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Gabriel King

Author of The Wild Road

5 Works 828 Members 13 Reviews

About the Author

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Gabriel King is actually two authors: Jane Johnson (author of The Secret Country, who wrote Sorcery Rising under the name Jude Fisher) and M. John Harrison.

Series

Works by Gabriel King

The Wild Road (1997) — Pseudonym — 461 copies, 8 reviews
The Golden Cat (1998) — Pseudonym — 300 copies, 3 reviews
The Knot Garden (2000) — Pseudonym — 44 copies, 1 review
Nonesuch (2001) — Pseudonym — 22 copies, 1 review
2002 1 copy

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Gabriel King is actually two authors: Jane Johnson (author of The Secret Country, who wrote Sorcery Rising under the name Jude Fisher) and M. John Harrison.

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Epic. Brilliant. Magical. Memorable. Excellent lyrical quality to the writing.
 
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Hoppy500 | 7 other reviews | Dec 1, 2021 |
Perhaps this would have been less confusing if I had read The first volume, The Wild Road. But as it is the plot is rather confusing with an Alchemist, supposedly killed earlier but then revealed to be still alive and pointlessly malicious. The cats seem far too human in some ways. I can't really recommend this.
 
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ritaer | 2 other reviews | May 20, 2020 |
Somewhat of an Arthurian quest told completely from the point of view of felines and a few companions of other animal species. These aren't just behaving as humans would, only happen to be animals, these beings perceive the world around them as one would imagine animals to do, their behavior toward each other and their opinions of the humans around them are quite catlike. In fact, humans rarely have much presence, except as providers of food, and with the glaring exception of the Alchemist and his minions.
The young Tag is recruited by the ancient Majicou to bring the King & Queen to Tintagel by the equinox.
I'm not sure I would recomment this to anyone younger than a teen. There is torture of cats (which at first I likened to modern use of animals for lab experiments--but it was more on the lines of Nazi experiments on humans, only the Alchemist's purpose differed), and many fights in which the animals are severely wounded & given up for dead.
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juniperSun | 7 other reviews | May 11, 2020 |
I found the language and tone disruptive to the story. I wanted to like this more than I did, mostly because Watership Down is one of my very favorite books. This one didn't come close for me.
 
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SoubhiKiewiet | 2 other reviews | Mar 20, 2018 |

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5
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Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
13
ISBNs
24
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