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Cat's Bookshelf
Cat's Bookshelf rated it 12 years ago
Medric is still the best.
Xdyj's books
Xdyj's books rated it 13 years ago
Great premise, wished it was better written.
Merle
Merle rated it 13 years ago
So-so fantasy.
altheaann
altheaann rated it 14 years ago
I read the first two in this series (Fire Logic and Earth Logic) quite a while ago. I wish I'd read them closer together, before the details faded in my memory, but the first two were published by Tor, and this one by Small Beer Press, which is an excellent publisher, but as its name might indicate,...
coffee & ink
coffee & ink rated it 14 years ago
Beautiful opening paragraph. Unfortunately, all downhill from there.
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 18 years ago
This is the third part of the Elemental Logic series, and the weakest. Karis and her rag tag band of Sainnite and Shaftalese allies are still trying to bring all of Shaftal together. Most of the book follows either the Sainnite general Clement and her Shaftalese cow-doctor lover Seth, or Zanja and...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 18 years ago
I actually liked this, the second book in the Elemental Logic trilogy, better than the first, which is a nice surprise. In Fire Logic, Marks introduced a country formerly known for its hospitality and philosophy that was invaded by warriors from across the ocean. Colonialism, culture appropriation...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 18 years ago
An excellent beginning to a really promising series. Several damaged women--the last survivor of a slaughtered tribe, a gifted blacksmith with a drug addiction, and their few friends--band together to fight against the invaders that have destroyed their lands. It's got wonderfully imaginative storyt...
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