about the King's final destruction.

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Kai: Nya! Wait up! (Chases after her.) Slow down! Why are you running so fast?! (He loses Nya.) Nya! Where are you? (He spots the Fire Temple and goes to the entrance when the door opens.)Considering references to characters as shadows in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and its metatheatrical elements, Cook focuses on how Shakespeare’s plays make audiences aware of the construction of drama as an act that is aware of both the embodied condition of actors and the projected creation of characters. Character is an attribute that requires comprehension if drama is to be in any way coherent, but such understanding arises out of simulations which are dependent upon culturally specific categories. After discussing character scholarship in the context of cognitive linguistics and embodied and distributed cognition, Cook, observing the rude mechanicals’ performance and multiple overlapping identities, argues that such complex cognitive artifacts create narrative gaps that can be fruitfully analyzed in the context of consciousness and audience experience. Keywords Master Class · 2. Green and Gold · 3. The Weekend Drill · 4. Elemental Rider · 5. Blue Lighting · 6. Samurai X-Treme Memory is the king of shadows,” DeKay repeated. “You being a problem-solver for the Herrald Agency ... you should know. How two people – three, four, a score of them – can witness the same moment yet have vastly different memories of it, thus throwing shadows over the absolute truth.”

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On this island they discover an utopian society ruled by a benevolent if senile King, a place where people work freely and share their products without the need for money or indenture. Once arrived on the island, nobody seems to ever want to leave the place. Kai: No! It's mine. I shouldn't have come on my own. You don't have to do this! There has to be another way! It is physically impossible for Wu to create the shadow of an eagle with his hands. This may have been an intentional exaggeration for effect. Nat's new life is full of excitement, danger, and the passionate friendship that he has longed for since the tragic death of his parents. But why has he been sent to the past - and is he trapped there forever? Cole: Uh, Jay. Before you do that, you might wanna... (Jay cuts the rope, sending the three ninja to the floor.) ...warn us.There are worse than Professor Fell out there. I have a feeling that Professor Fell will seem as a kindly old uncle bouncing baby Corbett on his knee when you meet who’s waiting for you in the future. Because take it from me, my boy ... the worst is yet to come.” This book has a couple of scenes about death and near death where the sensitive reader may be upset, especially with the quality of writing Susan Cooper uses which made me imagine every detail. I also found several words like sh-t, cr-p and d-mn. Kai and Nya are forced to deal with the Fire Dragon by themselves. Meanwhile, Cole, Zane and Jay are still in the Forest of Tranquility, tied up and hung on a tree by the Skulkin.)