In Danger's Path: Corps 08 (Corps)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Still hooked on the Corps
  • The incredibe journey continues
  • In Dangers Path
  • "IN DANGERS PATH"
  • Standard W.E.B. Griffin fare
In Danger's Path: Corps 08 (Corps)
W. E. B. Griffin
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ASIN: 0515126985

Book Description

An explosive new package for a New York Times bestselling Corps novel.

In his new capacity, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering sees many of his trusted men called to duty, plus one he never expected: his son. Together, they will venture into terra incognita.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Still hooked on the Corps.......2007-06-12

I am actually getting sad that I'm nearing the end of this incredible series about the US Marine Corps. Griffin's characters continue to captivate, and he always introduces new ones that you hope to see more of in the future. In this case a Chief Petty Officer called McGuire is one that I certainly want to hear more of. This book takes McCoy and Zimmerman into the Gobi Desert on a very dangerous mission that has a two-fold goal - one to establish a permanent weather station in the Gobi, and the other to rescue a band of US people who have been trying to get out of Japanese held spots in China. We get to see all the planning and preparation work carried out by Flem Pickering's men as they plan this incredibly dangerous mission again behind enemy lines. Griffin's descriptions of the unforgiving Gobi Desert are also unforgettable. What a barren land this must be. Anyway, the book kept me going right from the beginning. I love Griffin's writing style.

5 out of 5 stars The incredibe journey continues.......2007-02-10

This series is the best one I think I have ever read. With characters that have been developed in earlier books coming back in the series with a little back story for those who have not read the previous books. All books in the series can stand on their own, but read in order, they tell an incredible tale. I am always checking to see when the next book will be available and preorder it the day I see it. I devour them, they are so well written and interesting, worthwhile reading.

5 out of 5 stars In Dangers Path.......2006-11-10

The Corps series is one of the best series I have read. I can't wait for him to come out with the next book.

4 out of 5 stars "IN DANGERS PATH".......2005-09-21

This one of my favorite "Corps" books by WEBG. I have read several of the reviews of this book. I find them too nit-picky.
Lighten up! This is fiction!!

Semper Fi,

Hugh W. Davis

3 out of 5 stars Standard W.E.B. Griffin fare.......2004-09-30

Nothing overly special about this book. Griffin stands true the the schitck of his genre, mainly 1) Deflowered Virgins, 2) Rich Playboys in the military service, and 3) Enlisted men who must become officers by the end of the story. If you can deal with that, its no better or worse than the other books in the series.

However, there are serious problems with continuity in this book. Names and events that took place in prior books and are remembered in this one are so inaccurate, I'm seriously starting to suspect that after Book III or so, these things are being ghostwritten.

Brown's Requiem
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent First Novel
  • good, but not great, Ellroy
  • Ellroy's first effort
  • Gooid Book But Edition Needs Editing!!!!
  • An early Ellroy novel, quite likeable
Brown's Requiem
James Ellroy
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ASIN: 0380731770

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Before he began to remap the geography of the crime novel and venture out into the darkest noir night of them all with L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, White Jazz, and American Tabloid, James Ellroy started his career with this powerful but basically straightforward book about Los Angeles private eye Fritz Brown. At first glance, the story of an investigation into a crooked golf tournament that opens up to include arson and murder could be just another work by any one of the dozens of good writers who have used Southern California as a metaphor for the decline and fall of civilization. But behind the terse prose, astute readers will soon begin to hear something else--the increasingly loud clamor of a cry of pain that will eventually become the barely manageable madness of Ellroy's later books. --Dick Adler

Book Description

Fritz Brown's L.A.--and his life--are masses of contradictions, like stirring chorales sung for the dead. A less-than-spotless former cop with a drinking problem--a private eye-cum-repo man with a taste for great music--he has been known to wallow in the grime beneath the Hollywood glitter. But Fritz Brown's life is about to change, thanks to the appearance of a racist psycho who flashes too much cash for a golf caddie and who walked away clean from a multiple murder rap. Reopening this cas could be Fritz's redemption; his welcome back to a moral world and his path to a pure and perfect love. But to get there, he must make it through a grim, lightless place where evil has no national borders; where lies beget lies and death begets death; where there's little tolerance for Bach or Beethoven and deadly arson is a lesser mortal sin; and where a p.i.'s unhealthy interest in the past can turn beautiful music into funeral dirge.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Excellent First Novel.......2004-08-18

I want to start off by saying that I will not recap the book, it isn't my style, I am not good at it, and I think that is can give too much away for someone who has not read the book yet. Also, I am sure others have and why do it again?
What I will tell you is my impression and the tone of the book. This book, like all of Ellroy's books the atmosphere practically jumps off the page. Without being wordy like some authors he manages to set the scene, the emotion and the feel in just a few sentences. This book is dark, it is fiery, but more than that is shockingly emotional. It isn't overt, and it takes a second read to really feel it, but there is a subtext to the characters that most will lose in the action and the Ellroyisms. There is good action, there is snappy dialogue and there are a few twists.

I will say this as the only negative. For some reason Ellroy telegraphs the ending, and that was bothersome. I didn't mind too much because to read Ellroy is to appreciate the road not the destination. Read this book, it is worth the time.

3 out of 5 stars good, but not great, Ellroy.......2002-12-12

Ellroy's first novel is a decent PI novel that is slightly better than the usual entry, revealing little of the genius to come. A good read, no more.

4 out of 5 stars Ellroy's first effort.......2002-08-13

After reading Brown's Requiem I found out that this is Ellroy's first published novel. The plot is a lot more simple than some of his subsequent works. There is not much mystery as from the beginning we are given a fairly good indication of who the bad guys are. The mystery here seems to be more with how Private Investigator Fritz Brown handles the situation he is presented with. Brown is a private investigator in name only as the beginning of the novel finds him working almost exclusively as a repo man for a car dealer who we later find out still thinks that brown has some dirt on him. Brown is a former Los Angeles Police officer who struggles with a drinking problem. He admittedly was a horrible police officer and was forced to resign after the severe beating of a pervert who he was told not to touch as the guy was a snitch and valuable to the police. The entrance of 'Fat Dog' Baker into the mix draws Brown into the seedy underworld of the Loss Angeles golf caddy community. Brown is hired by Fat Dog to investigate the older man with whom his sister is living. As Brown is running all over Southern California, Tijuana Mexico and San Francisco California, he encounters various low life characters, caddies, police officers, relatives of murder victims, would be assasins, beach camping hippies, and various characters with organized crime connections. Brown uncovers evidence of various crimes including arsons, murders, bookmaking operations, and welfare scams. The result is an interesting, and rather straight forward, hard boiled detective story set in early 80's southern california colored by the main characters love of classical music...Hence the title Browns Requiem.
This novel will not be remembered as James Ellroy's best work, but it is a strong first effort and deserves to be read by those who enjoy this genre of fiction.

4 out of 5 stars Gooid Book But Edition Needs Editing!!!!.......2001-12-12

I was captivated by Ellroy's "noir" tone, and I liked "Brown's Requiem." My only complaint about the book involves the publisher's carelessness in editing. I was frequently distracted by typographical and grammatical errors that should have been fixed before the book went to press. Good fiction enables a reader to forget that he is reading and the mistakes in text were a frequent reminder of what went into making the book. The high price tags on even the most humble of paperbacks should more than pay for greater editorial attention.

4 out of 5 stars An early Ellroy novel, quite likeable.......2001-11-28

A good example of early Ellroy, enjoyable though not his best. I'd just finished reading AMERICAN TABLOID, so I missed his dead-on rendition of the '50s and '60s and all their sleazy flaws. This book is set in the '70s, and is less tightly-written than other Ellroy work, but is still a great P.I. novel and very much a pulp crime novel about a washed up alcoholic who gets involved with bizarre characters surrounding the golf caddy scene in L.A. Worth a read if you like later Ellroy.
Brown's Requiem
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    Brown's Requiem
    James Ellroy
    Manufacturer: Allison & Busby
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    Brown's Requiem
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      Brown's Requiem
      James Ellroy
      Manufacturer: Avon
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      Brown's Requiem
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        Brown's Requiem
        James Ellroy
        Manufacturer: Avon
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        Requiem for the West: A Collection of Stories, Essays, and Photographs from Forty Years of Living in the Rocky Mountains
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • A Magnificent journey through the eyes of an Emmy Award winning filmaker
        • Decent reflections from front lines of fight against Western sprawl, sadly SPOILED by the author himself
        Requiem for the West: A Collection of Stories, Essays, and Photographs from Forty Years of Living in the Rocky Mountains
        Roger C. Brown
        Manufacturer: Summit Films Press
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        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars A Magnificent journey through the eyes of an Emmy Award winning filmaker.......2007-09-09

        There are numerous things which set Mr. Brown apart from the many who have written about the West. Whether or not they can all be listed here is not as important as it is to reveal the lack of depth, knowledge or understanding of Requiem for the West by the first reviewer.

        Prior to saying anything, I would like to assert that because I have first hand (and I do mean "hands on") experience, I feel I have a real right to weigh in and to set a few things straight after reading the comments from the Gadfly.

        To start, High Country News (hardly a hands off organization), had this to say about Requiem for the West: Brown is remorseful about the path of progress in the West, and remorseless in the anger he feels about it. He mourns the loss of soul and solitude, of small mountain towns and rural quaintness. "I care deeply about this land and many of the people who live on it, so I do not take lightly the task of being critical," Brown writes. "I would rather just close my eyes and ignore some of the things that have gone wrong, but some of us have to speak out."

        His book will strike a chord in anyone who has watched a newly bulldozed subdivision take the place of a hay meadow, or encountered a congested mountain highway, or burned inside at the sight of drill rigs on the Roan Plateau, in the high places where the elk used to roam.

        Still, hope springs eternal, even for an old curmudgeon: "Yes, the old West is dead and a requiem is appropriate," concludes Brown, "but there is still an opportunity to shape a new West that is not based on greed but on quality of life ... Speak out, behave yourself, be kind to Nature, think in the long term, and listen to your heart."

        There is something vastly unique about Mr. Brown that any thinking person would appreciate. Being an Emmy award winning filmmaker, Mr. Brown knows that one has to understand all sides of an issue prior to discussing it. Mr. Brown dared to take a step into the various "camps" to gain first hand experiences with the people who live in the West- thus his oft comments about arm chair environmentalists. And unlike these "arm chair" critics, Mr. Brown lives among the people he describes.

        The gadfly reviewer proves this point well, from his puerile comments on Mr. Brown's writings to his obvious fact- starved advocacy he so wishes to share.

        There is an important story here to share to encourage more people to read this engaging book. Rest assured, Mr. Brown's addition of his award winning photography is not to glorify himself, but to share and to give perspective and depth to his understanding of cultures- for this is critical to understanding the battle for the West, and this battle is too important to be lost to the kind of ignorance so perfectly embodied in the first reviewer's comments. In essence, it is the likes of this "gadfly "reviewer who stilt progress so desperately needed for all sides to come to terms, to toss out the polemics, the rhetoric and their own prejudices. Mr. Brown has earned the right to speak freely on a subject which he personally understands and has given most of his fortunes to save. We can all learn from him, and should before we lose what is most precious to all of us.

        You need to read this book if you have opinions about ranching and logging on federal lands. The arguments and issues are far more complicated than you realize, and to his credit, Mr. Brown, who's long list of friends belonging on the "who's who" list of staunch environmentalists, is not one bit unaware of the results of grazing, logging, mining or other land uses. Unlike the armchair environmentalists that aggravate the heck out of him, Mr. Brown sought out the people OF the land, the scientists, the organizations who would do all they could to eliminate these people and everyone else in between. He learned that there is no parity in the cost of grazing on federal lands and private lands. They simply do not have much of anything in common- certainly not in terms of value. But they do have something most of us can get our arms around, and that is being an integral part of what makes our nation strong- having the ability (so far) of feeding a hungry nation sustainably.
        Mr. Brown is acutely aware that estate taxes ARE the reason for many ranches turning into suburban housing when there is no way to "buy the ranch" yet again from the government after another generation passes on.

        This is highly relevant in that most folks seem to size people up as being from one camp or the other, depending upon their affiliations. Mr. Brown is from his own camp. He is a free thinker, a Maverick and a very caring person. He is an individual who has no need to write another Cadillac Desert, Silent Spring, War on the West, or what have you. He lived the book that is now available for you to read and to share with others.

        He began his own battle in 1970 over water and this battle culminated in the first minimum stream law in the West. What is important to me, is that this man availed himself to understand what the war out here in the West is all about. He has eloquently assembled essays, short stories and sought to share his astute findings in a unique way through this book. Anyone who thinks they know should read it . There are many lessons to be gained from his experiences.

        This book is a gift of knowledge , experience and love- pure love of what most of us seem to take for granted. If you have a heart, you will sense it. If you have a mind, you will forever look for what you can do to right the wrongs wisely. Socratic Gadflies notwithstanding, this issue is far too important to ignore, or to toss about in pseudo intellectual banter. This book is a breath of fresh air, carefully excluding the very type of acerbic vitriol which always paints the wrong picture and ultimately either shades or completely hides the truth.

        Mr. Brown is a man of honor, leaving that legacy to his family and friends and now you. Obviously, I have had the pleasure of working with him, and I learned a lot which I use to this day. He shared his innermost heartfelt views and has lived what he writes about. The Gadfly's comments are as hollow and baseless as is his understanding of what Mr. Brown's book was about.

        2 out of 5 stars Decent reflections from front lines of fight against Western sprawl, sadly SPOILED by the author himself.......2006-05-01

        I almost gave this a third star, but Roger Brown's burr up his a** about "urban environmentalists" was repeated more than one time too often for my taste.

        Page 213: THe Clinton Administration started restricting and locking up large tracts.... eventually a huge chunk of the desert in southern Utah."

        Hey, Roger, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, no "urban environmentalist" he, LED the fight to form Grand Staircase-Escalante, created in part to stop HUGE coal stripmining on the Kiaparowits Plateau.

        Oh, I'm sorry, Brown has this to say on the same page about Babbitt:
        "Babbitt, in spite of his Arizona ranching background, came off as an Ivy League Eastern intellectual, irritating and discouraging ranchers."

        Earlier in the book, Brown says the biggest problem with "urban environmentalists" is they hate ranchers and want to run them off federal lands, as shown by the push to restrict grazing permits on Forest Service/BLM land and raise fees.

        WRONG, Roger. We want Western ranchers to pay the same grazing rights on federal land as on comparable private land.

        Brown then claims that contentions of overgrazing are a myth.

        Well, "Arizona rancher" Bruce Babbitt has ranched on the land, and he seemed pretty certain it's not a myth. Now, can Colorado mountain valleys bear more grazing, and even recuperate from overgrazing more rapidly, than Arizona desert washes? Well, yes, but even those mountain valleys will hit a point of no easy return.

        So, it's not just Brown's diatribe, it's the lack of facts behind it, that ultimately got this book a two-star rating.

        Let's throw in another problem. Brown claims that the federal government's estate taxes are punitive on western famly ranchers. NO, they're not, no more so than they are on Midwestern family farmers.

        Beyond that, Brown's use of the phrase "death taxes" rather than "estate taxes," in the post-BushCo environment, no matter that he excoriates Bush's anti-environmentalism, was interesting to say the least.

        Finally, as far as being "right-sided" on water rights issues, vs. profligate, indiscriminate damming of the West, read Marc Reisner's "Cadillac Desert." You'll get a far, far different picture of Dick Lamm than the saintly one painted here, at least on that subsegment of environmentalism.

        I also grew a bit weary of his "place-dropping," showing pictures from Nepal, Tibet, Chile, etc., which seemed more about boasting he had visted these places, than being about any connection with Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness.

        If you want books by old-time Colorado residents describing their battles against Western sprawl, you can do better than this one.
        Requiem Por Brown
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          Requiem Por Brown
          James Ellroy
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          Brown's Requiem
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            James Ellroy
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            Brown's Requiem
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              Brown's Requiem
              James ELLROY
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              Requiem for remembered love
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                Requiem for remembered love
                Gladys Ely Brown
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                Legacies of Love Collection (Legacy, No Stranger, and Wedding Bell Blues)
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • Sassy and Entertaining Trio
                Legacies of Love Collection (Legacy, No Stranger, and Wedding Bell Blues)
                Jayne Ann Krentz , Stella Cameron , Heather Graham Pozzessere , and Heather Graham
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                5 out of 5 stars Sassy and Entertaining Trio.......2000-03-24

                Three narratives of star-crossed heroines and their unwanted heroes entangled in life's dilemmas. Jayne Anne Krentz and Heather Graham Pozzessere deliver award-winning tales that keep me returning for their new books and turning the pages in this one. To my delight, Stella Cameron is a new find and her artful plot development just as fun to read as my other favorites. Get ready to be charmed and enjoy with some relaxing music!
                Stranger at the Wedding
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                • Romance, mystery, and magic -- with characters you believe in
                • Georgette? Is That You?
                • Another entertaining book by Hambley
                • Hambly is on a roll
                • Fun, if lightweight
                Stranger at the Wedding
                Barbara Hambly
                Manufacturer: Del Rey
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                ASIN: 0345380975
                Release Date: 1994-03-02

                Book Description

                Kyra was preparing for her final wizard test before the Council. But suddenly, something was twisting her magic, weaving sinister portents of doom into even the simplest of her spells. Then she knew for certain that her young sister Alix was soon to marry--and soon to die. And so she journeyed back to the family who had disowned her. To save her sister, Kyra would have to face down her father's rage, stand firm against the venomous rivalries of her family's enemies, and confront the Inquisition. Then she must defeat a still deadlier foe--if only she could find it!

                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars Romance, mystery, and magic -- with characters you believe in.......2006-07-19

                Among Barbara Hambly's many virtues as an author is her ability to create a universe that, in your heart, you believe to be a real place. She evokes soot, worn wooden floors, and the sparkle of sunlight. She does such a good job, in fact, that most of Hambly's books are part of larger series, such as fantasy trilogies or a mystery series (e.g. her Benjamin January mysteries, set in 1840s New Orleans). This is one of the few exceptions: Stranger at the Wedding is a standalone story, so you won't have the sense of commitment to a whole universe.

                In this world, magic works. Magicians are distrusted because of the power they could wield, however, so they are not permitted to marry, to own significant property, or to have a business with more than a few employees. Most mages have withdrawn from the world to learn and research but not to use magic pragmatically; each takes a vow not to use magic to benefit any human. And most of them live in a remote... well, monastary covers it. Some "dog wizards" do their best to eke out a living in the cities, but most of them are poor. Meanwhile, the society-at-large has reached the age of steam and coal; the industrial evolution is underway. (This is a nice change from the usual feudal era in which most magic is presented.)

                One of those mages is Kyra, a 24 year old woman of "good family" who was ejected from her parents' home after her magical abilities became public. (Kyra has a "bit part" in an earlier trilogy, but you definitely don't need to have read that one.) When she gets a premonition that her betrothed sister will die on Alix's wedding night, she feels that she must go back home to deal with the threat.

                I've owned this book since it first came out (in the 80s? early 90s?), and I've read it several times in the intervening years. It isn't that it's *wonderful*, but it's engaging, particularly when I want the reader's eqivalent of "comfort food:" entertain me, but don't make me work too hard. Kyra has a wonderful smartass sense of humor, the romance feels "real" (even if it's actually love at first sight), and the storytelling -- as usual, with Hambly -- is excellent. Even though I've read this book several times before, it kept me reading late at night, after midnight, when I *knew* I had to get up at 6.

                4 out of 5 stars Georgette? Is That You?.......2005-12-08

                Nicely tongue-in-cheek -- until it gets Very Dark -- fantasy/romance, much in the style of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances, though the underlying McGuffin is rather nasty.

                Kyra the Red would be very typically a Georgette Heyer type heroine -- impetuous, tall, a bit physically clumsy, unrecognising of her own idiosyncratic beauty, unwed at an unfashionably late age -- who has the added misfortune to be a wizard.

                A wizard, in a world in which the Church begrudgingly allows one wizards' order to exist, with the proviso that the wizards may not use their magic to affect the world outside their walls. To use unauthorised magic is an automatic sentence of death.

                And Kyra has come home for her younger sister's wedding; home, where she knows she is not welcome in her father's house.

                Home, where she quickly discovers that someone else is trying to steal away the groom, using illicit purchased magic.

                Home, where she cleverly and subtly uses her forbidden powers to stall or prevent the wedding. (The mice are a particularly good touch, and Don Maitz's typically lyrical cover refers masterfully to that sequence.)

                Home, where her prophetic dreams have told her that a curse decrees that her sister's marriage bed will be her deathbed.

                Home, where she finds herself, uncomfortably, increasingly attracted to her sister's betrothed... who seems (after he gets over thinking her somewhat addled) to return her regard...

                There can be little doubt that Hambly had Georgette Heyer in mind when writing this -- compare it to, oh, "The Grand Sophy" or "The Masqueraders" -- and i do not think that Heyer would have felt offended by this tribute.

                4 out of 5 stars Another entertaining book by Hambley.......2003-06-30

                This book is another wonderful story set in the world of Antryg Windrose, although neither he nor Joanna Sheraden appears in it. I think the Windrose Chronicles happen to be Hambley's best series, and this book certainly lives up to that expectation. ... After she arrives the fur begins to fly between her and her estranged family, but once she meets the prospective groom and his family the fun really begins as she tries to delay the wedding and find out who wants her sister dead. This book is once again a great mix of fantasy and mystery, which seems to be a Hambley staple. Also typical of a Hambley book, the prose just draws the reader in, and enough twists and turns occur in the plot that you are never quite sure what is going to happen next. At various times throughout the book the reader will empathize with each of the main characters, which again points to the wonderful and heartfelt character development that I have come to expect from Hambley. This is a great book, and I encourage new and old Hambley fans to track it down and read it. I only hope she writes a few more stories about the characters in this strange new world.

                4 out of 5 stars Hambly is on a roll.......2003-03-07

                Continuing the thread started in her Windrose Chronicles,
                Barbara Hambly weaves yet another yarn that is well-spun
                with character depth and a plot that, convoluted as it may
                sometimes seem, is internally consistent and easy to swallow -
                despite its liberal sprinkling of wizards, ghosts, spells and
                curses. The story includes characters and a historic setting
                that is comfortable and familiar to any who have read her
                Windrose Chronicles, yet the story is independent of those
                works and stands on its own, with a very different perspective
                on the politics and day-to-day lives of the inhabitants of the
                Empire.

                Kyra - whom we met briefly in Hambly's "Dog Wizard," is the
                central character, and her unravelling of the mystery as to what
                has twisted her own developing magic skills, who and what is
                threatening the life of her sister, and how to navigate through
                the quagmire of paternal resentment, socialite scheming, the
                suspicions of the Church's Magic Office and her surprisingly
                conflicted heart over the man who would be her brother-in-law,
                are expertly and masterfully interwoven by Hambly's skills as
                a storyteller. A very good read - even more than once.

                4 out of 5 stars Fun, if lightweight.......2000-07-02

                This was one of my first forays into fantasy several years ago. I enjoyed it then, and upon rereading it, I find it holds up rather well.

                Hambly excels at describing, in a matter-of-fact manner, surroundings that may be fantastic, unreal. Kyra is bold, even fierce, and in Spens we find a surprising equal. The magic in the book is fun, the plot engrossing, and the ending is perfect.
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