Iroshi

I rate very highly any book that teaches me more about myself or makes me question life in some way. The premise of this book, that there is another soul attached to your own in a symbiotic fashion, begs the question "How would I live my life differently than I do now if I knew that someone else was always with me?" On a simpler level, the book provides some interesting characters and good action. Unfortunately, Cary Osborne does not do the characters justice. They are very underdeveloped and leave the reader with too many questions that are not answered here or in the sequels. The potential was here for a great trilogy.

I always enjoying reading about or seeing a cool woman warrior,kicking butt and not crying because she got bruised or complaining about what ever makes her uncomfortable. Carry Osborne has a nice style in her work it is easy to read and don't get you sidetracked and out of the flow trying to figure out what the words mean that are being used.Carry does a good job of using a common vision of the future as her back drop and incorporating the ancient mystisisum of Japanese Martial Arts. Remeber people Iroshi came out long before Xena. The writers of Xena may have found inspiration in Carry Osborne's Iroshi...

the book is well written, with hints of dune and star wars themes included. however the story overall lacks much depth. you get the feeling that you are reading an abbreviated, condensed version of the text. the story is good though and is a good read.

In a near future a woman warrior finds herway ito a world that will redefine her life and create a world that she will fight and die for. The immortal spirits of the ancients that lived on the planet before humans inhabited it contact her and join with her to make her an even better warrior than she was before. She gets together sme of the best warriors in the galaxy and they make up a guild called the Glave.

IROSHI IS THE STORY OF LADY WARRIOR WHO'S DESTINY WAS TO START A WARRIOR SCHOOL WITH THE HELP OF SPIRITS OF DEAD ALIEN WARRIORS. OSBORN CREATES A VISION OF THE FUTURE THAT TECHOLOGICAL MARVELS AND AGE OLD EMOTIONS OF HONOR AND BETRAYAL.