Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles: Bastion : Book Five of the Collegium Chronicles (A Valdemar Novel) (Series #5) (Paperback)

from calmclam

Bastion is the final, and ultimately disappointing, installment of Mags's journey from mine orphan to Herald and spy. Most of the action takes place within a set of caves (the Bastion) where Mags and co. hole up to hide from Mags's would-be abductors, distant relations from his parents' country o...

from tehanu

Not one of her best but you're still going to read it if you're a fan of Valdemar. I was irritated in a couple of places where she actually COPIED parts of earlier novels to bring the reader up to speed on certain events/characters; it would have been much more interesting if she'd just summarize...

from lquilter

I read it, but it was a chore. (In fact, it took me two tries, and only the incentive of the next volume in the series to pick it up again and actually finish it.) The problem is that there was basically no narrative tension. There was a bit of a robinsonade, as Mags & his buddies go off to fix u...

from zjakkelien

I read this a second time. This one was cozy and enjoyable.

from Kassilem

We've waited all series long to find out Mag's past; about his parents. There's really nothing about Mag's parents that's earth shattering. Really, there's nothing we're given that's even remotely interesting. What he learns in this last book seems like a afterthought to this side plot. Overall I...