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Pilgrim (The Wayfarer Redemption book 5) by Sara Douglass
01/04/2006 . Source: Sue Davies 
pub: TOR/Forge. 544 page hardback. Price: $27.95 (US), $37.95 (CAN). ISBN: 0-312-87375-1. Buy Pilgrim in the USA - or Buy Pilgrim in the UK  check out website: www.tor.com
This is book five of a series of six books known as 'The Wayfarer Redemption'. However, it forms the first part of a separate trilogy which takes place forty years after the first three books.
With the Time Keeper demons through the Stargate, there is no more magic in the land. The Star people must learn to live without it and Caelum SunSoar must take on the task of defeating this evil. The land of Tencendor is not without hope though because Drago has also been hurtled back through the Stargate and he has all enchantments lifted. With the help of Farraday, Drago travels across Tencendor to unlock the secrets of the land before the Time Keepers eliminate all life and hope.
Once more, this is a complicated tale which endeavours to wrap up all its characters and keep them spinning in the air. It's a an ambitious story which largely succeeds as we once again feel compassion for both the ordinary human and those blessed and cursed with the mantle of power and responsibility.
It's really not worth starting here as this is an integral part of the trilogy. Leaving a gap between reading each does make it harder to get into the characters and it took me a while to get into the book. Sometimes, it appears that there are words for the sake of it when the narrative should be getting on with the plot. I think this is because it is striving for an epic status rather than being content to be an adventurous and exciting story of heroes and heroines.
Overall, though I've enjoyed the series and would recommend it - especially for long journeys!
Sue Davies
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