Okay, how can you begin to sum up this fantastic series? Well, it's a cliché — like talking about the new Harry Potter — but if anyone deserves the mantle of the "new Tolkien", I think it's Robert Jordan. Except he's a much better writer (no reflection on Tolkien; he was an...
epic fantasy
A few lines from one of the six books about the Raven — I'm not even going to tell you which one, because it really doesn't matter; I chose them completely at random. Its point is to give you the flavor of the books. There's a lot of fighting, and I think Barclay does it well, with a lot...
Not an inspiring beginning, it might be thought. And yet, somehow, the words reach out and … entrance you. Yes, entrance is the word, I'm sure. I felt quite entranced, the first time I read this book (and, practically unique in my life, I remember exactly where I was when I read these...
