Shardik
by Richard Adams
Book Summary Information
Author: Richard AdamsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-10-30
ISBN: 1585671827
Number of pages: 604
Publisher: Overlook TP
Book Reviews of Shardik
Book Review: Good vs Evil-- set in the heart of darkness.
Summary: 5 Stars
Picture a Jungle teaming with game and a young hunter within it--this hunter will go on to lead an Empire.................the Empire will fail, as all Empires do. However this one fails because of a Massive bear named Shardik!!!. This Bear breaks loose from his prison in the city ( this bear is a holy bear sent from the gods -or he may even be a god himself- )
Our young hunter goes after him................but the hunter fails in his mission after long searching and finally winds up at the mercy of a Sadistic Slave/owner called 'Genshed'
The character Genshed by chance ( or fate ) is killed by the Great bear Shardik--Shardik, starving and exhausted dies with him. ( is Shardik a god or just a bear?)...........
Finally the last 80 pages are the best; an envoy from a distant land -this envoy is a cultured fellow who speaks many languages and dresses like an Aristocrat--he is essentially a Roman Scholar come to trade with the Jungle folk. He learns about the kingdom that fell because of a bear, but naturally, he doesnt understand and doesnt believe the story 'these jungle folk and their backward ways' is what he thinks.
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