Masques
After an upbringing of proper behavior and oppressive expectations, Aralorn fled her noble birthright for a life of adventure as a mercenary spy. Her latest mission involves spying on the increasingly powerful sorcerer Geoffrey ae'Magi. But in a war against an enemy armed with the powers of...
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After an upbringing of proper behavior and oppressive expectations, Aralorn fled her noble birthright for a life of adventure as a mercenary spy. Her latest mission involves spying on the increasingly powerful sorcerer Geoffrey ae'Magi. But in a war against an enemy armed with the powers of illusion, how do you know who the true enemy is-or where he will strike next?
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780441019427 (0441019420)
Publish date: September 28th 2010
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 294
Edition language: English
Series: Sianim (#1)
As Mrs Briggs first work I recognize that, as she herself says, the work is unpolished. Her storytelling though was absolutely wonderful. I prefer when Briggs writes Fantasy. Hopefully I'll be able to find the next book in the series without having to pay a fortune. Off to my next read...Cheers Pret...
Just finished and while its not as good as briggs' other stuff (obviously with it being her first) Masques was still a good read. More so in fact than quite a few other authors i have come across. Briggs clearly has talent in spades and has for quite a while. Her characters where good. The evil Ch...
I meant to write a review yesterday, oh well.I did like this one more than Briggs' other old fantasy romance novels. But yes of course it could have been much better. It was also rushed and could have been dragged out to a thick trilogy. Sure there is a book 2, but this book ended with the bad guy b...
Disclaimer: I read (listened to) the updated 2010 version which had been re-written and fleshed out considerably (according to the author's introduction), and was almost twice the length of the original 1993 release.I really struggled to rate this one. It's so hard not to compare it to her Mercy Tho...