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Summary: A Really Solid, Good Read
Review: A friend loaned me a copy of this book as an introduction to Barbara Hambly's books. His copy was really battered, and it wasn't his first, as he'd given away and worn to dust other copies. I've since done the same with this and the other two books in her Windrose stories, Silicon Mage and Dog Wizard. The characters live and breathe, and that's what makes this great, why I've read these many times and will do so again. I love books in general, but there are some books that I will never ever be "finished" reading, and this is one. I hope it comes back into print soon, but used is as good as new!
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Summary: A Really Solid, Good Read
Review: Barbara Hambly's the Silent Tower is a beautifully written book. It has well-developed and affable characters. For what the plot lacks in credibility, it makes up for by keeping you guessing. This could have easily been a 5-star review were it not for the plot's shortcomings. despite the unbelievable portions of the plot, I still could not stand to put it down. It is an excellent and fast read. Enjoy.
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Summary: A good story - A great read!
Review: Barbara Hambly's the Silent Tower is a beautifully written book. It has well-developed and affable characters. For what the plot lacks in credibility, it makes up for by keeping you guessing. This could have easily been a 5-star review were it not for the plot's shortcomings. despite the unbelievable portions of the plot, I still could not stand to put it down. It is an excellent and fast read. Enjoy.
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Summary: A classic --
Review: It always astounds me to find out that Hambly fans aren't aware of or haven't gotten to the Windrose Chronicles. This is her best work by far, and some of the best fantasy out there, period.Our heroine, Joanna, finds herself transported across a terrifying Void from enchantment-free Los Angeles (circa the 1980s) to Ferryth, a medieval kingdom on another world, in the company of an actual wizard (Antryg Windrose) and hunted by sundry and all as she makes her way in a morass of treachery and a central mystery that reveals itself in snatches - like the periods of grey, hopeless misery that are affecting both worlds, and the shifting loyalties, inexplicable actions, and agendas of the other wizards, the hateful church witchfinders, the king, the prince regent, and the young warrior who swears that Antryg murdered his grandfather in cold blood and opened the Void for terrible reasons of his own. Any way she looks at it, Antryg is the only one who can send her home. And he seems to be the only person trying to solve the riddle of the larger pattern. Can he be trusted at all? And if Antryg isn't responsible for the horrors and her own abduction - who is? The characters are quirky, loveable, and all too human, and the unfolding plot keeps you on your toes. This is a great read - see The Silicon Mage for the rest of the tale!
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Summary: A classic - DON'T MISS! -
Review: It always astounds me to find out that Hambly fans aren't aware of or haven't gotten to the Windrose Chronicles. This is her best work by far, and some of the best fantasy out there, period. Our heroine, Joanna, finds herself transported across a terrifying Void from enchantment-free Los Angeles (circa the 1980s) to Ferryth, a medieval kingdom on another world, in the company of an actual wizard and hunted by sundry and all as she makes her way in a morass of treachery and a central mystery that reveals itself in snatches - like the periods of grey, hopeless misery that are affecting both worlds, and the shifting loyalties, inexplicable actions, and agendas of the other wizards, the hateful church witchfinders, the king, the prince regent, and the young warrior who swears that Antryg murdered his grandfather in cold blood and opened the Void for terrible reasons of his own. Any way she looks at it, Antryg is the only one who can send her home. And he seems to be the only person trying to solve the riddle of the larger pattern. Can he be trusted at all? And if Antryg isn't responsible for the horrors and her own abduction - who is? The characters are quirky, loveable, and all too human, and the unfolding plot keeps you on your toes. This is a great read - see The Silicon Mage for the rest of the tale!
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Summary: Computers + wizardry = a gripping tale
Review: Joanna, a shy computer programmer, finds herself being stalked as she works late at night. She's learned that someone has been processing vast amounts of data in secret, and now that someone wants her dead -- someone not of Earth. Then she's kidnapped and dumped in a strange world. Searching for a way back home, she reluctantly joins forces with Antryg Windrose, a wizard who may or may not be her stalker. He is obviously insane after having been confined in a tower that painfully prevented him from using his magic. Who wants her dead? And why would anyone in a world without electricity need a computer program
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Summary: The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly
Review: LEGACY OF THE DARK MAGE.... Someone was crossing the forbidding Void between the universes. In San Serano, Joanna felt the terror strike, before dark hands were seizing her to kidnap her and take her...elsewhere. In the Empire of Ferryth, Caris watched a wizard murdered by a figure that vanished into a tunnel of darkness. And abominations were crossing through the weakening fabric of the Void. And in the Silent Tower, where every stone was sealed and spelled against all magic, Antryg Windrose, student of the Dark Mage, was supposed to be going mad. Only Antryg and the Dark Mage had understood the Void, the Archmage claimed. Yet the Dark Mage had been executed for his evil twenty-five years before. And Antryg was helpless. Or was he?
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Summary: The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly
Review: LEGACY OF THE DARK MAGE.... Someone was crossing the forbidding Void between the universes. In San Serano, Joanna felt the terror strike, before dark hands were seizing her to kidnap her and take her...elsewhere. In the Empire of Ferryth, Caris watched a wizard murdered by a figure that vanished into a tunnel of darkness. And abominations were crossing through the weakening fabric of the Void. And in the Silent Tower, where every stone was sealed and spelled against all magic, Antryg Windrose, student of the Dark Mage, was supposed to be going mad. Only Antryg and the Dark Mage had understood the Void, the Archmage claimed. Yet the Dark Mage had been executed for his evil twenty-five years before. And Antryg was helpless. Or was he?
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Summary: One of the bests reads ever!
Review: This book is wonderful, I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys fantasy or just a wonderful book. The whole series has wonderful, believable characters and an amazingly detailed world. The story goes beyond your normal run-of-the-mill "help-I've-been-transported-into-a-fantasy-world" and really makes it seem plausible. I've loaned this book out to all of my friends and made fans of them all. I don't necessarily rave for all of Barbara Hambly's work, but this series is an all-time favorite of mine.
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