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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. “Transcend reality with seventh star press,” says the blurb, and this book certainly does that. Hunters, farmers, and soldiers are all different, and so are the cultures they come from. G. Jerome Henson’s slow-building Horde yields the field to the echoing refrain of D. T. Neal’s Grinders, with hints of distant worlds and secrets untold. From earthly desert to Valhalla, from centaurs to hired swords, with gods of Egypt, Israel and more, this anthology has some haunting, surprising tales, lots of great characters, and a wonderful feel of having only glimpsed the curious worlds that lie out there. I tried to pick a favorite tale for this review, but kept revising my choice, Loraine Parker’s Thief of Souls might win, or D. T. Neal’s Wolf and Crow. But maybe I’ll just say I like them all, reveling in the powerful ending offered by Jessica Veter’s Witch of Rymal Pass, with secrets and loss all revealed in perfect time. Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy during the blog tour; just wish I’d found time to read it earlier. no reviews | add a review
HARK to the sounds of battle. Mighty men and women who take their destinies with the strength of their arm and the sharpness of their blades. These are tales of warriors, reavers, barbarians, and kings. Lands of wonder populated with monsters, black-hearted sorcerors of Stygian power, and heroes who have blood on their hands and on their steel. This is SWORD AND SORCERY. No library descriptions found. |
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“I don’t want to be a warrior’s wife,” says one character. “I want to be a warrior.” And a fine one she is, well-portrayed, inspiring me to look for more books by her author, S. H. Roddy. Then there’s the wonder of finding Steven Shrewsbury’s Gorias, remembered from longer tales, and then... and then...
It’s another fine collection of sword and sorcery to ensorcel fans of the genre, and another fine read.
Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy during the blog tour and just wish I’d got around to reading it sooner. ( )