The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Vol. 1)

Will of the wanderer is a wonderful piece by Weis & Hickman. It takes you on a fantasy journey in the desert and a world where several deities control each of their sections of the existing world and -of course- battle for power. The human realm is loitered by immortals and the story balances between human war and heaven struggles. The descriptions of the desert and the AD & D-ish world setting made this book very appealing. I give it 5 stars b/c the story flows so dang well! I guarantee that whoever reads this, won't be disappointed.

This book managed to be what few heroic fantasy novels try to be and what even fewer succeed at. It was funny and exciting at the same time. This is so much better than the lousy Darksword books. I did have a couple of problems. First of all, since this was one of the first times we saw a gay character in a mainstream fantasy novel, I with they had not made him so effeminate. Also, the whole set-up with the gods having three aspects (reality, greed and law, for example) seemed kind of forced. We still wound up with the same times, a god of money, a god of thieves, a warrior god, etc. Still that would only take off half a point, and since there is not rating of 4 1/2 I'm going to round up to a five. I'd recomend to anyone that they track this trilogy down and read it.

What a wonderful tale of Desert dwelling Nomadic people, who are high spirited and easily excitable, they live in a world where there Gods are arrogant, petty and pious, who interact with their devoted worshipers (I use that word loosely) through less powerful beings such as dijins (genies), and angel type creatures. The Gods are having some serious technical difficulties, calling on there devoted servants to find out what is going on, which gives us our main heros (Sorry heropeople), what follows is an absolute riot of high adventure told, by a couple of masterful storytellers.I thoroughly enjoyed this book finding all the characters captivating, there is so much to tell and so little space to share the series high points. I guess you'll have to find out for yourself, by buying or borrowing a copy. If you like to laugh and appreciate a story about stubborn people (and I mean Stubborn!), unrequited love, powerful magic (in the hands of incompetents! ) Hilarious situations (too many to name here), high drama, Cross dressing! , betrayal, action, and of course Romance (a marriage ceremony with a difference! ) then this book, no this series (part of a trilogy) is for you, enjoy sit back, relax, and prepare your face for an aerobics workout!

I > finished Will of the Wander! It's sooo awesome I can't wait to go get the next book. Tracy Hickman and Margret Weiss are my absolute favorite authors and once again they redeem my following by creating more wonderful books!

In This book Weis and Hickman live up to their title as the masters of modern fantisy. Set in a harsh desert enviroment, populated with feirce Tribal nomads and non steriotypical djin. The gods are at war and it is up to a few unlikely mortals and their immortal servants to restore the balance between good and evil. The character development is first class and you will find yourself wanting to return to this world again and again. It's a shame this series is often overshadowed by Weis and Hichman's better known works such as Dragonlance and Death gate. This series is every bit as good as those if not better. Amust read.