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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I think this might just be the best one of the trilogy. I enjoyed it quite a bit. ( ) This review is written with a GPL 4.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at WordPress, Blogspot & Librarything by Bookstooge’s Exalted Permission Title: The Coming of Wisdom Series: The Seventh Sword #2 Author: Dave Duncan Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars Genre: SFF Pages: 350 Format: Digital Edition Synopsis: Sorcerors are taking over cities and ruling them with much less graft and corruption than their swordsmen counterparts. The goddess obviously can't have this, so it is up to Wally to figure out the riddle and fix all the problems. On a boat. My Thoughts: Enjoyed this more than the first book, that is for sure. Part of it was that this was not an intro story but with characters we already know about. Another part was that we don't get Wally wallowing in trying to reconcile 2 different world views. Internal self-angsting has it's place, but I don't particularly enjoy reading it. So the lack thereof in this book was rather nice. The whole adventure pretty much taking place on a boat and on the river was nice. A different town every couple of chapters made for an adventure that never felt stale. And having things be between sorcerers and swordsman instead of swordsmen and swordsmen also added a nice difference from book one. Several of the side characters got some real page time and became a lot more than just generic “helpers”. It is nice when characters become people. Duncan is a good writer and when he's on top of his game and not pissing me off with his anti-religion bs, he keeps me captivated. This book kept me interested the whole way through and I'm looking forward to the next one in the series. ★★★☆ ½ See the complete review posted on Book Frivolity. Check out other Fantasy and Historical Fiction ruminations there as well! Hello Wallie my old friend, I've come to speak to you again! Not as great as the first one, the portal not so fresh in this installment, but still fun and quirky, occasionally very serious! I still love the books after all these years (about 15 of them!), and it fills me with happiness to explore them again! Was a good book - not great, along the same lines as the previous in the saga (The Reluctant Swordsman). There's not much to say - the book was decent and I really enjoyed it, but it wasn't outstanding literature. I likened this one less to the "Landover" series, as the main character doesn't interact a lot with his "past", and when he does he rehashes things that went on in the first book no reviews | add a review
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A barbarian warrior faces the forces of the Fire God in this thrilling adventure from the acclaimed author of Children of Chaos. Wallie Smith is staring death in the face; only a miracle can save him. And then one does! The Goddess appears to preserve his soul, but she does much more than that. She promises to bestow upon him a new and powerful body, and, more important, to endow him with the fabled Sapphire Sword of Chioxin. But nothing in this world or any other comes without a price. The Goddess demands that, for her services, Wallie become her champion. It will be an honor to serve such a presence, to have the chance to be victorious over all challengers. But Wallie and his sword quickly find themselves outmatched in a world of high‑stakes magic. Even the Goddess's priests cannot offer any resistance to the invading sorcerers and their quest to conquer souls for the Fire God. Wallie will need to find in himself and in the world the powers that will save all mortals. He will need to find the Coming of Wisdom. No library descriptions found. |
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