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Wind Rider's Oath (The Bahzell) (original 2004; edition 2005)

by David Weber

Series: War God (3)

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Bahzell of the Hradani is Back!

Exciting Fantasy Adventure

by the New York Times

Best-Selling Author of the

Honor Harrington Series.

In The War God's Own, Bahzell had managed to stop a war by convincing Baron Tellian, leader of the Sothoii, to "surrender" to him, the War God's champion. Now, he has journeyed to the Sothoii Wind Plain to oversee the parole he granted to Tellian and his men, to represent the Order of Tomanak, the War God, and to be an ambassador for the hradani. What's more, the flying coursers of the Sothoii have accepted Bahzell as a windrider??the first hradani windrider in history. And since the windriders are the elite of the elite among the Sothoii, Bahzell's ascension is as likely to stir resentment as respect. That combination of duties would have been enough to keep anyone busy??even a warrior prince like Bahzell??but additional complications are bubbling under the surface. The goddess Shigu, the Queen of Hell, is sowing dissension among the war maids of the Sothoii. The supporters of the deposed Sothoii noble who started the war are plotting to murder their new leige lord and frame Bahzell for the deed. Of course, those problems are all in a day's work for a champion of the War God. But what is Bahzell going to do about the fact that Baron Tellian's daughter, the heir to the realm, seems to be thinking that he is the only man??or hradani??for her

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Significantly better structured than I remembered, a if somewhat more scattered than the preceding books in some regards. I tend to prefer stories with somewhat fewer lead threads, but this was well done even so. ( )
  wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 |
I really like the basic premise of this series, making the hero an orc. (yes, Weber calls them hradani. Any fantasy fan will recognize orcs in the hradani stereotypes). That simple twist brings a refreshing and original feel to the classic fantasy world populated with dwarves, elves, halflings, and more meddling gods than you can shake a stick at.

The usual fantasy tropes abound, along with the usual all-white cast and patriarchal society. Though Weber also manages to turn that last around somewhat with the war maid society he introduces.

All in all, an enjoyable read with compelling characters that avoids some of the worst cliches of the genre and has some original twists on an old story. ( )
  JessMahler | Jan 9, 2020 |
Wind Rider's Oath actually seems to come together as a novel with a recognizable structure, which is... nice. It also starts to move away from the original main character some, which is good, because he's suffering a bad case of mudflation - his powers keep growing to the point where he's basically Superman and therefore quite difficult to put in any sort of challenging spot.

The characters that start to take over are much more interesting. I find the war maids - female warrior types that basically have to live outside the bounds of their patriarchal society - kind of problematic in a couple of ways, but not enough to not enjoy them. And this is the first point in the series where we really start to see who the enemies are and what their motivations might be - previously, they were all just puppy-kicking psychopaths, which isn't all that interesting.

So overall a good entry in the series, although it ends sort of midstream. But I just need to record for posterity the impressive arc of my eyeroll when I realized that Our Hero was, yes, going to telepathically bond to an intelligent horse. Because that's never been done before. ( )
  JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 |
No one ever claimed the War God's sense of humor was a gentle one... Bahzell's new mission appears to be tracking down and squelching the latest demon up-rising. Which just happens to be smack in the middle of the Wind Plain, home to the Hradnai's bitter traditional enemies, the Wind Riders and their majestic (and deadly) coursers.

The third installment of Bahzell's adventures - a slightly more intricate plot, but still an excellent adventure. ( )
  SunnySD | Feb 20, 2012 |
Huh. I thought I'd read this before - apparently. I only read about two-thirds of it. I slogged through all the politics and careful consideration of next steps - like chess, if I do this he/they will likely do that and then I can do this but if they do the other thing I'll have to... - and never got to the payoff. There is a lot of politics and setup in here, but it lays the necessary foundations for a heck of a lot of action - of many sorts and in many places. It's a much better book than I was remembering it as - I upgraded my rating from 3.5 to 4.5. A good next step in Bahzell's adventures. Though I'm still waiting to see what becomes of Brandark! Oh, and the scene on the cover is the very last one in the book - literally, the last page. And Kerry is - not badly drawn, but inconsistently - she looks like she does on the cover of War God's Own, darn it, not like that! (This applies to the cover, not how she's portrayed in the book - there's nothing inconsistent about that.) ( )
  jjmcgaffey | Jul 9, 2009 |
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Kostyk, EleanorCartographersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:

Bahzell of the Hradani is Back!

Exciting Fantasy Adventure

by the New York Times

Best-Selling Author of the

Honor Harrington Series.

In The War God's Own, Bahzell had managed to stop a war by convincing Baron Tellian, leader of the Sothoii, to "surrender" to him, the War God's champion. Now, he has journeyed to the Sothoii Wind Plain to oversee the parole he granted to Tellian and his men, to represent the Order of Tomanak, the War God, and to be an ambassador for the hradani. What's more, the flying coursers of the Sothoii have accepted Bahzell as a windrider??the first hradani windrider in history. And since the windriders are the elite of the elite among the Sothoii, Bahzell's ascension is as likely to stir resentment as respect. That combination of duties would have been enough to keep anyone busy??even a warrior prince like Bahzell??but additional complications are bubbling under the surface. The goddess Shigu, the Queen of Hell, is sowing dissension among the war maids of the Sothoii. The supporters of the deposed Sothoii noble who started the war are plotting to murder their new leige lord and frame Bahzell for the deed. Of course, those problems are all in a day's work for a champion of the War God. But what is Bahzell going to do about the fact that Baron Tellian's daughter, the heir to the realm, seems to be thinking that he is the only man??or hradani??for her

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