Гай Гавриель Кей (Guy Gavriel Kay)Praise for
Sailing to Sarantium
“Sailing to Sarantium confirms, yet again, Kay’s status as one of our most accomplished and engaging storytellers.”
—Toronto Star
“With consummate skill and a flair for leisurely storytelling, [Kay] begins a new series set in a fantasy version of the Byzantine Empire … [An] evocative tale of one man’s rendezvous with his destiny.”
—Library Journal
“An intricately plotted, fascinating historical novel and a moving story. Kay’s distinctive prose style always flows smoothly … Reaches strikingly beautiful depths.”
—Winnipeg Free Press
“The novel’s cleverness lies in fusing historical fact with skilful speculation. An enchanting, colourful fantasy adventure.”
—Time Out (UK)
“Kay has achieved one of the finest works of historical fantasy I have read in years … Sailing to Sarantium is a masterful example of the genre, one which perhaps redefines its possibilities. Most other such works pale in its light.”
—Edmonton Journal
“A spellbinding tale … Simply one of the most beautifully written books I have read in ages … Indescribably elegant.”
—The Telegram (St. John’s)
“With help from Yeats, a cohort of consulting historians, and some familiar and effective narrative frameworks, Sailing to Sarantium sees the [Sarantine Mosaic] series welllaunched … Whether in one or more volumes, Kay’s writing is of the literate, page-turning variety that is crafted with great care to weave together its underlying themes.”
—Calgary Herald
“Kay’s aim—and his book—are to be applauded. Reality transformed to sparkling fantasy.”
—SFX (UK)
“Kay at his finest. Sarantium itself is vast, sumptuous, and dangerous … Beneath the shining authorial handiwork lies something closer to Yeatsian miracle.” —Locus
“[Sailing to Sarantium] has much to say as it dusts off and makes accessible—through the language of fantasy—the intrigues and forces of the sixth century.”
—Quill & Quire
“Kay is in high gear … An enticing and often powerful novel … Kay’s writing, often lyrical and always engaging, moves the reader through the appropriately Byzantine plot.”
—St. Petersburg Times