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Summary: weep for darwarth..i do
Review: Again BH throws us into darwarth, a world where anarchy and chaos rule. Society is crushig down, church takes over, with all the terrible consequences that appear only when reason is substituted by faith and prejeduce. The describtion of a once splendid culture now reduced to ruins made my heart cry. You also almost want to cry out in pain for the knowledge, the books that are destroyed. It is as if the ghost of Claude Maniere participated : "... knowledge - written treasure; once found; and now forever lost;knowledge - yes; but wisdom never; wraiths are paying now the cost..." But in this environment of hopelessness and despair there is hope, life. The story of Ingold and GIl, Rudy and Sante goes on blooms and makes me long for more
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Summary: wow
Review: As a fellow fantasy author myself, I am very picky about the books I read -- I get grumpy if I catch the author making mistakes like the ones I make. I worried about this one as her first trilogy is my favorite and I've read a lot of books that the sequel spoiled good characters -- I shouldn't have. Hambly maintains her fantastic world and trademark, unusual characters with rare form, bless her. Stayed up late finishing this one. Very, very good book. Patricia Brigg
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: Barbara Hambly has never disappointed when it comes to sequels! I have waited all of these years for another book to come out featuring Ingold, Rudy and Gil. It was great! Barbara Hambly is a natural storyteller. The worlds she has created are so totally different from what we are use to, but with her words she makes them very real and very easy to see. Her characters are more like real people than just words on a page. From the first sentence you find yourself breathlessly transported into the story. I never hesitate in buying one of her books. If it has Barbara Hambly's name on the front, I know without a doubt it will be an enjoyable read. I look forward to reading more with Ingold, Sunwolf and Ysidro
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Summary: Oh yeah! We like this series.
Review: I absolutely loved the original trilogy and have read it multiple times. Just when you thought there wouldn't be more to add to this series Hambly pumps out another good story. This is a book in and of its own...it isn't necessary to read the earlier books. But there are reoccuring characters from the earlier books and having read those made this more enjoyable.
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Summary: A MUST for all Darwath readers
Review: This continuation of the adventures of Ingold, Gil
and Rudy takes place approximately 5 years after the defeat of the Dark. If you wondered what
happened to our heros, this answers many of the questions. The interplay between the characters
makes them more real than most characters in books.
You just know they are fictional, usually, but not
in Hambly's books. They have real emotions and they react in a truly human manner. Ingold may be
Archmage and seemingly all-powerful, but he's human, too. He can be happy or excited or angry or hurt just like anyone else. Gil is just as
lost and confused as anyone when dealing with an
unknown element--in this case, her feelings for
Ingold--a really human relationship which her
background has not prepared her for. I can hardly
wait for the next adventure of our favorite Archmage and his partners.
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Summary: tedious overdescription annoying
Review: Ya know good stories take many forms but bad ones are remarkaly consistent. Bad stories tend to have either weak characters, poor plot, or too much description. Such is the case of this overwrought hambly potboiler. Why use one adjective when 3 or 4 will do? She constantly goes off track with endless exposition,and bores us with details at best trivial. The end result is a story that steams along at a snails pace en I felt never really engages the reader. I see by the bio that hambly once taught high school. I hope never taught english because any english teacher I know worth their salt would have known better than to overwrite every page in this book!
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