Rating: Summary: Buy all 5 now and save yourself a trip Review: The Darwath Series, composed now (year 2002) of 5 books, begins with "The Time of the Dark," a rather simply-worded kind of title, but that has a gripping story.Imagine if, one day, all throughout the world, hordes of black floating monsters poured out of well-known, and long-thought-abandoned caverns to feed on us and destroy humanity? Imagine they would depart at daybreak only to return the next night, and the next. This is precisely the situation this alternate world is in that Gil and Rudy are dragged into. As humanity and all of civilization crumbles, the survivors flee to the ancient Keeps, fortresses made 3000 years in the past and inpregnable to any force to face the Dark hiding in shadows. I read the trilogy when I was a teenager and then 12 years later returned to these books only to find out that Hambly had written an additional two books. What a joyful discovery. My only misgiving is that there is not enough written. Hambly could write as many books as Robert Jordan on this one universe and just start to flesh out all the characters, situations, details, THINGS, etc. I hope before she can't write anymore - gets too old or whatever - that she manages to do so. I guess someone else could add on to her stories about Darwath, but if it doesn't come from Hambly, it wouldn't be the original story.
Rating: Summary: Buy all 5 now and save yourself a trip Review: The Darwath Series, composed now (year 2002) of 5 books, begins with "The Time of the Dark," a rather simply-worded kind of title, but that has a gripping story. Imagine if, one day, all throughout the world, hordes of black floating monsters poured out of well-known, and long-thought-abandoned caverns to feed on us and destroy humanity? Imagine they would depart at daybreak only to return the next night, and the next. This is precisely the situation this alternate world is in that Gil and Rudy are dragged into. As humanity and all of civilization crumbles, the survivors flee to the ancient Keeps, fortresses made 3000 years in the past and inpregnable to any force to face the Dark hiding in shadows. I read the trilogy when I was a teenager and then 12 years later returned to these books only to find out that Hambly had written an additional two books. What a joyful discovery. My only misgiving is that there is not enough written. Hambly could write as many books as Robert Jordan on this one universe and just start to flesh out all the characters, situations, details, THINGS, etc. I hope before she can't write anymore - gets too old or whatever - that she manages to do so. I guess someone else could add on to her stories about Darwath, but if it doesn't come from Hambly, it wouldn't be the original story.
Rating: Summary: A GREAT read! Review: This book is the first in the Darwath trilogy. It is extremely gripping and a very fast paced story. I could not put it down! I read the Walls of Air immediately after finishing The Time of the Dark and am awaiting delivery of Armies of Daylight. A definate must for alternate universe fans!
Rating: Summary: A wonderful read! Review: This book launched me on a quest to find all of Ms. Hambly's books. And I have read this trilogy at least 3 times. Great, gripping stuff.
Rating: Summary: A wonderful read! Review: This book launched me on a quest to find all of Ms. Hambly's books. And I have read this trilogy at least 3 times. Great, gripping stuff.
Rating: Summary: What if your worst nightmare came true? Review: This book, first of four, concerns a young graduate student, Gil, who finds that her nightmares of people fleeing in panic from an almost-unseen, hideous evil, are not fantastic dreams: she is standing in the doorway to another world. Gil and Rudy, a biker-gang hanger-on who's in the wrong place at the wrong time, are reluctantly drawn into this other world where they must fight for their lives. Their new friends, including the warrior known as the Icefalcon, the wizard Ingold Inglorion, the newly-widowed Queen Minalde, and her infant son Altir, depend on the newcomers for the valuable information *they don't even know they possess.* Great characters, plus the author writes convincing dialog well
Rating: Summary: Great Review: This is the first of her series and I enjoyed them all equally well. I erroneously said that the Armies of Daylight was the first, but I was just starting out with reviews then and got them backwards. I enjoy this series because each can stand alone, without doing the "continued same time, same station" theme. While soft is cheaper than hard cover, they are still not inexpensive, and to pay that kind of money, you should get a satisfying read. She more than delivers.
Rating: Summary: One of my all time favorites. Review: This series definately dragged me deep into it's pages. I continually felt as though I were right along beside Ingold Inglorion and the others. The style Hambly used gripped me enough to now own three sets of the series. I've read some books in which worlds were perhaps described more in depth, but I've never felt so attached to the characters as I was the first time, and every time since I've read their story. It may not be to everyone's tastes, but I definately reccomend giving at least the first book a try.
Rating: Summary: Still an excellent story! Review: This was the first "real" book I ever read (back in junior high) and it got me hooked on fantasy novels (and reading in general) for years. I just read the trilogy again to see if it could still grip me 15 years later and got a resound "Yes! " for an answer (though I'd probably still recommend it for junior high/high school ages...)
Rating: Summary: Still an excellent story! Review: This was the first "real" book I ever read (back in junior high) and it got me hooked on fantasy novels (and reading in general) for years. I just read the trilogy again to see if it could still grip me 15 years later and got a resound "Yes! " for an answer (though I'd probably still recommend it for junior high/high school ages...)
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