Karen Wester Newton
Autor(a) de Bag of tricks
Obras de Karen Wester Newton
Bag of tricks 1 exemplar(es)
Cold Comfort [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Return of Magic 1 exemplar(es)
Schrödinger's Child [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Where Magic Rules 1 exemplar(es)
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- 5
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- 5
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- #1,360,914
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- 5.0
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- 2
The story is sword-and-sorcery; the society is broken up into fiefdoms run by wizards and Joe ends up working for an embattled wizard on the sword side of operations where his military training in unarmed combat is invaluable. Touched by the youth of an opposing soldier, he disobeys orders and goes out into the battle field and rescues him only to find he/she appears to be a woman who insists that she is a man named Phillip. It is at this point that the Wizard reminds him that the difference between himself and the Dark Lords is that he is a benevolent despot, but he's still a despot.
He orders Joe and Phillip out on a quest to find dragon scales for a potion, and perhaps for other purposes. Whatever you have been expecting of a dragon, except for being large, winged, and reptilian, it probably isn't like this dragon. He's one of the most charming characters in the story. I won't reveal any more of the plot, except to say that I enjoyed the book and its twists. While its not a humorous tale, there is quite a bit of humor in it, which was one of the main charms of the story.… (mais)