When Demons Walk (Sianim)
After escaping from a life of slavery in Darran, Rialla plans revenge against her former masters—only to be chosen to protect a Darran lord planning to outlaw slavery.
After escaping from a life of slavery in Darran, Rialla plans revenge against her former masters—only to be chosen to protect a Darran lord planning to outlaw slavery.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780441005345 (0441005349)
ASIN: 0441005349
Publish date: 1998-06-01
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Of course I love Briggs Wolf series - Mercy/Anna & Charles - but for me, this would have to be my favourite Briggs book. How could I not love it - the heroine is a thief and a magician - pulled into the machinations of court life she goes undercover as a rich man's mistress. There were laughs, act...
I really enjoyed this story of a woman surviving in a world where everything has changed, where an invasion has created instability and where she has gone from being a magic apprentice to hiding out in the poor quarter of town, robbing from the people who conrtibuted to the blinding and disability o...
Re-read #5 (4/17/2012): I tend to skim the opening, read every word in the palace, and follow the demon mythology closely. This is a fantastic mix of mystery and mythology. Sham is among my favorite heroines, she's funny and complex and utterly capable. I would have loved to see more of her and K...
Very good book, typically one of those books that left me a taste of moreish when I finished it! There could have been so much more to be told in this story :)
I can't say I was disappointed in this book, but I think it's much weaker than Briggs's later efforts. The world is interesting (although this is the third in a trilogy, apparently, it's the only one I've read), but the story itself is uneven. Toward the end the explanation of the magic was compli...
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