Hambly, Barbara: The Darwath Trilogy

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Ever buy a book because of the cover? This is a series I bought and read just because of that. So I had to scan in the cover to show you all.

If that wasn't intriguing, I don't know what is. (I've since stopped buying books for the cover since picking up one called The Man In The Moon Was Dead.)

The heroine, Gil from modern times, is having dreams. Strange dreams that are so real, so intense that they frighten her. Each morning when she wakes, she finds that her feet are dirty and stained as though she had been walking barefoot on cobblestones (which in her dreams she was). Then one night her worse fears are realized when she finds a man in her kitchen dressed just like the guy on the cover of the book, sitting in one of her kitchen chairs drinking a beer. Her adventure begins as she, some would say insanely, agrees to give sanctuary to the last Prince of Dar, an infant.

The three books in the trilogy are (I love trilogies):

The Time of the Dark
The Walls of Air
The Armies of Daylight

Not a bad read as far as they go. I did find fault with the third and final book though. I felt that as the end drew near Ms. Hambly had either gotten bored or really didn't know how she wanted to end things and just popped out with the ending she did. It left me wanting something different.

Cheers,

 

[BAYLOR]

I read this series some years back and I rather liked it. The Dark which resembled something out H P Lovecraft has and decimated that kingdom and other places. It was interesting adversary but as the series progress we find out that it not the only ones. Loved Ingold and Jill and Rudy. Terrific stuff and Im surprise hollywood hasn't tried to adapt this one.


Ive tried reading other things by this writer but have never been able to get into them. She also wrote a Star trek novel as well.

 

[svalbard]

I loved those books when I read them way, way back. Not sure how they would hold up now.