[Bardos]

...by Sean Russel.

Anyone read it?
Any opinions?
No spoilers, plz.
I saw it in the bookstore today, but I did know if was worth the buy. How is it like?

[Mithfânion]

There's this pretty recent thread that you might find helpful

http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001242.html

[ChrisW]

The recent Orbit news letter has an interview with Russell for those interested http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif.

[Mithfânion]

I saw that he has another series, it looked quite good. The first book I believe is "The Initiate brother" and it's set in a Fantasy world China (or Japan). Very oriental. What the story was about was what intrigued me.

[Rob B]

I haven't read the Initiate Brother and it's sequel, but like many books they are on the to-buy list.

However, I did read his The River Into Darkness duology and thought very highly of it. His writing is very, very good. I would easily compare him to Guy Gavriel Kay, and based on what I've read of both authors, I like Russell a bit more.

[Warewolf]

Yet another series that I will wait to read until all the books are out... http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Hans]

Orbitbooks.co.uk really confused me. On there website they had The Swans War 2 as a release in March. Which hasn't come out. But now they also have it as Battle of the Isle as a release in August, which is part 2. So I emailed them, and they said the release date was september.

[Mithfânion]

Please no. That sucks. God what idiots. They've had that listed for a March release date for so long and now it's september? How's that possible?

Well, Amazon.co.uk. has moved its release date to August. They too had March up at first.

Amazon.com have it up for August as well.

Orbit has it up for March and August, but now they tell you it's September? Why must they suck so!

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[estranghero]

I read The Initiate Brother. Very good stuff. Very intriguing, fast-paced, and characters you can really dig, all in a medieval Japanese culture.

The second book, Gatherer of Clouds, was the same though a bit weak in the ending.

As an indication, Michael Whelan did the cover art of the 1st book but not the 2nd one. What does this mean? Well, Whelan said he normally does covers for books he likes (i.e. he reads 'em!). The man has good taste in reading material, too.

[ikonetic]

I just finished ONE KINGDOM.Not a bad read but nothing all that unique or original.Sort of cross between ZELAZNEY'S AMBER and JORDAN;S WHEEL OF TIME with some other writer's I can;t think of now.I do plan on buying and reading the 2nd book.