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Screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters—a vivid phantasmagoria that combines the imaginative wonders of Neil Gaiman, the visual inventiveness of Guillermo Del Toro, and the shocking miasma of William S. Burroughs.
Six months have passed since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and darkness beyond our own. But in vanquishing these creatures and banning them from Austin, Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now, word of his deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past—including one Colby considered a friend—have resurfaced to exact their revenge.
As darkness gathers around the city, Colby sifts through his memories desperate to find answers that might save him. With time running out, and few of his old allies and enemies willing to help, he is forced to turn for aid to forces even darker than those he once battled.
Following such masters as Lev Grossman, Erin Morgenstern, Richard Kadrey, and Kim Harrison, C. Robert Cargill takes us deeper into an extraordinary universe of darkness and wonder, despair and hope to reveal the magic and monsters around us . . . and inside us.
- Sales Rank: #490210 in eBooks
- Published on: 2014-05-13
- Released on: 2014-05-13
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
Wizard Colby Stevens, young as he is, has enough bad memories to haunt him for several lifetimes. After he simultaneously won and lost his war with the Limestone Kingdom—banishing the fairy folk from Austin, Texas, but losing his best friend in the process and possibly damning himself—he wants only to be left alone. Unfortunately, a wizard as powerful as Colby can’t hide. In this sequel to Dreams & Shadows, a spirit-walker severed from her body, the shades of cursed mutineers, and “Solomon’s Seventy-Two Demons” converge in Austin. Colby must investigate how these forces are linked and create the impossible: a solution in which he punishes evildoers, rescues those in the right, and satisfies his need for redemption. Although too much of the book is devoted to exposition, including more pseudo-academic essays on magic and many (albeit, significant) philosophical digressions, the pacing explodes once all the major players are in place. Clever plotting influenced by trickster lore, a more hopeful ending, and a new cast of complex and likable characters make this sequel a winner. Fans of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid series will especially like this volume. --Krista Hutley
Review
“Powerful…. Brimming with philosophical conundrums… Cargill’s world is abundant in detail and imagery in the service of the story. … Will keep readers entranced.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“Hard to put down…this is definitely going to attract readers of contemporary fantasy, particular those who enjoy Neil Gaiman’s adult books or Lev Grossman’s The Magicians.” (Library Journal)
“As a result, Dreams and Shadows is a potent introduction to a world where the wondrous is rarely wonderful, the best intentions are guaranteed to roam farthest astray, and the reader is destined to keep turning the pages until the (somewhat) bitter end.” (BookPage)
“A thoroughly enchanting debut novel” (Starburstmagazine.com)
“In this beautifully written debut.... The universe is richly detailed, and issues of destiny and sacrifice give the story depth…for those that enjoy a rollercoaster ride into the depths of strangeness and despair.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“Exceptional worldbuilding, sure-handed plotting and well-rounded characters, even the nasty ones, abound, and the whole impressive enterprise moves smartly along through a fairy culture with a structure and motivations sharply different from that of humans. A mesmerizing and highly original debut.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
“Richly imagined...an auspicious debut.” (Booklist)
“Dark, comedic, and unsettling, Dreams and Shadows is everything an urban fantasy sets out to be.” (Tor.com)
“Cargill proves with Dreams and Shadows that he’s not just a writer capable of creating and presenting dense mythology well (Breitbart/ Big Hollywood)
“[T]his is a fantasy about mythmaking, learning the uses of power, and living with the consequences of one’s behavior. Recommended for readers of Lev Grossman’s Magicians series and Neil Gaiman’s adult contemporary fantasies.” (Library Journal on QUEEN OF THE DARK THINGS)
“Cargill’s screenwriting chops bring to life a vivid mix of real and imaged folklore in his fantastical second novel. While the mix of urban fantasy, Guillermo Del Toro-like monsters and academic explanations of this magical world shouldn’t work, it absolutely does.” (No Source on QUEEN OF THE DARK THINGS)
From the Back Cover
Screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his debut, Dreams and Shadows, in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters
Six months have passed since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and darkness beyond our own. But in vanquishing these creatures and banning them from Austin, Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now word of his deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past—including one Colby considered a friend—have resurfaced to exact their revenge.
As darkness gathers around the city and time runs out, Colby has to turn to forces even darker than those he once battled for aid.
C. Robert Cargill takes us deeper into an extraordinary universe of darkness and wonder, despair and hope to reveal the magic and monsters around us . . . and inside us.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
A Gem That Needed More Time to Dust Itself Off
By Fake Name
It's been a little bit over a year since Cargill released his debut novel, "Dreams and Shadows." Pumped out approximately 365 days since the first installment in the purported series, "Queen of the Dark Things" comes off as a jumble of ideas that never really mesh together.
Set in Austin, Texas a few months after the cataclysmic battle that capped off the last book, the sequel finds protagonist and sorcerer extraordinaire Colby Stevens in a depressed rut as he harbors deep-seated guilt over the death of his childhood friend Ewan Thatcher and the implications of Colby's involvement in it. That's just the set-up. The story proper deals with a variety of plot points such as the shadowy kutji, a childhood friend gone rogue, a centuries-old curse, and a host of seventy-two demons bent on revenge. This all sounds cool in theory, but the haste with which these things are thrown together is reminiscent of the manatee tank from South Park: it feels like the author rolled a fistful of eight-sided dye covered in mythological concepts and then just duck-taped the results together to the best of his ability.
Which caps off the primary problem of this book: "Queen of the Dark Things" reeks of a contractual deadline. Like the first book, this second installment feels a bit scatterbrained, constantly switching viewpoints, plots, and failing to coalesce into a satisfying whole. But the feeling is much more pronounced here, to the point that the thing even feels a bit "unprofessional" at times. The book is even filled with a litany of typos that are so obvious they'd make any random editor's head spin.
Cargill's imagination is wild, but it's clear that the reach of his ambition is greater than his grasp will allow. The issue doesn't exactly lie with the writer or even the book itself - this novel largely feels like a first draft that received a brief once-over before being shipped off to the printing press. The prose is noticeably better in some places in others - almost jarringly so - and it seems obvious by the book's end that the author needed more time to tweak the fine edges.
But when "Queen of the Dark Things" works, it does it in spades. Select chunks of dialogue crackle with wit, a few set pieces are astounding, and the story manages to introduce a (almost literal) choir of interesting characters in a short amount of time. But for every victory, a joke falls flat, an important scene fails to make an impact, and a cool character is introduced and then forgotten about ten pages later. While I enjoyed "Dreams and Shadows" immensely, it's very obvious that the original was allowed a much longer gestation time than its sequel.
The author deserves his success, but this book falls short of the standard set by the original. Hopefully Cargill can pull the series out its newfound rut in time to salvage what remains a promising saga and - if the gods permit - his publishers will give him the time to pull it off.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
I Was Disappointed In This Book, But You May Not Be
By Shawn Kovacich
Six months after the end of Dreams and Shadows, the wizard Colby is just getting by. Ewan’s death has hit him hard. Then he is charged with finding missing demons. It seems a friend/not so friend from Colby’s past has something to do with the missing demons. Now Colby is trying to survive as many deadly creatures are tracking him down.
So I have to say that I just couldn’t get into this book. The first thing was the chapters where you are reading notes from a book. Argh! These are so annoying. It’s just like I’m back in school. There has to be another way to get information across to the reader.
Then there are all these characters. There are a bunch introduced and none of them really clicked for me. I think part of it was the dialogue seemed forced. The story just didn’t flow. And I did feel for Colby losing his friend but come on all ready. Doing stupid stuff and getting in more trouble is not going to help.
I was disappointed. I couldn’t get into the book and I had a hard time reading it. I think some that read Dreams and Shadows might like Queen of the Dark Things, but I’m not one of them.
Shawn Kovacich
Author and Creator of numerous books and DVD's.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Austin has never looked weirder
By kyshakitty
I received this book through the Harper Voyager super reader program.
So this book is way darker than Dreams and Shadows in many ways. The new characters are darker but so is Colby. The situations he finds himself in are also much darker and more dire.
It starts with a story from a distant land in a time long past that really seems to have nothing to do with our journey but we are wrong. Then we pick up Colby's story several months after Dreams and Shadows ended. He is mourning all he lost and not coping all that well. Everything reminds him of the friends he lost and he is somewhat self destructive. That self destruction is what leads him to his latest "adventure". During this "adventure", he/we meet many new, mostly frightening, characters. They include his old friend, Kaycee, and his new friend, Austin. There are several times that Colby questions who the Queen is and we question right along with him. I actually was not surprised when it was revealed, but I has thought it was someone else from the first book. We are taken back to some of Colby's time between part one and two of Dreams and Shadows. The Clever Man who cared for Colby during Yashar's absence is both frustrating and helpful to Colby and us. Once again Colby's arrogance and ignorance lead him into trouble and he has to eliminate many creatures. We find out how the new characters relate to the story in the beginning along the way. In the end he sets many creatures free and both he and Kaycee find their true destinies.
I liked this book better than the first one once we get past the whining and self-pitying Colby. Kaycee is a welcome addition to the story line. She is the other half of Colby to me. She possesses characteristics that he is lacking and he has come she is lacking. She is more adventurous and less fearful, but she acknowledges that she has limits. Colby feels he is all powerful, but he uses his heart more than she does. Gossomer is a great friend but I feel sad for him because his dog traits make him too eager to please. A golden retriever as a familiar is a terrible idea because they are obedient to a fault. I assume that is why witches use cats, they are obedient to no one. Once again I didn't care for Yashar, but I hated Mandu. I guess being a Clever Man means playing both sides but screwing with kids heads is just wrong.
Austin is pretty much what I would expect the spirit of the city to be. I imagined a female Willie Nelson and that is basically what Cargill gave us. She is country with some hippie and yuppie thrown in. I am sure if you stroll down 6th street any saturday evening you will find at least 10 people that fit her description (yes I said people, "keep Austin weird" is not just a slogan it is a way of life).
This book takes place in Austin and central Texas again but also includes Australia and other more exotic foreign locations. I assume that Cargill did a lot of research on each place to create the settings. I could picture each one easily. I want to comment Cargill on his knowledge of multi-cultural folklore. I am sure some things were made up but I have heard or read about many the creatures, symbols, and rituals he discusses. I am a fan of folklore and legends so I was fairly impressed. The passages by Dr. Thaddeus Ray, PhD add that air of authenticity once again and show how much research Cargill must have done.
There isn't much I disliked about the book. I feel Colby is too whiny and pitiful in the beginning and very self doubting. Yashar is very doubting and just a grouch for a lot of the book. I would have liked more information about Colby's time in Australia and about the kutji, since I have never heard that word before.
I hope that if Cargill feels the need to make this a trilogy that the 3rd book is about Kaycee.
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