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Title	:	The Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles #1)
Author	:	Melanie Rawn
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 928 pages
Published	:	March 7th 1997 by Pan Books (first published 1994)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Epic Fantasy

The Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles #1) Paperback | Pages: 928 pages

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The first book of the Exiles trilogy introduces a magical world of political intrigue and family secrets that may determine the fate of an entire nation.

A thousand years ago, Mageborns fled prejudice and persecution to colonize the planet Lenfell—pristine, untouched, a perfect refuge for those whose powers were perceived as a threat by people not gifted with magic. But the greater the magic, the greater the peril—and Lenfell was soon devastated by a war between rival Mageborn factions that polluted land, sea, and air with Wild Magic and unleashed the hideous specters known as Wraithenbeasts.

Generations after that terrible war, with the land recovered from crippling wounds and the people no longer threatened by genetic damage, Mageborns still practice their craft—but under strict constraints. Yet so long as the rivalry between the Mage Guardians and the Lords of Malerris continues, the threat of another war is ever-present. And someone has been planning just such a war for many long years, the final strike in a generations-old bid for total power....

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Original Title:	The Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles, #1)
ISBN:	0330344196 (ISBN13: 9780330344197)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Exiles #1

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Sigh. I love it when an author takes the time to build a complex, interesting world. But in this one, it's so complex that at times the plot gets drowned out by the explainitis going on from the writer -- this was a book that was gorgeous in tone, and in language, but really needed an editor to trim it down. Hence the three star review. And I keep hearing rumours of a third book in the series, but haven't seen anything yet. For the complete review, please go here:

This is apparently the first book in a series. At >800 pages it probably should have been two books. However I understand why it wasn't broken-up; looking back I have no idea where I would have chosen to split the novel.On the minus side this book was a slog. A SLOG. It was very hard to keep track of characters: there is a metric fuck-ton of them and they all have very similar (and in some cases identical, damnit) names. And then there are only a set and small amount of clans (called Names)

I loved this book, but I would recommend against picking it up. If you read this and the sequel, the story draws you in and leaves you wanting to know what happens next, along with a bit of what happened in the past as some of the backstory has not yet been revealed. But the third book in the series is MIA, and has been for decades. It may come out one day, it may not. However, my feeling is that reading something that leaves you this hungry for more is just an exercise in futility until that

In 7th or 8th grade around the holidays my English teacher passed out journals as gifts (she was really sweet like that). Mine had the cover art from The Ruins of Ambrai on it (could that lady spot a nerd, or what?!), and eventually, a year or two later, I got around to actually reading the book.Guilty pleasure? Maybe, but the pleasure certainly outweighs the guilt in this case. This is one of those books I go back to as "comfort food" when I need to take a break from school-related reading and

The author's grasp of her world, the family trees of the characters, and the political histories involved was impressive, but they could have been presented better. As it was, I felt like I was reading a history book for the first 200ish pages. From time to time I was a bit invested, but got annoyed when, just as I was beginning to take an interest in one character, the author would shift to the exhaustive history of another character. By the time the first character came around again, I had

This book starts the second trilogy/series I've read from Melanie Rawn and it's better than the Sunrunner books, in my opinion. Fantastic characters, fantastic story world, fantastic plot. The book was an easy read from cover to cover and left me wanting more. Fiesty Sarah is fun and she and the Bard deserve eachother. In more ways than one. I laughed, I sat on the edge of my seat and oohed ad aaahed with each new chatper or development. I'd recommend it for anyone with the following warnings.

Not sure how I feel about this book at the end: I really liked it for the first half (up to ~p260), but then it started to seem that all the female characters were the same person (I guess Cailet seemed a bit distinct from her sisters), and inconsistency within the same character (I seem to recall Sarra first urging Alin to try at suspected Ladder, and then when they come across another suspected one, completely forbidding him from trying it until they had given it careful consideration.