Couldn't make it through this one. Wasn't poorly written, just wasn't my cup of tea.
The first I heard of this book was when I was young and unemployed. A friend of mine didn't necessarily recommend it to me but was rather laughing about it with some other friends. Apparently their favourite line was 'pass me another elf, this one's broken'. Yet another friend lent it to me and I re...
Mary Gentle's work is usually rather surreal, complex, dealing with cryptic symbolism and occult knowledge – and gritty violence, often done by female warriors.Well, except for the warriors and violence, this is quite a departure.It's a parody/satire – orcs in a Tolkien-esque land raid a dragon's ho...
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