[Eventine]

I was reading through these reviews the other day and found one
that talked about another set of fantasy novels set in a city in the desert
defending against an army. I can't seem to find any further reference to it
though, so I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the name or
author of the book. I was pretty sure it was in a Terry Brooks review, or maybe Terry Goodkind.

[bookfreak13]

In Terry Brooks, there was a few chapters(okay, it was more like half the book) where the characters were in a city of stone, but there wasn't an army, just a large group of gnomes. It is called THe Druid of Shannara and it is the second book in the series, The Heritage of Shannara. THe first book is the Scions of Shannara. Hope that could help.

[Eventine]

Nope - whoever wrote it was pretty much saying that popular fantasy was pretty crap and depthless and unoriginal, and pointed out two authors I have never heard of, one of whom wrote this novel he pointed out.

[bookfreak13]

Well, the science fiction novel Dune takes place in a desert world, but I'm sure you already know of it.

[Eventine]

Yep - read Dune. Looks like I'll just have to live on wondering...

[Keyoke]

Can you give us some other clues? Which review did it appear in. I briefly scanned over the reviews under Terry Brooks, and only gazed at the odd one under Terry Goodkind..

The only book I have read which uses a siege theme, and not overly, is Garden's of the Moon, by Erikson, but, I doubt that is the one.

The WHite Rose by Glen Cook has soldier living in a deser called 'The Plains of Fear', but, no real siege work..

Keyoke

[Barbarossa]

The last three books in Glenn Cooks "black company series" are completely set during sieges, though the cities/fortresses in question aren't in a desert.

[neologik]

What about Ray Feist's book with the seige of Armengar? That took place in a city in the desert....

[Oggy]

Neologic, I don't think that's it. Armengar wasn't exactly in the desert, more like some rocky hillside country.

[Eventine]

Nothing there sounds like it guys. Guess I'm stuck wondering... :-(