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It's a trilogy; am I buying book three?

Nope.

*pause for shocked horror to subside*

I know, I've bought and read astounding crap, I've gone and bought more by the same author of said astounding crap. Rarely am I bored. I could blame this on my having a cold, but I'm going to blame this on the series being overly mystical, going into far too much detail on minor points, having too many plot lines that don't merge and having far too many unsympathetic characters. I wanted to like it, I've been reading Storm Constantine for over 10 years now, I read Hermetech when I was 17 and loved it - in fact go buy a copy and read it, go on. Yes you. I'm not sure what the plot is, it might be about the fun you can have when you're a royal princess and in love with your twin brother, it might be about how it's possible to be a complete prat in the military (or in a forest), it might have been about achieving elemental harmony in a lake and it might even have had something to do with talking to dragons that possibly don't exist. I am not in the slightest bit curious what happens next, I presume Taropat gets over his hatred for Valraven, is reunited with his wife and his young male lover and there is some sort of resolution - preferably involving a hideously painful death. I was kinda maybe fond of Taropat's wife for the first half of book one, I was vaguely in favour of Valraven's second wife Varancienne for a while too.

It wore off.
( Storm Constantine Bibliography for the curious )
Storm Constantine Bibliography for the curious

The books bolded are ones I have in my grubby book-loving hands.. dammit, this is a good writer for those who enjoy mythological fantasy.

Novels
The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit
(1987 Macdonald h/b. 1988 Futura p/b. 1990 TOR p/b USA. 1996 Heyne p/b Germany as Der Zauber von Fleisch und Geist. 2003 Immanion Press (Revised Edition))
The Bewitchments of Love and Hate
(1988 Macdonald h/b. 1988 Futura p/b. 1990 TOR p/b USA. 1996 Heyne p/b Germany as Im Bann von Liebe und Hass. 2003 Immanion Press(Revised Edition))
The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire
(1989 Drunken Dragon Press h/b. 1989 Orbit p/b. 1991 TOR p/b USA. 1996 Heyne p/b Germany as Die Erfullung von Schicksal und Begehren. 2003 Immanion Press(Revised Edition))
The Monstrous Regiment
(1990 Orbit t/p/b. 1991 Orbit p/b)
Hermetech
(1991 Headline h/b, t/p/b. 1991 Headline p/b. 1993 Heyne p/b Germany. 2004 Immanion Press)
Aleph
(1991 Orbit t/p/b)
Burying the Shadow
(1992 Headline h/b, t/p/b; 1992 Headline p/b; 1995 Heyne p/b Germany as ‘Schattengraber’; 2001, L’Oxymore, France as (in two editions of two volumes each, h/b and p/b); 2002, Meisha Merlin, US t/p/b)
Sign for the Sacred
(1993 Headline h/b, t/p/b. 1993 Headline p/b; 2002 Stark House, USA, tpb)
Wraeththu
(Omnibus: The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, Bewitchments of Love and Hate, Fulfilments of Fate and Desire) (1993 TOR t/p/b)
Calenture
(1994 Headline h/b. 1994 Headline p/b; 2001, Stark House Press, US, tp/b )
Stalking Tender Prey
(1995 p/b Creed/Signet; 1998 p/b Meisha Merlin, USA)
Scenting Hallowed Blood
(1996 p/b Signet; 1999 p/b Meisha Merlin, USA)
Three Heralds of the Storm
‘Such a Nice Girl’, ‘How Enlightenment..’ & ‘Last Come Assimilation (1997 p/b Meisha-Merlin, US, 1997)
Stealing Sacred Fire
(1997 p/b Signet; 2001 p/b Meisha Merlin, USA)
Thin Air
(1999, Warner t/p/b; 2000 Warner p/b)
The Thorn Boy
(1999, novella, p/b, Eidolon Press, Australia)
The Oracle Lips
(1999 short story collection: The Vitreous Suzerain; Of a Cat, But Her Skin; Sweet Bruising Skin; Heir to a Tendency; Remedy of the Bane; The Time She Became; Curse of the Snake; Panquilia in the Ruins; Candle Magic; Blue Flame of a Candle; By the River of If Only…; Immaculate; The Rust Islands; Fire Born; Nocturne; As It Flows to the Sea; The Oracle Lips; The Deliveress; God Be With You; Angel of the Hate Wind; The Feet, They Dance; Return to Gehenna; A Change of Season; The Seduction of Angels (poem), Stark Press, USA, h/b)
Sea Dragon Heir (book one of the Magravandias Chronicles)
(1999, h/b Gollancz UK; 2000, TOR, USA, h/b; 2000 p/b Gollancz UK)
The Crown of Silence (book two of the Magravandias Chronicles)
(2000, Gollancz h/b UK; 2001, TOR, h/b, p/b USA)
Silverheart
With Michael Moorcock (2000, Simon and Schuster, h/b, UK, 2001, p/b, UK)
The Way of Light (book three of the Magravandias Chronicles)
(2001, Gollancz, h/b UK; 2002 TOR, USA, h/b)
The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure (The First Book of the Wraeththu Histories)
(2003,TOR,US h/b. 2004 Immanion Press (UK Edition))
The Shades of Time and Memory (The Second Book of the Wraeththu Histories)
(2004,TOR,US h/b. 2004 Immanion Press (UK Edition))
The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence (The Third Book of the Wraeththu Histories)
(2005,TOR,US h/b. 2005 Immanion Press (UK Edition))

Non Fiction
The Inward Revolution
(with Deborah Benstead)
Esoteric psychology, (1998 Warner, UK)

Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra
(With Eloise Coquio)
The history and magic of the feline deities of Ancient Egypt. (1999 Robert Hale, h/b, UK)

Egyptian Birth Signs
(with Graham S Phillips, although sole author on cover)
The Egyptian zodiac, with personality analysis, etc. (Thorsons, 2002, pb, UK)

Wraeththu Mythos: 'The Grimoire of Deharan Magick'
(2004 Immanion Press)