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The Seascape Tattoo

By Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
The Seascape Tattoo by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes digital book - Fable

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The Seascape Tattoo: the latest spellbinding adventure in Larry Niven's acclaimed collaborations with Steven Barnes.

Aros of Azteca and Neoloth-Pteor are the deadliest of enemies: Swordsman and Sorcerer, locked in mortal combat, who have tried to kill each other more times than either can count. But when the princess Neoloth loves is kidnapped, there is only one plan that offers any hope of rescue . . . and that requires passing off the barbarian Aros as a lost princeling and infiltrating the deadliest cabal of necromancers the world has ever seen. They cannot trust each other. They will betray or kill each other the first chance they get. But they're all each other has.

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“I had such high expectations for this book. Rivals forced to work together towards a common goal? Whats not to like? Unfortunately the authors made it very difficult to like. They're both huge fans of telling instead of showing. Anytime an interesting magical concept was mentioned, it was glossed over instead of explored (which was a common theme this book). The characters were flat and the book was very dialogue heavy. Which i typically dont mind but this dialogue was a mix of bland, trying hard to be witty, and again TELLING instead of SHOWING. What really annoyed me was the two rivals relationship wasnt fully explored. I wanted to see the progression from ememies to unlikely friends. Instead they reminisced a few pages, telling readers about past exploits and then carried on with their journey. The tension wasnt there. Once they finally arrived to Shrike, it read as if their 2 stories just happened to be at the same location. They mentioned the other but rarely interacted. I wasnt able to finish this book. I made it about halfway before I put it down bc the storytelling was not improving.”
“The ending made me smile :) It was hard for me to get into it but it was still a good book!”

About Larry Niven

LARRY NIVEN is the award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces, and fantasy including the Magic Goes Away series. He has received the Nebula Award, five Hugos, four Locus Awards, two Ditmars, the Prometheus, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award, among other honors.

STEVEN BARNES is the author of several science fiction classics. His first collaboration with Larry Niven, The Locusts, was nominated for the 1980 Hugo award.

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