A Shadow On The Glass: The View From The Mirror, Volume One (A Three Worlds Novel)

A Shadow on the Glass follows the stories (eventually story) of Llian and Karan as they try to evade the myriad of enemies they encounter once Karan comes into possession of a powerful magic mirror. This is the first volume in the saga, and Irvine does a good job of setting up a suitably large fantasy world in which several narrative threads can develop simultaneously without crowding one another out.A Shadow on the Glass also manages to create two compelling characters. Llian and Karan each have their own strengths and their increasing reliance on one another feels very believable. The villain of the piece, Yggur, has less depth. His desire to dominate is neither big and scary enough to become a metaphor for power-hunger as a concept, not developed enough to feel real. Likewise, most of the supporting cast is a little one dimensional. The array of personalities in the opening chapters are much richer than those we meet later on, but the greater prominence goes to the less interesting individuals.Overall, this is a promising read with enough going on to keep the reader interested. It certainly feels like enough raw material to set up the saga and the main characters are worth rooting for, even if it lacks the depth that one might like.

i absolutely love Ian Irvine an all of his stories. very complex story line, a lot of depth and a very compelling read.

Good book

I really have tried to get into this book, but, having reached page 278, Llian and Karan are still trekking over the mountains and I cannot keep up any interest in what they are trying to achieve. I have read many fantasy books and this one is really not on a par with most of them. I have read all of Terry Brooks, lots of Tad Williams and the Whole of the Sword of Truth series, George RR Martin and many more, but this author cannot grab my interest.I am just starting on Book 1 of the Eye of the World: Wheel of Time series and, only 30 pages in, can happily settle down to a really good read.

at first i was not sure but as it played we are joying it very much