Wizard and the Floating City

Christopher Rowley's mastery of the written word is clearly seen once again within this tale. If you enjoy the Bazil Broketail series you might very well enjoy this book too, though set in a different place and time then Broketail it is well worth the reading. The only complaint can be that it ends in a way that leads the reader to believe or to hope that there might be another book in this series, there is an opening too and maybe someday there will be a second book, but until then this is well worth the reading.

Well first I think it is plain cheeky to critique a novel if one has yet to write one - not to mention write one succesfully. I notice other reviewers do not suffer from this compunction. Anyway, what a wonderful story. It teaches (without a hint of didactism - the bane of wannabe fantasy novelists) all of the key elements that will shape a Hero and that are so lacking in our X-generation. Self-sacrifice, valor, courage, chivalry, the character of evil and the character of good. Yes, the the 'sophisticated' post-modern reader (many from the haunts of the N-East and California, for some reason) will find this appraisal somehow naive - but then so would Waakzaam the Great. Well, well, for those who have ears to hear, this is a story to read, experience and live if you can! Wonderful reading! Have fun!