Susan Dexter
I started writing early, writing "books" in unused diaries. Illustrated too, because I was drawing even before I was writing. In the late 1970s, inspired by a couple of wretched winters in western Pennsylvania, I set out to write a fantasy short story in a "Write Your Own Book" I had been given,...
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I started writing early, writing "books" in unused diaries. Illustrated too, because I was drawing even before I was writing. In the late 1970s, inspired by a couple of wretched winters in western Pennsylvania, I set out to write a fantasy short story in a "Write Your Own Book" I had been given, which had a knight on horseback on its cover. It still does, and it's still empty because by the time I had finished outlining I could see there was no way The Ring of Allaire was going to fit in there. My novel about a wizard's first quest was published in 1981. I like to say that my wizard is just like Harry Potter--but Tristan was home-schooled! I have recently reworked and expanded this trilogy, once known as "The Winter King's War" into "Wizard's Destiny". My 2011-12 ebooks now have new covers--using my art. Visit my website at www.CalandraEsdragon.com and take a look at my blog: takeupthequest
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This is one of my favorite books, for its sheer storytelling. A superbly paced capture/wartime/woman-in-charge story with a little magic and a fabulous horse thrown in. (M/F)
2.5 starsAn interesting world, but the characters never came alive for me, though Kess and Leith have plenty of spirit and passion. The curse never really seemed dire nor real enough either. Nothing objectionable, just did not catch my fancy. Also, Kess is pretty awful for the vast portion of the bo...
This was a lovely end to the series. We’ve seen Valadan paired with someone who was totally undeserving, with a Witch who had heart and valor, and finally with a knight. The story in basic is one with the son of a knight trying to find a way to his Knightly destiny, and the bastard daughter of a Wit...
This is book two in the series and again we have the semi prickly female with magic, but this time the male is also a mage who is broken in spirit as well as body. Her husband slain in the many raider raids to her homeland, Druyan decides to not tell anyone, but stead for a year and a day so that th...
If you’re read Susan Dexter in the past, you’ll understand when I say that the hero here is yet another wooby in heroic clothing. She is a master at writing men who are nearly overly sensitive and bumbling incompetents in so many things, and yet caring, loving, and the one gift (whether magical or ...
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