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Mayflower (1975), Edition: paperback / softback, Paperback
Description
'War, albeit with the Dark Empire, was clean compared to this...' Years after the defeat of the evil empire of Granbretan, Duke Dorian Hawkmoon and his beloved Yisselda have rebuilt the Kamarg, the land once ruled by Yisselda's father, the late Count Brass. But their lives are turned upside down when the spectre of the dead count returns, possessed of the belief that he can return to life if he slays the one who led him to his death in the Battle of Londra: his former ally - and now son-in-law - Dorian Hawkmoon.
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LibraryThing member helver
Even though the Empire of Granbretan had fallen. Even though he and his wife had survived the bloody battle. Even though he had two wonderful children. Even though all this, Dorian Hawkmoon had regrets. And somehow, those regrets began to manifest themselves in the people of Kamarg. They no longer
A very, very cool story with an interesting take on regret and what might happen if you could turn back the hands of time and undo something. In the end, would you really want to? How much would you be willing to give up?
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showed his respect and love - openly questioning his right to rule Kamarg; suggesting that he led the beloved Count Brass to his death for purely personal reasons; hinting that he was a murderer. Of course, there was a great deal of truth to this - and Hawkmoon wanted nothing more than to return his dead friend to life. Unbeknownst to him, his deepest desire was about to be granted - but the price may be more than he ever considered.A very, very cool story with an interesting take on regret and what might happen if you could turn back the hands of time and undo something. In the end, would you really want to? How much would you be willing to give up?
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LibraryThing member Karlstar
The first in the Count Brass trilogy. This series again features both Dorian Hawkmoon and Count Brass, but mostly Dorian Hawkmoon, so the title is a bit confusing. This trilogy occurs after the Runestaff series, also featuring Dorian Hawkmoon. While Dorian is not as famous as Elric or Corum, he is
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my 2nd favorite incarnation of the Eternal Champion. The strange world of Dorian Hawkmoon, set in some half-fantasy, half-technology future/alternate Earth is an interesting world, though mostly confined to what we would call Europe. Standard Moorcock, a very short, fascinating fantasy Show Less
LibraryThing member KevinRubin
“Count Brass” by Michael Moorcock was better reading this time around than the first time. I was a big Michael Moorcock fan as a teenager in the 80’s, reading and rereading most of his books numerous times, but the Castle Brass series was one I just couldn’t get into. But shopping for used
It picks up with Hawkmoon five years after the events of the Runestaff series of books, after Hawkmoon and his companions, not all of whom survived, brought down the evil Granbretan empire. In this Hawkmoon is living his life, enjoying peace and calm with his wife and children, when there are rumors that his dead companions are out in the marshes outside town, calling him a traitor and blaming him for their deaths, turning his fellow living citizens against him.
He heads out to investigate and begins an adventure with his five years’ dead companions, or their doppelgängers. They find out that at least one of the evil scientists from Granbretan survived the last battle and is manipulating time and space for revenge.
They’re successful but the story concludes with a bittersweet ending, and an opening to continue the series.
Overall it was enjoyable to escape and read this again. I definitely enjoyed it more now some decades after the first time I tried reading it. But it was also harder to suspend disbelief about some of Moorcock’s descriptions, like two guys in full plate armor, not making any noise as they bound out of a chariot. I didn’t feel like I was “in the story” the way his other books made me feel when I was a teenager.
I’d definitely recommend to a Moorcock fantasy fan, but not as an introduction to Moorcock’s work. This series is very much a sequel to his “History of the Runestaff” series.
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books I thought I’d give it another try, now that I’m several decades older.It picks up with Hawkmoon five years after the events of the Runestaff series of books, after Hawkmoon and his companions, not all of whom survived, brought down the evil Granbretan empire. In this Hawkmoon is living his life, enjoying peace and calm with his wife and children, when there are rumors that his dead companions are out in the marshes outside town, calling him a traitor and blaming him for their deaths, turning his fellow living citizens against him.
He heads out to investigate and begins an adventure with his five years’ dead companions, or their doppelgängers. They find out that at least one of the evil scientists from Granbretan survived the last battle and is manipulating time and space for revenge.
They’re successful but the story concludes with a bittersweet ending, and an opening to continue the series.
Overall it was enjoyable to escape and read this again. I definitely enjoyed it more now some decades after the first time I tried reading it. But it was also harder to suspend disbelief about some of Moorcock’s descriptions, like two guys in full plate armor, not making any noise as they bound out of a chariot. I didn’t feel like I was “in the story” the way his other books made me feel when I was a teenager.
I’d definitely recommend to a Moorcock fantasy fan, but not as an introduction to Moorcock’s work. This series is very much a sequel to his “History of the Runestaff” series.
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Original publication date
1973
Physical description
140 p.; 6.8 inches
ISBN
0583121985 / 9780583121989