When the Gods Are Silent
by Jane Lindskold
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A re-read of a paper copy as I was considering getting some of Lindskold's backlist ebooks as they are relatively cheap (for the moment).
A stand-alone fantasy set around a Traveling Spectacular. The background is unusual as the show is being hired to take an elderly farmer to where magic was last known; magic having disappeared some 100 years ago. He hopes to find out what actually happened and to find enough magic to cure his terminally ill wife.
Based around one of the players, a striking red-headed female fighter called Rabble (who is not what she seems), the show has various picaresque adventures on their journey and succeeds in releasing chains on the magic, although the hoped for return doesn't happen in the way the farmer hopes. show more The setting is reminiscent of Gene Wolfe's Shadow of The Torturer series, but may be more based on North rather than South America (possibly around the Great Lakes), although I'm likely reading too much into it. It doesn't seem like the standard pseudo-European medieval setting in a wildly improbable world.
It was one of Lindskold's earlier works (originally published in 1997) and I found some of the dialogue a bit stilted. Still, it was worth the re-read and I may well get this and the Athanor series (depending on what I get for Christmas). show less
A stand-alone fantasy set around a Traveling Spectacular. The background is unusual as the show is being hired to take an elderly farmer to where magic was last known; magic having disappeared some 100 years ago. He hopes to find out what actually happened and to find enough magic to cure his terminally ill wife.
Based around one of the players, a striking red-headed female fighter called Rabble (who is not what she seems), the show has various picaresque adventures on their journey and succeeds in releasing chains on the magic, although the hoped for return doesn't happen in the way the farmer hopes. show more The setting is reminiscent of Gene Wolfe's Shadow of The Torturer series, but may be more based on North rather than South America (possibly around the Great Lakes), although I'm likely reading too much into it. It doesn't seem like the standard pseudo-European medieval setting in a wildly improbable world.
It was one of Lindskold's earlier works (originally published in 1997) and I found some of the dialogue a bit stilted. Still, it was worth the re-read and I may well get this and the Athanor series (depending on what I get for Christmas). show less
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Jane Lindskold received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Fordham University. She was an adjunct professor at Fordham, before becoming an Assistant Professor of English at Lynchburg College in Virginia. While there, she became friends with Roger Zelazny. She completed his two unfinished novels Donnerjack and Lord Demon after his death. Her show more first novel, Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls was published in 1994. Her other works include Changer, Legends Walking, Through Wolf's Eyes, and Fire Season written with David Weber. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1997
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- For David Weber - A good friend despite the miles.
Thanks to Susan for the loan of hair, eyes, and freckles. And special thanks to Nuada for introducing me to Gimp. - First words
- Blood beaded from the slash cut in the red-haired warrior's cheekbone.
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