Synopsis: Wedded against custom, magical Lakewalker Dag and his farmer bride Fawn return to Dag’s family home, where they face rejection and ostracism, but when Dag is called out on patrol to battle the most fearsome malice he’s ever seen, they learn that their bond is more than just one of love and may change [...]
Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold (The Sharing Knife, Book 2)
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: American Literature
Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold (The Sharing Knife Book 1)
August 14th, 2010 · No Comments
Synopsis: A farm girl inadvertently helps a fierce Lakewalker defeat an evil malice, and irrevocably ties her destiny to his. Review: Beguilement is the first installment of a four-book series about Lakewalkers, who are gifted with a kind of magical second sight that allows them to fight evil creatures that steal the life forces of [...]
Tags: American Literature
Wolf’s Brother by Megan Lindholm
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments
Synopsis: As a group of reindeer herdspeople approach their summer grounds, simmering tensions and unspoken accusations bubble up with murderous results. Review: Wolf’s Brother is the completion of the story begun in The Reindeer People, and I was more than satisfied with the resolution. While the book’s setting recalls Clan of the Cave Bear, the [...]
Tags: American Literature
The Reindeer People by Megan Lindholm
June 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Synopsis: An outcast healer and her shaman-bewitched son become caught up in the politics and intrigue among a group of reindeer herdsman. Review: The Reindeer People is only the first part of the story, and ends on a most incomplete note, so I’m glad that I’ve got Wolf’s Brother on hand to start immediately. I [...]
Tags: American Literature
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
April 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Synopsis: One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Review: This is my third time reading JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and I can’t say I’ve ever enjoyed it more. I’ve been following along with The Tolkien Professor’s [...]
Tags: British Literature
Wizard of the Pigeons by Megan Lindholm
March 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Synopsis: A real, live wizard cloaks his magic in the trappings of homelessness on the streets of modern-day Seattle, as a dark evil stalks him and threatens to destroy him. Review: Wizard of the Pigeons really needs to come back into print. It’s a wonderful character study filled with subtlety, ambiguity, and plain old-fashioned good [...]
Tags: American Literature
Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments
Synopsis: As former military hero Duke Kieri Phelan ascends the throne in half-elven Lyonya, the neighboring realm of Tsaia faces a threat from the long-forgotten blood magery of the Verrakai family. Review: Oath of Fealty follows directly after the events that concluded Elizabeth Moon‘s Deed of Paksennarion trilogy, and as such is a bit tricky [...]
Tags: American Literature
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
December 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Synopsis: The seventh son of a seventh son, Alvin Miller is destined for greatness if he can only survive the plots of the Unmaker who stalks him. Review: I loved the alternate America created by Orson Scott Card in Seventh Son, where folk magic abounds and George Washington had himself executed as a traitor after [...]
Tags: American Literature
The Alchemist’s Code by Dave Duncan
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Synopsis: Nostradamus and his assistant, the dashing Alfeo Zeno, solve a politically motivated murder while keeping their alchemical doings from being discovered by the reigning powers in heavily Catholic 16th Century Venice. Review: I listened to The Alchemist’s Code on audiobook, and wasn’t aware that it was a sequel until looking up the publication date [...]
Tags: Canadian Literature
Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon (The Deed of Paksenarrion)
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Synopsis: In her final adventure, soldier turned coward turned paladin Paksenarrion finds herself on a quest to crown the true king, a quest that will bring her face to face with darkest evil. Review: Oath of Gold concludes the Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy in a most satisfactory manner, no matter how trite my one-liner may [...]
Tags: American Literature



