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ISBN:	0765323044 (ISBN13: 9780765323040)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Mortal Coils #2

All That Lives Must Die (Mortal Coils #2)

Eric S. Nylund

Paperback | Pages: 700 pages

Rating: 4.32 | 1059 Users | 63 Reviews

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Title	:	All That Lives Must Die (Mortal Coils #2)
Author	:	Eric S. Nylund
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 700 pages
Published	:	July 20th 2010 by Tor Tom Doherty
Categories	:	Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction

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In Mortal Coils, the first book in sequence, we are introduced to the teenaged twins Eliot and Fiona Post. Children of scions of opposing factions, the Immortal Audrey Post(aka Atropos) and the Infernal Louis Piper (aka Lucifer), they have an uneventful, if odd, homeschooled and shut in life, until both factions notice their existence and try to lure the twins to one side or the other. The first novel ended with an Infernal attempt to suborn the children defeated on the one hand, and the twins passing a deadly test set by the Immortals on the other.

Now, the twins have an even greater test: High School.

All That Lives Must Die is the story of Fiona and Eliot, as they grow into their newly discovered, and still developing abilities, in the context of a magical High School, Paxington Institute, that makes Hogwarts seem tame by comparison. The twins discover that there are many of their age with magical abilities, and the reader gets a sense that the Immortal/Infernal split explicated in the first book is really only the beginning of the story. The twins also fracture, as the pressures of school, and their social relations pull at Eliot and Fiona from completely different directions.

And, of course, both the Immortals and Infernals have their own ideas on the education and development of the children. In addition, both sides have become convinced that the children's existence herald that the long standing truce between the two camps is about to be over, and start to arm accordingly.

While the book has teenaged protagonists and even has a reader's guide at the end, the book does not feel like dumbed down YA fiction. Rather, it is in the vein of the better Potter novels, and the newer crop of fantasy and science fiction novels with teenagers in mind. The prose is intelligent, never talks down, and has additional layers that adult readers will enjoy. For example, the hinted identities of Eliot's "band" in Hell are clearly "credit cookies" meant for readers beyond teenagers. In other words, the book feels very much like the best of Pixar movies in that respect.

In addition, the novel continues Nylund's tradition of putting in footnotes as a way to expand the playground of the imagination. Careful reading of the footnotes, with their tone of having been written after the events in the books, provide hints and clues as to where this is all going, and at their best are as witty and urbane as the footnotes in the works of Jack Vance. He even manages to tie in his long-ago first novel in one particular entry.

Nylund is one of those authors who is not stingy on the creativity. From all of the mythological personae given new life and identities, to the vistas of the Paxington Institute, Hell and beyond, and the swirling, complexity of the factions gearing up for the inevitable conflict, Nylund enjoys spooling out his imagination for the reader. As said before, the text is well written but not dumbed down. I devoured this book.

Urban fantasy with a mythological bent. Who would ask for anything more? You won't want to start here--start with Mortal Coils. You'll thank me later.

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I will admit, I was a little thrown in the beginning because of the "and now they are off to Hogwarts!" feel of the Paxington School, but absolutely nothing else about the school was Hogwartsy at all. It's a good, meaty read that doesn't feel like it's long even though there's nearly 700 pages, and the Infernals and Immortals manage to not be boring because they each have facets of several versions of each god/dess archetype from around the world. I'm looking forward to the other books in the

In Mortal Coils, the first book in sequence, we are introduced to the teenaged twins Eliot and Fiona Post. Children of scions of opposing factions, the Immortal Audrey Post(aka Atropos) and the Infernal Louis Piper (aka Lucifer), they have an uneventful, if odd, homeschooled and shut in life, until both factions notice their existence and try to lure the twins to one side or the other. The first novel ended with an Infernal attempt to suborn the children defeated on the one hand, and the twins

I really enjoyed Mortal Coils, the first book in this series, but this second book just blew me away. It was wonderful! So much happened! It's a massive book. It could have actually been divided into 2 or even 3 books, but I'm glad it wasn't because this way I got to read it all at once. Creative and interesting with some real surprises that I didn't see coming. That is hard to do these days when there is so much YA fantasy being written. I am really looking forward to the next book in the

Continuing from the freshness of the first book ... additional twists and turns keep the story fresh. Even though in some sense I was expecting distinct story turns, it was like knowing you are going to take a turn on a windy mountain road and still being surprised by the whiplash effects. Expecting it did not really reduce its impact. And truthfully by the end of the book I knew I enjoyed it because I wanted to know what happens next ... as well as reread different parts of the story I just

This book is more clever and harder to put down than the first one. I wont give any spoilers but i will say Eric Nylund hit a better stride here. Were introduced to new more devious characters and the plot here is thick, interesting, surprising, sad, happy, and all the other emotions great stories and books invoke. This book made my g-f tear up though i was elated with the ending. That's a testament of how great stories will pull at your heart strings (not to sound poetic). I look forward

This is the book (well, series) that taught me that not only is life not fair, books are not fair. I learned that even beautiful, precious books could betray me. In a meta sense, that is. Please, I knew even then that bad books existed; I just had yet to understand that a good series could be discontinued. Probably I would have grasped this earlier had I seen Firefly at that point. Anyway, the point is that my (*squints into the distance* tween?) heart was crushed when no book following this

I can't get over the fact that there's no sequel to this. Even though I HATE reading unfinished series (especially when it seems it won't ever get finished) , I don't regret reading this masterpiece. Seriously. Nylund is a freaking genius. I loved this series to bits. I can just hope that we'll get some closure, as the (again-genius) footnotes indicated that best was yet to come.