Starman (Axis Trilogy, Book 3)

Sent to my son as he adores the author and anticipated reading this book. He loved it and the shipping was perfect timing too!

I really love this trilogy. It's well-written, moves at a good pace and is a great story.

Starman is the last book in the Axis trilogy which is the first part of the wayfarer redemption. In it the prophecy enacts its final job and Axis has it out with his half brother the destroyer. But the book involves more than that. It also has Axis and Azhure finding their true heritage (can you guess it? I did) and Faraday replants the trees. She does more than that though, and strangely, she's exhausted the whole time and nearly dies early in the book (can you figure out why? I did.) This book is quite poignant and very rough to read emotionally. The ending is very, very sad. And the very last part of the phrophey-about how hate is not the way to end the fighting and forgivness will save the soul of the land-is never resolved. It's like the author forgot about it completely. Still, it's good. But overall with this series I haven't found that I like it as much as Sara Douglass's stand alone novel Threshold. It's an ok series, but I know I'll never read it again. The series gets very dark in this book-and I don't mean dark like scary but dark about the evil that man can make and the utter suffering some force upon others. I've read many of the authors books and they all seem to have a shadow sitting on them. In Threshold it works-in her other books it doesn't. It doesn't work in this book-and the next three books are much, much darker and confusing and disjointed than anything in this part of the series. It's just so many of the characters are too perfect, or too annoying to be interested in, and Faraday just breaks my heart with her sadness. Overall I'd rate this part of the series four stars, and this book also four. Three months later-in retrospect I don't think I like this series very much. It's not very well written, it has no likeable well drawn charecters and a lot of the actions are brutaly offensive. In retrospect I think I find Sara Douglass's writing to be very dark and depressing and gloomy-but not always in a way that works. I wouldn't advise reading her stuff, excepting Threshold, unless you can work a two week depresion into your life.

I love the Wayfarer Redemption series. I read them many years ago and am enjoying them all over again. I can hardly put the book down and I already know what's going to happen. Sara Douglass' work is some of my favorite fantasy writing available.

Some reviewers seemed pinned to an ending they wanted. But putting their own desires aside, Douglass kept in step with her mesmerizing world, kept her characters in harmony with who she made them . . . Items that so few authors do. Excellent and far above average series.

Great book. this series has had me hooked since book one. There are some flaws though...some characters are one dimensional while others are complex. Some aspects of the story have been predictable and could have used some more thought but overall it is a great book. Hopefully the next book in the series is even better.

I've read these several times but lost my original copies. If you don't know Sara Douglass these are the starting point. You are bound to love them and then get lost in her further books. So sadly she is gone now (way too soon). I have all her books and read and re-read as the stories progress.

I was a little unsure of reading this book because I made the mistake of reading a few reviews before beginning. While in large part they were correct, I found that this book wasn't as bad as they were making it out to be. I was actually more distracted by the countless grammatical and spelling errors than I was by the fact that Azhure dominated a large part of the story. Overall though it was just okay for me.

Ce troisième volume est aussi réussi que les précédents. Il possède même quelque chose en plus: plus de magie, plus d'émotion, plus d'humour aussi. J'ai particulièrement aimé les apparitions drôlatiques d'Artor. On approche de la confrontation finale entre Axis et Gorgrael, et chacun se prépare à jouer son rôle dans la Prophétie. Le rôle le plus amer sera celui des Sentinelles, mais Faraday devra faire preuve de beaucoup de courage aussi. Tandis que Faraday plante sans relâche sa forêt magique, Azhure découvre l'étendue de son pouvoir, StarDrifter fait renaître les sites des anciens Icarii et WolfStar essaie d'être partout à la fois, orchestrant (et manipulant) la progression de la Prophétie. Mais Gorgrael commence à se méfier de lui... Au final, une bien belle trilogie de Fantasy classique.

Another fab sequel very good read with terrific ending have to force myself to put it down at bedtime. great

I loved this final book in the Axis Trilogy! It was exciting, full of danger, pathos and adventure. And it finished really well. I read it until 2am having started it about 12 hours before, and didn't want to put it down. Very recommended.

The Axis trilogy is one of the best fantasy fiction sags that I have read. Well worth a reread or two. Enjoyable to the last page

I find Sara Douglass books absolutely fascinating. The complexity and content shows an amazing imagination and story telling ability. She will be sorely missed as an author.