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Summary: War is Hell...Especially in the IOI series...
Review: I really liked this book. After reading the previous book, With A Tangled Skein, I needed a guy book. At this one has it all. You war, political incorrectness, and sexy women using thier guises to overwhelm men.This book focuses on the Incarnation of War, Mars as he is referred to. The character that assumes this "office" is Mym..an outcast Prince in India. Considered "unacceptable" to rule because he has a stuttering problem, Mym stay behind the scenes and was trained in the ways of royalty. Especially in the art of war. Mym is a "Berserker". A special kind of warrior the when is bites on his lips and taste blood, anything living near him will be destroyed in the most horrific manner. Although a berserker, Mym is a noble and honorable man that dislikes violence and is seeking a women he that can love him for what he is. He sneaks away from he Palace to lead a "normal" life. He joins a traveling road show and meets a beautiful singer named "orb", who is the daugter of Niobe, the incarnation of Fate from book 3. Orb will later become the Incarnation of Nature and play a key role in the war against Satan. Mym falls in love with Orb but is forced to go back to his Prince duties when his brother, the heir apparent suddenly dies. Mym loses orb, falls for another girl...can't have her either and in a moment of rage is offered the Red Sword of of the Incarnation of War. He accepts it and Satan and Him meet and later are at odds. Satan temps him with a delicious demoness name Lilah that ever man deep down would probably want..a sex-craved woman that can become any women he desires and do anything he craves. Lilah plays a major role in this book and you do not know who side she is on until the end. This is the shortest of the IOI books and I enjoyed it. It ties in the events of the previous IOI books and really sets up the last 3 books.
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Summary: War is Hell...Especially in the IOI series...
Review: I really liked this book. After reading the previous book, With A Tangled Skein, I needed a guy book. This one has it all. You have war, political incorrectness, and sexy women using thier guises to overwhelm men. This book focuses on the Incarnation of War, Mars as he is referred to. The character that assumes this "office" is Mym..an outcast Prince in India. Considered "unacceptable" to rule because he has a stuttering problem, Mym stay behind the scenes and was trained in the ways of royalty. Especially in the art of war. Mym is a "Berserker". A special kind of warrior the when is bites on his lips and taste blood, anything living near him will be destroyed in the most horrific manner. Although a berserker, Mym is a noble and honorable man that dislikes violence and is seeking a women he that can love him for what he is. He sneaks away from he Palace to lead a "normal" life. He joins a traveling road show and meets a beautiful singer named "orb", who is the daugter of Niobe, the incarnation of Fate from book 3. Orb will later become the Incarnation of Nature and play a key role in the war against Satan. Mym falls in love with Orb but is forced to go back to his Prince duties when his brother, the heir apparent suddenly dies. Mym loses orb, falls for another girl...can't have her either and in a moment of rage is offered the Red Sword of of the Incarnation of War. He accepts it and Satan and Him meet and later are at odds. Satan temps him with a delicious demoness name Lilah that ever man deep down would probably want..a sex-craved woman that can become any women he desires and do anything he craves. Lilah plays a major role in this book and you do not know who side she is on until the end. This is the shortest of the IOI books and I enjoyed it. It ties in the events of the previous IOI books and really sets up the last 3 books.
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Summary: This is a totaly awesome book by Piers Anthony
Review: I though that the idea of the Incarnations was genius and when I picked up the first book I could not stop reading.
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Summary: My intro to IOI
Review: I was drawn to the book cover when I picked up this book. I began to read it and an hour had passed before I realized I had not sat down! I checked out the book and did not put it down til I read it all. Then I found that this was but one book in a series! I've read them all except the 7th book. Its been over 10 years since I read IOI but I remember this as being my introduction to the series. Not all of them are good reads but I think this one was one of the best.
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Summary: Series Keeps Getting Better
Review: I was intrigued by the premise of the first book and have been hooked on this series ever since. And, it just keeps getting better!!! Piers Anthony does a wonderful job developing his characters and in this book, Mym and Orb are no exception. We got an introduction to Orb in the prior book and it was wonderful to have her come back briefly in the beginning. Mym, however, is a new character. From the beginning, it is hard to imagine a pampered, stuttering prince becoming Mars... but Anthony does a good job of convincingly making it happen. The only thing I did not like about this book was that the character development was a large part of the book and I had to keep asking myself, "Okay, so, when are they going to have Mym assume the office of War?" But after assuming the office, it gets very good. Mym is a lot like Zane (Death) from the first book as he assumed the office... not afraid to go against the status quo. War is also like Death in that War does not bring on war (much like Death does not bring on death) but instead facilitates and manages it. My favorite part of the book is when Mym finds himself in Hell and to get out of Hell he builds and army and attacks the forces of Satan. I thought this was very creative and a lot of fun. It was also wonderful to see War balk Satan twice in this book. If you've liked the rest of the series, I would encourage you to continue reading it with this wonderful addition.
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Summary: Series Keeps Getting Better
Review: I was intrigued by the premise of the first book and have been hooked on this series ever since. And, it just keeps getting better!!! Piers Anthony does a wonderful job developing his characters and in this book, Mym and Orb are no exception. We got an introduction to Orb in the prior book and it was wonderful to have her come back briefly in the beginning. Mym, however, is a new character. From the beginning, it is hard to imagine a pampered, stuttering prince becoming Mars... but Anthony does a good job of convincingly making it happen. The only thing I did not like about this book was that the character development was a large part of the book and I had to keep asking myself, "Okay, so, when are they going to have Mym assume the office of War?" But after assuming the office, it gets very good. Mym is a lot like Zane (Death) from the first book as he assumed the office... not afraid to go against the status quo. War is also like Death in that War does not bring on war (much like Death does not bring on death) but instead facilitates and manages it. My favorite part of the book is when Mym finds himself in Hell and to get out of Hell he builds and army and attacks the forces of Satan. I thought this was very creative and a lot of fun. It was also wonderful to see War balk Satan twice in this book. If you've liked the rest of the series, I would encourage you to continue reading it with this wonderful addition.
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Summary: Anthony shows a fighting spirit!
Review: Let's face it: War is evil. Not in this series!! Anthony introduces yet another intriguing character to the INCARNATIONS series. It appears that the Incarnation of War has quite a few problems in the ways of love, but that is to be expected. The connections between the elements and the Incarnations are fascinating. Read it and find out what Incarnation you are most like.
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Summary: Piers Anthony is not Human!
Review: My first thoughts about this book was oh regular Anthony material. But this book is one of the best. If you read one book in this series read this one 3rd. 1st. On a Pale Horse 2nd. Being a Green Mother. If your an Anthony fan and haven't touched this series drop Xanth for a week and read this!
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Summary: A very young Chronos who grabbed an hourglass on accident.
Review: Not only is this book one of the worst in this horrendous series, it makes it obvious that the book is geared toward young boys and male fantasies in general. I mean, the publishers are very smart; boys with surging hormones really don't need good prose or plot to be satisfied, just a lot of gratuitous sexual information. For example, this book contains innumerable comments about beautiful breasts. Also, the two main characters in the beginning go to this house that basically has the ability to lower people's sexual inhibitions. Throughout the book, this is pretty much what Anthony talks about. No wonder young people like this book. If you're looking for quality though, look somewhere else.
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Summary: Bad Plot, Boring Characters
Review: Not only is this book one of the worst in this horrendous series, it makes it obvious that the book is geared toward young boys and male fantasies in general. I mean, the publishers are very smart; boys with surging hormones really don't need good prose or plot to be satisfied, just a lot of gratuitous sexual information. For example, this book contains innumerable comments about beautiful breasts. Also, the two main characters in the beginning go to this house that basically has the ability to lower people's sexual inhibitions. Throughout the book, this is pretty much what Anthony talks about. No wonder young people like this book. If you're looking for quality though, look somewhere else.
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