[THT]

Anybody here read them? Sort of a guilty pleasure. It has a feminist take on Catholicism, a deep historical background, a bit of magic, some interesting characters, and the wait for the next book is interminable.

[ChrisW]

Yah, "Crown of Stars" is currently my 2nd favourite series. Oh and the cover art is great so they look really good http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/biggrin.gif.

[Shadowen]

Yep, love these books. Amazon.co.uk has the publication date for book 5 'Crown of Stars' as July 2nd, 2002, so less than a year to go.... sigh.

[SirRob]

Yeah these books are great. They're my favourite series as they're really interesting and have brilliant characters ,and weave a complete picture of the world its set in, even though I don't really care for the feminist stuff. And the similiarities to the medieval world makes it even better. Thanks for the bit of information about the publication date of the fifth one Shadowen I've been looking for that for ages.

[azaz]

I've got the first 3 books in paperback, and I couuldn't wait to read 'Child of Flame', so I brought it in hardback. Now I only wished I had brought all of them in Hardback.

Her world building is top-notch, one of the best, the characters well drawn out and very different to one another.

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In 'Child of Flame' where she shows what happened and how everything begin 2700 years ago is excellently done. The technology and setting is in that time are also shown differently, with more of a bronze age feel to it.
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The only bad thing I found about this series is the religious stuff can sometimes get too carried away.

I can't wait till the Fifth book comes out. 2nd July 2002. Yippi ka yeah.

[Eventine]

I sort of liked the religious part to it - it was an intersting take on Christianity, and how some of the characters came to their beliefs, and how they accept the repercussions makes for some interesting conflict.

[Lady Fox]

I enjoyed this series too. The religious and feminist overtones didn't take away from the plot or storyline - they fit very naturally into the action. Anybody know when Child of Flame will be released in paperback?

[THT]

Amazon.com says Child of Flame ships Nov 7 this year (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756400147/qid=999652657/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3534807-2756154).

About Alain, I'm still mystified about his destiny and his history. He can perform miracles, is blessed by the gods, and can't kill. It almost seems he's a Forrest Gump character http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Eventine]

Alain is definitely very interesting, particularly when you consider what happened to him in Child of Flame.

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What are the repercussions of the lady of battles abandoning him? Can he regain her favour?

[ChrisW]

He doesnt need to. Alain can fight but he can't kill. You see this in child of flame when he fights those underground guys. He kicked there butts without having to kill any of them. So why would he won't her back?