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Summary: An original series, comes alive in the imagination
Review: A good integration between present day people and the setting of the series.
The characters integrate well and are very real in the
imagination. The plot is exciting and makes for a very
interesting time for the family - unfed while Mom reads
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Summary: An intense conclusion.
Review: By the time I was finished with that book, I was very attached to the main characters of the story; a feat that not all authors can do. Usually, there is a lot of characters and it can be difficult to relate to all of them. Here, there is principally four of them and of course, two love stories. Fortunately, those love stories do not take away the drama from what could be the end of human life on the Darwath planet.
The only drawback that I could say about this trilogy is that there is not a lot of information about the Dark. I was much in the dark about them. They are so much different from humans that it could be hard for the author to make them "talk" but in Lohiro's mind, some of their thoughts could have been expressed.
This book is a great addition to any fantasy library. The only thing left for me is to find the two next chapters.
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Summary: Why did it EVER go out of print?
Review: In the early 80s, I read the Darwath Trilogy, then, over the years, I read it again, and again, and. . . well, you get the gist. Unfortunately, in one of our frequent moves, the box of books in which I'd placed the trilogy turned up among the "missing."By then, the books were out of print. I've dogged the book stores since in hopes it would be brought back. It looks like the trilogy finally is. THANK GOODNESS. Along with Asimov, Eddings, and Tolkien, Barbara Hambly is one of my favorite and most re-read authors. I've not met anyone who hasn't loved the Darwath, and doubt that I will. I'm sure you will, too.
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Summary: Hambley and cthonic terrors unnameable
Review: It took me reading an anthology that Barbara edited to realize that yes Lovecraftian horrors from beyond the stars and undescribable, unthinkable by human brains were alive and well and living beneath the frozen lands of Darwath. When I need to count sheep or go to my happy place it's to the Vale of Dare that I go. Second in the series. If you bought one you'll need to get them all (Including Ice Falcon's Quest and Mother Winter). Development of the politics of Darewath & Karst, Church and State, Ingold and Gil, Ingold and Rudy, Ingold and the Bishop, Ingold and ...you get the idea... continues. The quest across the winter plains (ON FOOT) to the wizard city of Quo brings news of other survivors. And always...the Dark. Always thought it must be rough to be a writer's creation. This book makes no exception. fin
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Summary: The beginning of a gread trilogy by Hambly...
Review: Ms. Hambly weaves a delightful tale of magic, love and good verses evil in this first of her series. It also shows (in its own way) how people can have things in common when they come from different backgrounds and cultures. This is one trilogy I would recommend investing in all 3 books for.
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Summary: The beginning of a gread trilogy by Hambly...
Review: Ms. Hambly weaves a delightful tale of magic, love and good verses evil in this first of her series. It also shows (in its own way) how people can have things in common when they come from different backgrounds and cultures. This is one trilogy I would recommend investing in all 3 books for.
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Summary: Barbara Hambly keeps you coming back, time and again
Review: This is one of the first books I read by Barbara Hambly, and I think that this is one that made me fall in love with her. She was a way of weaving spellbinding stories that hold a reader captive throughout. I personally fell in love with Ingold and Gil. I was so happy for the two of them, you would think that I had fallen in love instead of them. A stunning ending to what then was the trilogy, thankfully now she has revived these characters and brought them back to life in "Mother of Winter" and "Icefalcon's Quest". A little bit of romance and a story that sticks with you, what more could you ask for?
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