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| Original Title: | Caine's Law |
| ISBN: | 0345455894 (ISBN13: 9780345455895) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Acts of Caine #4 |
Matthew Woodring Stover
Paperback | Pages: 496 pages Rating: 4.04 | 2428 Users | 108 Reviews
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| Title | : | Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4) |
| Author | : | Matthew Woodring Stover |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2012 by Del Rey (first published January 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Dark Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
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SOME LAWS YOU BREAK. SOME BREAK YOU.AND THEN THERE’S CAINE’S LAW.
From the moment Caine first appeared in the pages of Heroes Die, two things were clear. First, that Matthew Stover was one of the most gifted fantasy writers of his generation. And second, that Caine was a hero whose peers go by such names as Conan and Elric. Like them, Caine was something new: a civilized man who embraced savagery, an actor whose life was a lie, a force of destruction so potent that even gods thought twice about crossing him. Now Stover brings back his greatest creation for his most stunning performance yet.
Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe.
Hey, it’s a crappy job, but somebody’s got to do it.
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Ratings: 4.04 From 2428 Users | 108 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4)
This latest novel that just came out a few years ago is still a high quality Caine adventure, but there's a new twist.He's being ridden by a god. He's still the badass that everyone fears (and respects), but he prefers to go by other names and live by his own slightly milder agenda. He wants to be left alone. He wants to not need to kill people.Of course, he has the gratitude of a god and near unlimited power to wield in the name of chaos and pure severing, all of which he doesn't want, so inAnother solid addition to the Caine series (perhaps the conclusion? It's hard to tell...), and probably the most ambitious of the four. Stover dives straight into the deep end with this one, juggling time-travel (kinda?), parallel timelines (probably?), events erasing the existence of other events (I think?), and general chaos.
As what will probably be the final book in the series, what could easily have been a bittersweet book (by any standards) ends up being a surprisingly heartwarming affair.... Of course, seeing as this is a book about Caine by Matthew Stover, one must remember that everything is relative. One of the most heartwarming and tender moments of the entire series is framed with the story of a person who suffered even more than Hari/Caine.Caine's Law continues the non-linear approach from Caine Black
This book was a decent ending to the series but it was more confusing than Blade of Tyshelle. I was completely confused about what exactly was going on. I was hoping for more scenes with kids playing characters in the fantasy world and maybe more action sequences. There was just so much time hopping and stuff set up in the background that I never really understood what was going on.Although I wasnt quite sure how they got there I did enjoy the last hour or so of this book. I thought the ending
This is another book that just came too late for me; I remember loving the first Caine duology and also the first half of the duology ending here, but when I opened this one I realized that I kind of forgot most of what was about except in a vague sense. I did a quick refresh and i realized that I simply cannot suspend disbelief any more for the ultimate simplistic super hero taking revenge on an unjust society storyline which this series amounts too in the end; yes, the hero is complicated,
A preamble, if you will. Matthew Stover is one of my three or five favorite speculative fiction writers. Trying to write this review, I admit now, I felt intimidated and not sure if my abilities are up to the task of doing right by what Stover did in this novel, with the Acts of Caine, and up to the task of not completely gushing with fanboy joy at hearing Caines voice once again. Here goesThe not-so-straightforward narrative not only changes POV character and voice, but time / history as we see
While I straight-up could not get enough of books 1, 2, and 3, I feel like Stover might have gone too meta or epic with this one. In some ways, he'd written himself into a corner with the first three. Always upping the stakes, it was only a matter of time before he went totally cosmic. It's the same great characters you've come to know and love and root for plus new characters that are fascinating and engrossing but it's all elevated to a heady place of universal mythic status that left me a
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