Ladies of Mandrigyn

This book was lent to me by the most unsuspecting person:My Tae Kwon Do teacher(Sabumnim).As soon as she found out that I loved fantasy ,she lent me this book.I was enchanted by how thouroughly Hambly describes her world,and how realistic the training of the women is.The character was a bit dislikeable at first,but he developes.Warning:The violence is exrtremely explicit.

This is a great book. Lots of plot twists and things. With a cute love story in it too. It's one of my favorites. You can connect with the charactors. there so cool. read this it is good.

This is Barbara Hambly's other series that I have read and reread. I wish she would write more featuring SunWolf and Starhawk. Please don't pass this series up. It is well worth the time spent reading!

I am in the SCA...Society of Creative Anachronism. We re-create the middle ages. The group I am in is a mercenary group, and I must say that this book brings out some of the most base thoughts a mercenary of that time would have. It brings to life the possible hardships and the raw toughness of them. It then also brings forth the vivid pictures of the land as only a persons mind could in their dreams. The colors and the grapic grittiness of it makes it a great story.

One of the things I really appreciate about the book is that it isn't your constant, run of the mill, Lord Of The Rings rehash. I grew tired of most fantasy novels years ago, because all of them seemed so much the same. But Hambly's book is different from the rest, and I like both her writing style and her characters. I've also read the following 2 novels, but felt this one outclassed them both. It's a book with its share of surprises, focussing more on the story than on every painful detail of the world it takes place in. So if you're pretty iffy about fantasy, and want something that doesn't fall into the same, tired pattern, give this book a try.