Whom the gods would recruit, they first tick off . . .
Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He's no knight in shining armor. He's a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, and inability to maintain civilized conduct. None of the other Five Races of man like the hradani. Besides his ethnic burden, Bahzell has problems of his own to deal with: a violated hostage bond, a vengeful prince, a price on his head. He doesn't want to mess with anybody else's problems, let alone a god's. Let alone the War God's! So how does he end up a thousand leagues from home, neck-deep in political intrigue, assassins, demons, psionicists, evil sorcery, white sorcery, dark gods, good gods, bad poets, greedy landlords, and most of Bortalik Bay Well, it's all the War God's fault. . . .
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A brand new 50,000 word novella, Sword Brother
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Weber does fantasy pretty well. Plenty of Weber-style action and 'thoughtful' characters.
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Product ReviewAs usual, excellent characterization and plot by Mr. Weber. His books have been very enjoyable and engaging for me for the past decade and a half. I was also slightly annoyed to buy the first book for the 3rd time in order to enjoy the novella, but it's a small price to pay.
One small side note for Mr. Weber: part of the plot line (without revealing anything in a spoiler) is very close to an earlier book by the late Brian Daley, an excellent if lesser known SciFi/Fantasy author. I'm not sure what he was best known for, but I would also recommend the Starfollowers of Coramonde to anyone who enjoyed the War God series. This is not to say it's a derivative work, but many key elements in the novella do borrow heavily (probably unintentionally) from that earlier novel.
With that being said, I don't in any way regret the time I've spent on Mr. Weber's books and I would encourage anyone to read all of them. I've yet to read one I would give less than four stars.Posted on
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Product ReviewLove the series, this one reminded me a great deal of Doomsfarers of Coramonde. But was still a great read to keep up on the characters. Waiting for the next book.........
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Product ReviewJust one problem - I've read all three novels in the series more than once (in fact I was checking to see if there was a new one) and found them delightful. I bought them both as pbs, and later as ebooks. And now I find I have to buy number one for the THIRD time just to read the novella. Which I'll do...but I do hope this particular stunt of gluing something new to something long since published will be notably absent in the future. Tis annoying....
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