Swordbearer

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Summary: A boy's dream of glory becomes a man's burden
Review: I have read the Swordbearer twice. The first time was about 16 years ago when I borrowed it from a friend, then recently my husband purchased the book and I just finished reading it again. I love the story--how an innocent boy dreams of becoming a great warrior, then becomes one with the help of an enchanted sword and a dwarf, and discovers that war is not as glorious as the history books make it out to be. My only wish is that Glen Cook would have written a sequel so that we would know how Gathrid's and Rogala's pursuit of Nieroda ended.

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Summary: Whatever Happened To It?
Review: In a world where day to day lives are destroyed by ancient magics come from dead cities, alongs comes a crippled boy wielding the Sword of Heroes to avenge his family. But, who is right? Who is wrong? What dark purpose drives the sword and the cruel dwarf that follows the Bearer? I first picked this book up at a Flea Market almost 20 years ago. It was a hardcover the size of most paperbacks of the time and I loved it! It is a classic tale of sword and sorcery written at a time when the classics were virtually unknown themselves. I always wondered when Mr. Cook would continue the story. I still wonder.

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Summary: Whatever Happened To It?
Review: In a world where day to day lives are destroyed by ancient magics come from dead cities, alongs comes a crippled boy wielding the Sword of Heroes to avenge his family. But, who is right? Who is wrong? What dark purpose drives the sword and the cruel dwarf that follows the Bearer? I first picked this book up at a Flea Market almost 20 years ago. It was a hardcover the size of most paperbacks of the time and I loved it! It is a classic tale of sword and sorcery written at a time when the classics were virtually unknown themselves. I always wondered when Mr. Cook would continue the story. I still wonder.

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Summary: A book that I will remember as long as I live.
Review: This book is a unique, older novel that at first may appear cliched, but when you realize when it was written, you come to see how this work was done pre-Brooks and the Sword of Shannara, and a number of other "intelligent sword" works. This is a very satisfying read - while not challenging you thinking of how the world works, there are few books I would rather re-read more with a glass of Coke and a hammock than this one.

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Summary: A book that I will remember as long as I live.
Review: This may be the weakest book I've ever read from Tor. Cook tosses out chiche after chiche and doesn't even bother to write them well. The Swordbearer has all the feeling of an author feeling that he needed to put out a novel just for the sake of doing so. Cook should be ashamed of this one and so should Tor

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Summary: Stay away
Review: This may be the weakest book I've ever read from Tor. Cook tosses out chiche after chiche and doesn't even bother to write them well. The Swordbearer has all the feeling of an author feeling that he needed to put out a novel just for the sake of doing so. Cook should be ashamed of this one and so should Tor