The Bishop’s Heir by Katherine Kurtz
The Bishop’s Heir is the first book in Katherine Kurtz’s trilogy called THE HISTORIES OF KING KELSON but it’s a direct sequel to High Deryni, the third book in her CHRONICLES OF DERYNI trilogy. (Did you get that?) To get the most out of The Bishop’s Heir, you really need to read THE CHRONICLES OF DERYNI first. This review of The Bishop’s Heir will contain a couple of spoilers for the original trilogy.
January 14th, 2015. Kat Hooper and John Hulet | Katherine Kurtz | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Lone Wolf and Cub (Vol. 4): The Bell Warden by Kazuo Koike
The Bell Warden, Volume 4 of Lone Wolf and Cub, is still obviously chock full of action and bloodshed as Ogami continues cutting a swath through Tokugawa-era Japan on his path of vengeance. The main story arc doesn’t get a significant push forward here, hence the slightly lower rating from previous volumes, though we do get a lot of details on Tokugawa-era Japan and more than a few interesting things in the stories Koike &
December 26th, 2014. Terry Lago´s rating: 3.5 | Comics | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny
The Hand of Oberon, the fourth book in Roger Zelazny’s CHRONICLES OF AMBER, continues exactly where the previous book, Sign of the Unicorn, left off. The story was originally serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction and later printed in approximately 180-page installments. Each, therefore, is short and ends at some dramatic moment. These days, we’d probably be annoyed with an author who did this (why buy 10 books when you could just buy two?).
October 9th, 2012. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Roger Zelazny | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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