Lord Prestimion

ABOUT:  Lord Prestimion
 

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King of the world! Prestimion is Coronal Lord of Majipoor. The Starburst Crown is his at last. Prestimion is burdened with a great secret, perhaps the greatest ever known. For he has gained the throne through a bloody civil war, which stained the rivers crimson and strewed the fields with severed limbs. And yet it is a war no one remembers! Prestimion swore an oath after his victory at Thegomar Edge. The war had left a scar upon the world - a scar he vowed to heal. With a phalanx of sorcerers, he invoked the awesome Spell of Oblivion and dropped it over his ravaged people like a cloak. Forgotten were the betrayals of Korsibar, the intrigues of the two-headed Su-Suheris, and the slaughter wrought by Dantirya Sambail at Mavestoi. It was as though the war had never been. So how can Prestimion, now Coronal Lord of Majipoor, account for the devastation that still lies upon the land? How can he mourn the fallen sons and brothers who never died because they never existed? And most troubling, how can he bring to justice the kinsman who languishes in the dungeon because no one remembers his unforgivable crime?

Reviews
From Barnes & Noble, Inc. - Jim Killen  
Sometimes ruling offers no rewards. Lord Prestimon has vanguished the rebels, but inherits a realm shattered by madness, panic and chaos. A plague of insanity runs rampant through his kingdom and he must fight to reinspire his broken people. A fitting sequel to Sorcerers of Majipoor
 
From Library Journal  
To heal the scars of civil war from his land, Coronal Lord Prestimion decrees the casting of a great spell to erase the war's memory from everyone on Majipoor, with the exception of himself and his two most trusted advisors. When sudden outbreaks of violence and inexplicable disturbances rack the land and a new enemy arises to threaten the peace, Prestimion must face the consequences of his act of compassion. This sequel to Sorcerers of Majipoor revisits the author's richly diverse world of sorcery and science to tell the story of a man catapulted by destiny into the position of lord of his world. Silverberg excels at balancing strong characters and complex plotting to achieve a rare example of epic fantasy told with a scientist's eye for detail. A superb choice for most libraries. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
 
From Victoria Strauss - SF Site  
Like Sorcerers of Majipoor, Lord Prestimion is a complex epic, with a large cast of characters, a strong central storyline, and a multitude of subplots.
 
From Publisher's Weekly  
The latest volume of Silverberg's colossal Majipoor cycle (Sorcerers of Majipoor, etc.) makes a respectable addition to the series of fantasy tales set in a far-future, far-distant human-settled world. Just after he is crowned Coronal, and thus ruler, of Majipoor, Prestimion faces a number of problems. The treacherous rebel leader Procurator Dantirya Sambail has escaped from the royal dungeons, and Prestimion must pursue him across the vast face of Majipoor. A plague of madness has spread through his subjects, with more gruesome incidents cropping up every week, and Prestimion must struggle to contain it while he wonders if he himself caused the trouble when he cast a spell to make everyone forget the bloody civil war that brought him to power. At the same time, the Coronal is recovering from the death of his last love and growing increasingly interested in the graceful daughter of a boorish merchant. Eventually all the quandaries are resolved in a climax so fast and so furious that it is over before it can build up any proper emotional impact. Silverberg gives over much space to travelogues on Majipoor, a vividly described setting that is as captivating as any of the people who inhabit it, but he fails to spend the same amount of care developing Prestimion's character. In contrast, he does a fine job on minor players--the precocious Lord Dekkeret; brave Prince Akbalik; the two-headed sorcerer, Maundigan-Klimd; and Prestimion's brother, Abrigant. These personalities keep the novel lively enough to please Majipoor's many dedicated followers. (Aug.) FYI: Silverberg has published more than 100 books of SF, fantasy and nonfiction. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
 
From Kirkus  
Addition to Silverberg's fantasy series set on the giant planet Majipoor, this a direct sequel to Sorcerers of Majipoor (1997). Prestimion, the new Coronal, has defeated the usurper Korsibar in a war so dreadful that he ordered his sorcerers to invoke the Spell of Oblivion; now only Prestimion and his two companions in arms, Septach Melayn and Gialaurys, remember that the war ever happened. But things are more complicated than that. How to explain the deaths and destruction, when nobody recalls what happened? How can Prestimion condemn and justly execute his kinsman, the rebel Dantirya Sambail-he fought with and nearly killed Prestimion-when neither Sambail nor anyone else remembers what crimes he committed? More problematic yet, how can Prestimion grapple with the war's most terrible legacy, an epidemic of violent madness that threatens to engulf the world? If you've ever wondered where lingering fantasies go when all their vitality's trickled away, look no further.
 

CUSTOMER REVIEWS - An Open Forum
Number of Reviews: 2

charlotte (miranda@dnsonline.net), August 6, 1999,
'You Are There' experience.....
Immensely enjoyable, realistic reading experience. Silverberg's descriptive passages make you 'see' the wonder that is Majipoor--the most tantalizing world I have visited in quite some time. I enjoyed this one more than the first, 'The Sorceror's of Majipoor' of which this is a sequel. An old cliche, I know, but I can't wait for the third book in this series. A sincere recommendation for an out-of-this-world escape.

Robert Isenberg (risen2cu@cybertime.net), July 15, 1999,
Majipoor Reigns Supreme Again
Returning to the aftermath of the civil war is a fertile pallete to expand upon. Yet with each return to Majipoor, Silverberg goes above and beyond even your best expectations. The tappestry of the scenery is as much of the enjoyment of this book, as is the conclusion to the story of Lord Prestimion. Plenty of action and intrigue as well. As always you are left extremely satisfied, but, wanting more!! It is just that good. Total and complete brain candy and a worthy addition to the Majipoor saga.

Also recommended: Mountains Of Majipoor