mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson) (07/08/85)
I have just finished Glen Cook's The Fire in His Hands and the
sequel, With Mercy Towards None. The setting for these stories is
post-Dynastic, in other words a great Empire was shattered over a typically
trivial squabble. The main culture is that of the fallen people, which is
sort of a mix between mexican and arab nomads. There is a ruling class, the
Royalists, who are the remnenants of the royalty before "The Fall".
This is an epic of religious conquest and numerous battles. I have
no complaint as far as the description of the battles. Those of you who have
read William Forschtein's Fire on the Ice series and enjoyed the blood and
gore will find this book equally amusing.
The plot summary is this: a young boy survives the pillage of his
father's caravan and is left for dead in the dessert. Despite all odds he
shows up out of the dessert thirty days later and claims to have been saved
by an angel of the Lord. He has renamed himself El Murid, the Disciple and
has come to return the Lord's chosen people, these nomads, to His way.
Ok. The story builds his allies and trails his progress until the
end of the second book where things have come to a kind of uneasy standstill.
Cook has created a nice historic type story. He includes scenes of magic
and clerical power in terms of El Murid. The battle strategies are interesting
and the author really plays with your heartstrings- both sides of the battle
are always that close to defeat.
I recommend this story for people who like:
a) battle
b) religion and clerical Powers
c) real Magic
in that order.
Moshe Eliovson
{allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mteJAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/09/85)
From: busch!mte (Moshe Eliovson)
I have just finished Glen Cook's The Fire in His Hands and the
sequel, With Mercy Towards None. The setting for these stories is
post-Dynastic, in other words a great Empire was shattered over a typically
trivial squabble. The main culture is that of the fallen people, which is
sort of a mix between mexican and arab nomads. There is a ruling class, the
Royalists, who are the remnenants of the royalty before "The Fall".
This is an epic of religious conquest and numerous battles. I have
no complaint as far as the description of the battles. Those of you who have
read William Forschtein's Fire on the Ice series and enjoyed the blood and
gore will find this book equally amusing.
The plot summary is this: a young boy survives the pillage of his
father's caravan and is left for dead in the dessert. Despite all odds he
shows up out of the dessert thirty days later and claims to have been saved
by an angel of the Lord. He has renamed himself El Murid, the Disciple and
has come to return the Lord's chosen people, these nomads, to His way.
Ok. The story builds his allies and trails his progress until the
end of the second book where things have come to a kind of uneasy standstill.
Cook has created a nice historic type story. He includes scenes of magic
and clerical power in terms of El Murid. The battle strategies are interesting
and the author really plays with your heartstrings- both sides of the battle
are always that close to defeat.
I recommend this story for people who like:
a) battle
b) religion and clerical Powers
c) real Magic
in that order.
Moshe Eliovson
{allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mte