false 176250 6 Barbara Hambly, author of the acclaimed Benjamin January mystery series, is also one of fantasy's best authors, as her complex, powerful novel <I>Sisters of the Raven</I> demonstrates. <p> In a world where only men possess magic, the mages are losing their power--and a few women are discovering that they can cast spells. This adds turmoil to an already dire situation. Drought is ravaging the Yellow City. Its king is a soft, untested dandy with many enemies. A radical new prophet is winning an army of converts with his dangerous preachings. And the women magic-makers, struggling to form an alliance and combat the drought, are being killed in the night by an unknown man who, impossibly, possesses a new, terrifying, and immensely powerful magic. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> 2501162 2002 Sisters of the Raven (Aspect Fantasy) total:121|5:17|4:27|3:50|2:20|1:7| 121 390 163 18 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:34:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 13:58:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 08:53:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:05:45 -0700 2009
Sisters of the Raven is quite good. The events unfold in a world where men have always wielded exclusive control of socie...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 11:05:23 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 11:10:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 15:27:28 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 15:27:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 05 10:09:06 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:09:06 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:51:13 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 06:54:05 -0800 2009
I like her writing: she's one of the few authors in the genre who works with really strong female characters. Here, she examines the social unrest that occurs when magic, p...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 22:31:36 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 17:37:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 03 16:19:37 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 16:19:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 17 03:11:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 07 01:31:51 -0700 2009
I put this book on the "read" shelf just so I won't forget that I tried it and didn't like it. Hambly's writing is excellent, as usual, but I wasn't in the mood for dystopia and I just d...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 19 21:32:30 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 21:32:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 08:48:01 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 12:34:10 -0700 2008
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