The Shadow of the Lion
Key Selling Points- Mercedes Lackey is one of fantasy's hottest writers, author of the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series (DAW). Her books routinely soar to the top of the genre best-seller lists and she has her own fan club of over 1,000 members. She was one of the first writers to have an...
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Key Selling Points- Mercedes Lackey is one of fantasy's hottest writers, author of the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series (DAW). Her books routinely soar to the top of the genre best-seller lists and she has her own fan club of over 1,000 members. She was one of the first writers to have an online newsgroup devoted to her writing.- Eric flint is a popular new star of fantasy and alternate history SF. The mass market edition of his alternate history novel 1632 has an 88% sellthrough. His humorous fantasy The Philosophical Strangler has an 87% sellthrough in mass market.- Dave Freer is the author of The Forlorn (Baen) and of many articles in scientific journals, and was an unwilling conscript in the "undeclared" South African-Angolan war.- Two recent collaborations between Eric Flint and Dave Freer--Rats, Bats & Vats and Pyramid Scheme--have had strong sales and enthusiastic praise from all directions, including Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, etc.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743471473 (0743471474)
ASIN: 743471474
Publish date: August 26th 2003
Publisher: Baen
Pages no: 936
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
Cultural,
Italy,
Historical Fiction,
Action,
Alternate History
Series: Heirs of Alexandria (#1)
An intricate ensemble piece, just shy of too much confusion to be comfortable. The vast array of agendas is tricky at first, but watching things slowly converge and resolve was immensely pleasurable. Several scenes made me gasp aloud. Not a fast read, but a very satisfying one, though I thought the ...
I think this is my fifth time reading this book, but since it's now goodreads official I'll write a real review. I read this book as a variety starved teen in Yellowstone. Considering that it's an epic fantasy written by three people not really in that genre (Mercesdes Lackey maybe, but Eric Flint w...
I had two major problems with this book. I really wanted to like. A Venice with magic and a real griffin. Cool! Sadly, not cool here. One problem I had was the male characters act like boys. I suppose this really isn't a problem, considering the male characters are in fact boys, but the female...
This book was long. At times it was a bit too dry for me. This doesn't have the characteristic spark Ms. Lackey generally has when she writes. It's probably because she has not 1 but 2 male writers with her on this book.Marco and Ben are brothers trying to survive on their own. They are rather y...
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