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Cartomancy: Fun middle book ends in a cliffhanger


June 17th, 2009  Posted by Charles

book review Michael Stackpole The Age of Discovery, A Secret Atlas, Cartomancy, The New Worldbook review: Cartomancy, The Age of Discovery, Michael StackpoleCartomancy by Michael A. Stackpole

It’s not uncommon for the second book in a fantasy trilogy to suffer the middle-book syndrome — a transition novel that doesn’t live up to the quality of the preceding volume but is essential in appreciating the third. Thankfully, that isn’t the case with Cartomancy, the sequel to A Secret Atlas.  Read the rest.

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