Banewreaker
{{short description|2004 novel by Jacqueline Carey}}
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| name = Banewreaker
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| image = Banewreaker cover.jpg
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| author = Jacqueline Carey
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| country = United States of America
| language = English
| series = The Sundering
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| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = Tor Books
| pub_date = November 1, 2004
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| media_type = Print (Hardback, Paperback)
| pages = 432
| isbn = 0-7653-0521-6
| dewey = 813/.6 22
| congress = PS3603.A74 B35 2004
| oclc = 54974407
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| followed_by = Godslayer
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Banewreaker is a fantasy novel by Jacqueline Carey. It is Carey's fourth novel and the first in The Sundering series. Banewreaker is set in Urulat, a world based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and many of the plot points mirror The Lord of the Rings.
Influences
Carey has acknowledged that the book is based around Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, as well as the classical tragedy form, reversing the good versus evil scheme of Tolkien by telling the story as an "epic tragedy" from the perspective of the characters who are perceived by most of Urulat as "evil". Carey stated that "it departs from convention in one significant way, which is that it's sympathetic to the losing side, and over the course of the two volumes, the story emerges as one long, colossal tragedy."[http://www.bookspotcentral.com/2005/07/on-the-spot-at-bookspotcentral-jacqueline-carey/ On the Spot at BookSpotCentral - Jacqueline Carey interview], BookSpotCentral, July 26, 2005 The novel begins with a quote from John Milton's "Paradise Lost".
References
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External links
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{{Jacqueline Carey}}
Category:American fantasy novels
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