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The Shattered Mask: Forgotten Realms: Sembia, Book 3 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Richard Lee Byers (Author), Suehyla El_Attar (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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When Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of one of Sembia's oldest and most powerful merchant families, is tricked by an angry wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is discovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer. But in her anger, she has forgotten one thing: in the world of intrigue and deception, of shadows and lies that is Sembia, nothing is ever what it seems.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 38 minutes
Author	Richard Lee Byers
Narrator	Suehyla El_Attar
Audible.com.au Release Date	09 March 2013
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00O187410
Best Sellers Rank	152,001 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 459 in Dragon & Mythical Creatures Fantasy 862 in Action & Adventure Fantasy 2,583 in Science Fiction & Fantasy for Teens

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Skychrome

Sembia Roman

Reviewed in Germany on 9 June 2009

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Shattered Mask ist eines der Bücher der Sembia-Serie. Halls of Stormweather und Shadow's Wittness fand ich äusserst gelungen, dieses Buch hingegen ist durchschnittlich.

Die Uskevren sehen sich einem alten Gegner aus einer der verfeindeten Familien des Old Chauncels in Selgaunt gegenüber, mit dem sie nicht mehr wirklich gerechnet hatten.
Nun ja, die eigene Familie des Bösewichts vermutlich auch nicht, aber das wird im Buch noch näher ausgeführt.

Die Geschichte ist von der Idee her sehr gut und hätte eine Menge Potenzial, ist allerdings leider sehr schwach ausgeführt. Die Charaktere sind blass, der feindliche Magier ist im entscheidenden Moment immer im Pause-Modus damit die Helden ungestört reden oder fliehen können...
Es kommt irgendwie keine Freude auf.

Viel mehr gibt es an dieser Stelle auch nicht mehr dazu zu sagen.
Es gibt viel bessere Realms Bücher. Ich habe den Kauf zwar nicht bereut, mehr aber auch nicht.

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Eric DeCarlo

Review: Sembia: Gateway to the Realms - The Shattered Mask (4 stars)

Reviewed in the United States on 24 June 2008

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This review is for the book `The Shattered Mask', which is Book III of the seven book `Sembia: Gateway to the Realms' series. This review is intended as a critique of the writing and flow of the book, not to reveal "spoolers". Please note: I am assuming that people have read The Halls of Stormweather and Shadow's Witness , Books I and II of the series, prior to reading this review. If you haven't, you may wish to skip down to the last two paragraphs for my overall recommendation of this book, which will not contain any information about previous books in this series.

This book focuses on Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of the Uskevren household, written by Richard Lee Byers. This story takes place a little more than a year after the events of the short story `Song of Chaos'. The Uskevren household, as well as the city of Selgaunt, has had time to recover from the attach by creatures from the Abyss chronicled within the pages of `Shadow's Witness' a year prior. Shamur has begun to regret he treatment of Thamalon when she is used as a tool to bring down the house of Uskevren by an old rival. How will the future vision she had while dealing with the magic opera play out, and how will the revelation of her past effect everyone.

Shamur Uskevren had an colorful past prior to taker her nieces place as bride to Thamalon. The reader is brought along with the rest of the family in discovering this past and an amazing revelation.

Overall, the book is well written and well paced. The author is able to draw the reader into the action of the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the short story `Song of Chaos', as well as readers of the Forgotten Realms and other shared fantasy settings. I would also recommend this book to readers of general Fantasy, looking for a new view on fantasy story telling. I would recommend reading The Halls of Stormweather prior to reading this book. Although the `Sembia: Gateway to the Realms' series is not linear, they occur in conjunction with one another, I would recommend reading the prior books of the series first. Each book will make references the events of the prior books, so the reader will have a more encompassing experience and a greater understanding of the time line throughout the series.

A Note to Readers new to Forgotten Realms: Like many shared settings, especially those stemming from gaming or other media types, the Forgotten Realms books are written with the assumption that the reader has some familiarity with the Forgotten Realms gaming setting. This frees up the author to focus on his or her story, instead of having to explain the world in which the story takes place; the calendar, geography, common races/species, magical properties, etc. This is very important when the book length is normally confined to 300 - 350 pages. As a reader reads more books in the Forgotten Realms setting, they will become more familiar with the world of Faerun and its inhabitants, making the experience more pleasant. The `Sembia: Gateway to the Realms' series is an excellent place for a reader to begin their journey into the Forgotten Realms, since the stories take place in a fairly localized area and contains mostly creatures common to fantasy literature in general.

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He rocks, buy his dang books!!! :)

Reviewed in the United States on 17 April 2018

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Oh Mr. Byers, what an incredible gift you have. I love your shadow series and have reread them with as much enjoyment as the first read. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful world.

VAReptile

A very good read.

Reviewed in the United States on 22 November 2015

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While I kept expecting Erevis Cale to play more of a role in the storyline, it was an excellent opportunity to peer into the workings of the Uskrevan family and how they came to be a power in Selgaunt.

Donald F.

Very pleased.

Reviewed in the United States on 20 April 2018

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As advertised. Very pleased.

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