War in Tethyr

Having just completed all the other Nobles novels I think it is safe to say that this is the best of the series. Zaranda is a little bit too perfect, but over all the book really only had 2 flaws. The first is the traitor. I knew who it was before it was even going to be an issue that there was an inkling of a possible traitor existing. The other is the rather overwhelming neglect of one of the best possible secondary characters in all the FR. The Orcish paladin, Shield of Innocence, is really little more than a name who beheads people. I would have liked to have seen more of him as he was portrayed in the last coupla chapters. Otherwise a decent novel.

This story has no basic story line, is a jumble of lots of characters, is completely unexpected, and is a great novel! This one of a kind novel is completely a surprise to the reader, because you never know what Zaranda will get into next. One minute things are looking good, and next, she's doomed. Even though the backside of the novel is completely wrong, you still are surprised at every turn. The mix of different kinds of characters is good, but not unique, but they come and go pretty fast. By that I don't mean that they die fast, no, some just leave, and that is definitely unique in a FR novel. The story is serious, but some parts, even intense parts, make you laugh, mostly because of the absurdity of bad things that happen and the ways that they happen. A lot of this story is on the edge excitement or action, and little on romance. But like the novel before it, this one also has aging and not too healthy characters, so adds to the realism. I thought it would be hard to have a novel come close to King Pinch in quality, but War in Tethyr does it. A really good novel, that should be read by every FR fan out there, or just any fantasy novel reader, because this one has something in it for every one.

This book about a courageous woman who had to fight her demons and friends. She became a mother figure, and more of a person. I gave it 1 point off because of what happened at the end.