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Corambis (The Doctrine of Labyrinths) Kindle Edition

by Katherine Addison (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 126 ratings
“The voices of Felix, Mildmay, and Kay ring out from the pages of this wonderfully paced and beautifully written final book in the Mélusine quartet.” —Romantic Times
 
When Felix Harrowgate and Mildmay Foxe are charged with heresy and exiled from Mélusine, it feels like the end of the road. But upon entering the country of Corambis to face judgment for their crimes, the brothers find an insurrection underway to restore the monarchy. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the losing rebels have set an ancient machine in motion on a course of destruction. Only a powerful wizard can put a halt to the engine’s mysterious and terrifying force. Felix and Mildmay stand ready to take on the challenge—and meet their new destiny.
 
The spellbinding conclusion to award-winning author Katherine Addison’s captivating series, The Doctrine of Labyrinths.
 
“Intelligent and well written.” —Sacramento Book Review
 
“Terror-inducing plot points and more intimate dilemmas . . . should satisfy even the rare cynical reader who hasn’t already been won over by [the author’s] gifts for character, voice, and great prose. —Locus
 
Originally published under the name Sarah Monette.
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    Doctrine Of Labyrinths
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    605 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Publisher
    Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  5. Publication date
    July 11, 2023
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The rambling conclusion to Monette's Mélusine fantasy quartet (after 2008's The Mirador) reveals the destiny of three exiles. Prince Gerrard Hume dies in an attempt to start the sinister Cymellunar engine, which he hoped would help win Caloxa's independence from Corambis. Blinded by the engine, Kay Brightmore, the margrave of Rothmarlin and the prince's illicit lover, is imprisoned by Corambis's duke of Glimmering. Meanwhile, far away in Bernatha, gay wizard Felix Harrowgate returns to prostitution to raise money when his half-brother becomes ill, but is gang-raped by Corambins in a ritual that restarts the Clock of Eclipses, another terrible Cymellunar device. Monette throws in numerous unsubtle lessons on love, lust and power, but for full effect, the intricate plot requires familiarity with prior installments. (Apr.)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C45RGGBH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (July 11, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 11, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6.5 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 605 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers enjoyed the book and series. They appreciated the author's lyrical writing style, vivid world-building, and rich character development. The characters were complex and expressive, with slow growth of relationships between them. There were many new characters introduced, and the gripping series made them pursue the protagonist to the end. The native voice provided context for the story effectively.

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Customers enjoy the book and series. They find it lyrical, humorous, and a satisfying conclusion to the Doctrine of the Labyrinth quartet.

"...LOVE this series!!! (If you see any "I Heart Mildmay" T-shirts out there, let me know :D)..." Read more

"...Felix had an ending but Mildmay didn't. Still a good book but a little unsatisfying." Read more

"Sarah Monette is awesome. Her use of language is lyrical, humorous, fabulous...." Read more

"...I really enjoyed the previous books... but I think this one made everything coalesce better than the previous ones did...." Read more

8 customers mention "Writing style"8 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the author's writing style. They praise her lyrical language, vivid world-building, and coherent narrative. The characters are described as rich and complex, with no repetition or formulaic explanations.

"...She explained everything without being repetitive or formulaic and her characters were rich and complex and had an incredibly expressive personal..." Read more

"...I love this authors style of writing. Her world building is so detailed that at one point when magicians are discussing magical theory I found..." Read more

"Sarah Monette is awesome. Her use of language is lyrical, humorous, fabulous...." Read more

"...Sarah Monette's scalpel-sharp characterization, vivid world-building, and elegant prose are once again deployed to tell a multi-layered story which..." Read more

6 customers mention "Character development"6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the rich and complex characters. They appreciate the slow growth of relationships between them and the introduction of new characters with their own stories to tell. The series is gripping and makes you follow the protagonist until the end.

"...everything without being repetitive or formulaic and her characters were rich and complex and had an incredibly expressive personal voice...." Read more

"...the descriptions, the shape of the puzzles, the slow growth of the relationships between characters. Surprises along the way. I want more!..." Read more

"...There are a number of new characters introduced that have their own stories to tell...." Read more

"...I liked the complex portrayal of the characters. It is a gripping series that makes you pursue the protagonist to the end." Read more

3 customers mention "Voice"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the voice effective and a good addition. They say it provides context.

"...and her characters were rich and complex and had an incredibly expressive personal voice. LOVE this series!!!..." Read more

"...Kay is a good addition, and an effective native voice to provide context for the conflict...." Read more

"...I found his voice especially charming. In this book, several of the Mildmay's and Felix's conflicts are addressed, which is a good thing...." Read more

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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Killer closing!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2009
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    Well, it had to happen: the series is officially over. And sad though that may be, the one thing that is not sad is this book. I will not give anything away, just say that for me, most book series endings leave me rather disappointed and often saying "that's it?" But not Corambis; this one left me just saying "AWWWWWWWWW!!!" And yes, sad as it may seem, I gave the book a little hug at the end :p (don't make fun lol)

    I loved this book, this series, and the world that Sarah Monette created. She explained everything without being repetitive or formulaic and her characters were rich and complex and had an incredibly expressive personal voice. LOVE this series!!! (If you see any "I Heart Mildmay" T-shirts out there, let me know :D)

    Do your selves a favor, read all four books from Melusine and The Virtu, to The Mirador and finally Corambis.

    Thank you Ms. Monette! You did fantasy fiction proud!!!
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  • Kelly
    4.0 out of 5 stars A little unsatisfying
    Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2023
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    As always the writing is great. I love this authors style of writing. Her world building is so detailed that at one point when magicians are discussing magical theory I found myself reading it like it was a text book and I a student who could learn this and do magic! The only thing I didn't like about Corambis was that it felt unfinished. Like there should be another book to end the series. For example in the final few pages some of the characters are discussing in depth the politics of a people we've barely been introduced to. Why would I want to know something in depth about new "characters" when the series is ending? I also felt Mildmay, my favorite character, was shunted aside. With no ending for his storyline. Felix had an ending but Mildmay didn't. Still a good book but a little unsatisfying.
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  • V Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Monette is 1 of best writers living
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014
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    Sarah Monette is awesome. Her use of language is lyrical, humorous, fabulous. Her discussions of labyrinths & patterns/patterning - how patterns create or influence r perception of reality - r quite interesting. Her exploration of characters trying 2 heal from severe abuse feels authentic; & can be a bit repetitive, just like real life. Bc u bump into the same s*** over & over again.

    In Corambis, r 2 brother heroes & a new hero travel thru the 2 lands of Corambis, have odd adventures, work 2 solve metaphysical/magical puzzles, & learn a lot. The fun is in the descriptions, the shape of the puzzles, the slow growth of the relationships between characters. Surprises along the way.

    I want more! Further adventures of r heros w/ b great fun.

    I w/ recommend anything Monette ever wrote. She has a gift.
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  • Cissa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2012
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    It seems I do not agree with many of the other reviewers.

    I LOVED this book- I loved it more than the previous volumes in the series. Felix and Mildmay clicked for me here, in a way that they hadn't before, but had showed the promise of so doing.

    I really enjoyed the previous books... but I think this one made everything coalesce better than the previous ones did.

    I'm not sure if it's a stand-alone, though; I suspect one will most appreciate it if one's read the previous 3 books.
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  • S. K. Lambiris
    5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid conclusion to a wonderful series
    Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2009
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    The long wait is over for those who admired the previous three books in the Doctrine of Labyrinths, and Corambis does not disappoint. Sarah Monette's scalpel-sharp characterization, vivid world-building, and elegant prose are once again deployed to tell a multi-layered story which brings the series to a satisfying conclusion--though, as in real life, not every loose end is tidied away. While I (and surely many others) may hope that Monette eventually tells us more about this fascinating setting, these four books form a single coherent narrative to which I will certainly return with great enjoyment.
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  • Ijw
    4.0 out of 5 stars Really sorry to end it here.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2013
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    How many stars do you give a book that is well written but leaves you hungry? If you to see the brothers finally reach a point where they are comfortable together, you will be satisfied. If you want to see them settled where you feel they are where they want to be, you will not.

    Corambis reads like an in-between book rather than a finale. The world the author has built is so detailed and rich, surely more stories could be found without inventing anymore background material. In fact there are several threads in the book that hint at new directions for exploration. There is an indigenous people with their own magical system. There are a number of new characters introduced that have their own stories to tell. The new voice of Kay Brightmore, the wounded soldier, is pointed in a new direction that would surely be a book in itself. (He is NOT the lover of Prince Gerrard Hume as stated in Publisher's Weekly review. It is unrequited love.) Then there is young Julian that sees ghosts. There is a young woman who is trying to become a wizard in a culture that doesn't believe women can do that.

    The country of Corambis is safer than Mirador in some respects and but more conservative in others. It is subjugating a land, Caloxa, that has a different governing structure that doesn't suit Corambis.

    I can understand if the author simply needs a break from the intensity of these books. I hope that someday she can return and pick up the threads again. I really wish the story would continue because the author has left them in a sort of limbo that is painful after the excitement they've lived with all their lives. Maybe they don't need to go out and start a war but the world the author has created has plenty of existing material to involve them in new adventures.

    These comments may be considered SPOILERS:

    The relationship between the brothers has finally reached a point where they understand each other enough not to be wounded by every careless word. That is good. However.

    Felix and Mildmay are left exiled again. They are far from a city, far from other wizards, and only Felix has prospects of employment. He can study. Felix, the peacock, without an audience? Without students? I'm afraid I can't imagine Felix being happy about studying in isolation. We know Mildmay well enough that he will find interesting "circumstances". But what?

    They are retired in the country like old country squires and I can just hear them kicking and screaming: "No, we're too young. Don't do this to us!"
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  • Sarah
    5.0 out of 5 stars Zufriedenstellender Abschluss einer außergewöhnlichen Reihe
    Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2009
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    Wer die "Doctrine of Labyrinths" bis hierher gelesen hat, der hat wahrscheinlich schon eine grobe Vorstellung davon, was ihn erwartet: Sich kabbelnde Brüder, Geister der Vergangenheit, jede Menge Magietheorie und eine Schwerpunktsetzung, die weniger auf Action und mehr auf Charakterentwicklung baut.
    Womit man dagegen nicht rechnet... ich möchte nicht zu viel vorwegnehmen, aber unter anderem das Setting verändert sich auf interessante Art und Weise: Züge! U-Bahnen! Tageszeitungen und Klatschblätter... Das Ganze wird glaubhaft und umsichtig in das bisherige Konzept der Welt eingebunden - aber man kann sich Felix&Mildmays verwirrte Gesichter vorstellen.

    Der neue dritte Erähler, Kay, ist eine interessante Figur, bei der es Sarah Monette wieder einmal gelingt, ihn schon durch seinen individuellen Akzent und Stil von den anderen abzuheben. Zu Anfang fällt es noch etwas schwer, ihn charakterlich einzuschätzen, da das Buch für ihn mit einer außergewöhnlichen Situation beginnt, doch nach und nach lernt man Kay kennen und schätzen.

    Felix macht in diesem Band die wohl bisher größte charakterliche Entwicklung durch (okay, wenn wir "normal-völlig verrückt-normal" nicht mitzählen). Er kann immer noch ein arroganter Fiesling sein, er zettelt immer noch gerne Streit an, wenn er schlechte Laune hat, aber im Verlauf des Buches gewinnt er deutlich an Reife.

    Alles in allem bildet "Corambis" einen zufriedenstellenden Abschluss für die Reihe und hält das qualitative Niveau der vorhergehenden Bände.
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