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While discovering the truth behind his half-human, half-elven parentage, master swordsman Rigel not only defeated the horrific monsters of the Starlands, but also thwarted Prince Vildiar’s dark designs to conquer the elven realms.
Now, despite his fate to die an early, violent death if he remains in the Starlands, Rigel refuses to return to Earth, consumed as he is by love for the newly crowned Queen Talitha. But this passion is perilous: Vildiar has hatched multiple conspiracies to usurp the throne, and a vision has revealed that if Rigel and Talitha ever consummate their love, it will only hasten Rigel’s inevitable demise.
Even under a pall of doom, Rigel never hesitates to defend the land and people he has taken on as his own. As traitors plot Talitha’s downfall, Rigel rescues one of Vildiar’s own half-breed offspring from Earth and offers her a new life in the Starlands. But will she embrace this gift without guile…or is she preparing to plunge a dagger into Rigel’s back?
- Sales Rank: #1368040 in Books
- Brand: Duncan, Dave
- Published on: 2014-01-28
- Released on: 2014-01-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.11" h x .91" w x 5.39" l, .80 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 324 pages
About the Author
Dave Duncan is a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction, best known for his fantasy series, particularly The Seventh Sword, A Man of His Word, and The King's Blades. He and his wife, Janet, his in-house editor and partner for over fifty years, live in Victoria, British Columbia. They have three children and four grandchildren. Dave's blog and webpage: www.daveduncan.com
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
More, servicable pulp fantasy in the continuing adventures of Rigel Starborn
By Jojoleb
Queen of Stars is the second book in The Starfolk series by Dave Duncan. This book is definitely a niche book for those who like bubblegum fantasy and certainly suffers from similar pitfalls as the first book in the series, King of Swords. However, in the end it is a quick read and even enjoyable.
This book follows the further adventures of Rigel halfling, who is now well established in the Starlands as the chief of security for his beloved Queen Talitha. As such, he must look after Izar, the mischievous, young heir apparent. Rigel is still in love with Talitha but they cannot consummate their love, given that Talitha is queen and it is forbidden for a true Starborn (for the uninitiated, a pure elf) to have relations with a halfling.
As the book opens, Rigel and Izar go together to save Avior, an earthbound halfling who knows nothing of her true origins. This should have been a routine mission, but was really a trap set by the evil Prince Vildiar and his halfling army led by Hadar.
After narrowly escaping to an isolated backwater of the Starlands with Avior, Rigel and Izar take a somewhat desultory path back to Starland civilization and an even more circuitous pathway to thwart Vildiar's plans. There are prophesies and guilt curses and minor skirmishes galor and the ride, if not terribly exciting at most times, is colorful.
Still, Queen of Stars has that book-two-in-a-series, middle-book-stretch feeling. The Starlands are now old hat for Rigel and the newbee, Avior, is dumped at a remote location (possibly waiting for a comeback in book #3) so we don't have a lot of time to marvel at her wonder of the whole, magical place. True, a lot of significant events happen, but mostly at the end of the book. There are few, unpredictable plot twists, and the plot meanders for most of the book, kind of just gawking at the scenery.
The first book was overly focused on adolescent lust and I had thought that this one would avoid this pitfall. No such luck. Although less focused on anatomical differences between boys and girls in the first 1/3 of the book, thereafter we are privy to any number of somewhat frightening Starland couplings and even a randy, ithyphallic Satyr. Oh, my.
As before, I haven't read much Dave Duncan before, but in spite of this series he seems to be a good writer. My guess is that this is his release between books of more serious fantasy fiction.
If you haven't read book one, there's no reason to pick up book two. However, if you've read the first book, you might be interested to see how things turn out. I didn't think I'd be up for another voyage in the Starlands but here I am. And although I can't rate this book all that high, I seem to be a sucker for Duncan's Starfolk Series and can't guarantee that I won't be back for book three.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
More adventures for Rigel in the Starlands
By D. Williams
QUEEN OF STARS is the second in Dave Duncan’s STARFOLK fantasy series; the first is KING OF SWORDS. With this the second in a series, some knowledge of the characters and setting from having read the previous book is quite helpful, if not essential. The intended audience would be older teenagers because of some situations and word choices.
Rigel, the main character, is about twenty years old; in KING OF SWORDS he discovers something that he always wondered about – exactly what his ancestry is. He’s a mix of Starborn and human. The Starfolk don’t really accept him, but he doesn’t want to go back to his earlier home in Canada. He has a bracelet that, should he be threatened, becomes a sword, which cannot be removed by Starfolk or human, for as long as he lives.
Rigel’s work supervising the young imp Izar continues; he is, in a way, both Izar's bodyguard and "manny." Izar seems to find mischief and trouble. The forbidden romance introduced in KING OF SWORDS continues in QUEEN OF STARS; political intrigue in the Starworld abounds; and Rigel sees a possibility of his fate.
The characters are still drawn quite well; Izar the imp, Rigel’s charge, is as funny as he was in the first book. Readers do have to suspend some disbelief about the characters in the Starlands, however, because they mature much more slowly than humans and live for thousands of years before “fading.”
Is this second book the last of the series? Maybe not. The ending of this book does satisfy but it leaves things open enough for the series to continue should Duncan choose to do so.
Those who have read KING OF SWORDS will want to read QUEEN OF STARS to see more of the beings of the Starlands.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Good Saturday 'camp'. A bit of a slow start, and a bit strained around the edges.
By austin_Larry
If you read the first book, the cast of characters is back for a second romp through a very campy alternate reality of the Starfolk realm or what humans have called 'Elves' in mythology around the world. Duncan clearly has fun in these books using familiar creatures from mythology in a light hearted way. I enjoy this.
There were a couple of problems though. Izar is tiresome through the first half of the book at least. The whole babysitting aspect to the books gets more tiresome in this sequel since you don't have the freshness of the world building of the first book. Duncan also took A LOT of time introducing the world to people who haven't picked up the first book. Much more then most authors of series. You have to balance this out for new readers and continuing readers and I think Duncan erred on reviewing things overly much for people who read the first book.
There is also a good bit of sex and sexual innuendo that just seems out of place overall with the campy feel of the book. But I do still like the world and I do like Rigel. The books also made me think. At first the Starfolk actions towards humans seem shocking. Then I thought how we treat our nearest relatives on Earth, the great apes and other primates. Sometimes for meat, often for lab experiments.
In any case readers of the first book will find their favorite characters, And if you like a light hearted none too serious in the vein of a good Saturday serial, you will enjoy this book. Not high fantasy, more fun fantasy with perhaps a few frays along the edges.
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