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SECRETS OF THE FIRE SEA PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Stephen Hunt | 560 pages | 03 Feb 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007289660 | English | London, United Kingdom Secrets of the Fire Sea PDF Book Most of the pacing issues I had with previous books, the sort of situation where everything goes to hell in such a rushed fashion the reader is almost left behind, are delightfully absent in this one. Fans of Neil Gaiman and V. If you have never read a Jackelian book before this would definitely not be the one to start with but it provides more fascinating landscapes and cultures to get the imagination working. Average rating 3. But Hannah's carefree existence comes to an abrupt halt when her guardian, Archbishop Alice Gray, is brutally murdered in her own cathedral. These little facts are just a few of the fascinating elements that Hunt builds into his books. Read an excerpt of this book! At any rate, Commodore Black is reduced to little more than a walk on role, and none of the events seem to have precisely the weight needed to propel the story. Details if other :. The isolated island of Jago is the only place Hannah Conquest has ever known as home. Part 13 Mar IndieBound Bestseller. Jethro Daunt, the premeire consulting detective of his age, along with Boxiron, his robot Watson, go to the Isle of Jago to solve the murder of the Archbishop, a woman to whom Daunt was betrothed to before he left the clergy. The Circlists are supreme rationalists who do not believe in gods and see 'faith' as kind of a silly notion. A deadly power struggle is brewing on Jago, involving rival factions in the senate and the island's most powerful trading partner. A future 'might do' author for me rather than a 'must buy'. Ice-covered and only marginally habitable, surrounded by a magma sea, the island continent of Jago is the only place where electricity works. Need Help? Part 11 Mar Gonna have to import the last 2 I think. And it's beginning to look as if the deaths of Hannah's archaeologist parents shortly after her birth were very far from accidental. Mar 12, Leo Rahien Sorei rated it liked it. Part 15 Mar I did find myself missing characters and wished we'd been able to see more of the world, as is norm with his stories. A genius, hairless, seven-foot-tall psychopath, Leonard Land is many people wired into the cyber-subculture of Satanism and Death Metal. Supreme Conquering System Chapter Their religion is based on pure knowledge with moral fables consisting of math formulae. This book seemed to serve the purpose of fleshing out "Circlism," a religion that has been present throughout all of Hunt's Jackelian novels, which is appreciated but at times makes the book drag - any puzzle solving performed by the characters wasn't something I could relate to because Hunt dressed it up in a lot of mathematical jargon and abstractions. The characters were also well-developed. Jago is a land of contradictions, an isolated iron fortress surrounded by mutant monsters and a sea composed mostly of magma, with only a few variable channels through the fire for the trade that used to be its main source of income, before easier routes were discovered to the ursine lands of Pericur and beyond. Why only four stars? Part 6 Mar The plot has a lot more twists and turns than I originally thought, as it seemed very cut and dry at the beginning. This religion has strong connections to Christianity, even with an expulsion from Eden scenario in which the Pericurians had been expelled from Jago, which had then supposedly been a paradise. Part 7 Mar Science Fiction Fantasy. Unlike some authors, he doesn't just replicate the same story over and over, but by this point it is getting a little familiar - especially as Jethro Daunt is Connor is Cornelius Fortune. Mar 05, Wade added it. I don't mind a fantasy landscape, but you still have to have a mildly coherent story. More by Stephen Hunt. Watson, Boxiron, these two actually steal the show from the otherwise amazing characters that are always placed perfectly in these one shot Well, as usual, I will always give Stephen Hunt books 5 stars, because they are one shots, beyond awesome, and his character creation breathes life into them that makes the page come alive. Page Count: Publisher: Tor. This is without a doubt my favorite steampunk series. The core plot of Secrets is much more coherent than any of his previous stories. Jethro Daunt and his half steamman assistant have been despatched to discover the truth about the death of the archbishop. Hope you enjoy it. Home 1 Books 2. But what was the Archbishop murdered to protect? A fun story, but not on par with Hunt's other vignettes. Secrets of the Fire Sea Writer Be the first to ask a question about Secrets of the Fire Sea. They keep adding on to each other, with aspects of life in Jago linking back to the events of The Court of the Air and things that we learned about the world in The Kingdom Beyond the Waves. Error rating book. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. Jack Cloudie: A Novel. Professor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding the lost civilization of Camlantis, a legendary city from pre-history that is said to have conquered hunger, war, and disease with the creation of the perfect pacifist society. Sep 17, Dan Schwent rated it really liked it Shelves: , steampunk. Read more Okay, so Stephen Hunt is one of my two favoritest authors in the universe. But once it got going it was terrific stuff. The majority of this book takes place on the island of Jago, at the center of the Fire Sea, an area of shifting magma and steaming water channels. It turns out this road trip is merely the beginning of a series of bizarre chimerical adventures ensnaring both the Turner and Dandridge clans in ancient rituals, arcane magical texts, alternate universes, and transmogrifying potions, all of which bears some resemblance to the supernatural visions of H. What begins as a journey for answers turns into something much bigger, and Zachary must decide whether to trust the handsome stranger he meets at a highflying literary fundraiser in New York or to retreat back to his thesis and forget the whole affair. Send me weekly book recommendations and inside scoop. This book was a mixed blessing - I don't think the characters were overall, as engaging as some of the characters introduced in his previous books, but the flow of the story was fantastic. There was one rather sudden death of a supporting character that ma Okay, so Stephen Hunt is one of my two favoritest authors in the universe. The Commodore drove me nuts, as usual, with his eternal put-upon misery, but even that had a fantastic pay off by the end. Final Victim. Secrets of the Fire Sea took a little bit more time winding up than the others in the series thus far pardon my pun , but once the story got going it was hard to put down. Part 26 Mar A master storyteller who spins romantic fiction like not other, Johanna Lindsey weaves together endearing More by Stephen Hunt. While the book has all the trademarks of the series, it is also the deepest one in many ways, with a study of what it means to be human, godlike, sentient; how much technology is too much, how little is not enough Other editions. The story takes place on the strange island of Jago, which is surrounded by a burning hot sea that can only be navigated by powerful difference engines and is inhabited by humans who live in small enclaves protected from the island's deadly indigenous fauna. Secrets of the Fire Sea Reviews The latest book from Stephen Hunt Secrets of the Firesea was in my opinion well worth the wait. Hannah hopes to join the Circlists herself, if she can pass the entry examination. I think, after finishing the book, that Commodore Black was one of my favorite characters. Steam robots, anachronistic super-tech, ancient gods, Sherlock Holmes analogue, conspiracy, mysterious ruins, powered armor, black powder, submarines, a murder mystery and war. Once again, if you love steampunk, and a writer who makes every world come alive, then you should definitely pick up Stephen Hunt's "Secrets of the Fire Sea," then go back and buy the others you haven't read yet. Really nice world building! Other Books. The volume at hand is, for example—and for the most part—set o This is the fourth volume in Stephen Hunt 's ongoing series of steampunk novels, set on a world which is probably a far-future version of our own Earth—that's what his characters call it, anyway, although it's never spelled out that way in so many words. And twenty five half-baked side plots in competition with each other so that even when you DO find something that isn't utterly ridiculous, you only get to enjoy it for a half minute before the channel switches back to utter nonsense. It's a mixture that proves even more explosive when Daunt is charged with unraveling the circumstances of Alice Gray's demise, and a journey of discovery to the interior of Jago ensues Part 22 Mar A Dark Secret: Part 2 of 3. No Comments Yet.

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