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Ironhand's Daughter (The Hawk Queen #1)
The armies of the Outlanders crushed the highlanders at the battle of Colden Moor–killing their finest warriors and breaking their freeborn spirit. The highlanders are now a conquered people, ruled by the brutal Baron Gottasson.
Prophecies speak of the coming of a new leader, a descendent of Ironhand, mightiest of the highland kings. A leader who will throw off the Outlande...more
Prophecies speak of the coming of a new leader, a descendent of Ironhand, mightiest of the highland kings. A leader who will throw off the Outlande...more
Paperback, 284 pages
Published
January 15th 1996
by Legend
(first published 1995)
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The complexity of what makes a hero. Similar to Morningstar in that we get a whole lot of story in only one book. Okay, Gemmell always gives a whole lot of story, but (almost) the whole trajectory is here, rather than over a series. I couldn't get behind Sigarni as much I do his other protagonists - maybe because her story is told so fast, maybe because I kept stumbling over her name, maybe because she is all extremes (which, of course, all his heroes are) but with hardly any of the soft edges t...more
In Ironhand’s Daughter, David Gemmell begins a stunning new series, chronicling the lives of characters who live and die by the sword and the arrow, and introducing, in Signari, one of his most memorable figures.
Gemmell has for many years been the master of heroic fantasy/warfare epics and Ironhand’s Daughter marks an attempt to try something different: a story with a female lead. Happily, Gemmell’s novel pays off, with the author once again delivering a hugely readable (make that impossible-to-...more
Gemmell has for many years been the master of heroic fantasy/warfare epics and Ironhand’s Daughter marks an attempt to try something different: a story with a female lead. Happily, Gemmell’s novel pays off, with the author once again delivering a hugely readable (make that impossible-to-...more
An okay book.
The good: the author took some risks that I appreciate
The bad: characters that know pretty much everything, way too much foreshadowing, any time someone got shot by an arrow (or was injured by something else) where they got hurt always magically turned out to be their eye, personalities changed too quickly, "firm breasts" is used too often, character's say things to sound epic that real people would not say
The good: the author took some risks that I appreciate
The bad: characters that know pretty much everything, way too much foreshadowing, any time someone got shot by an arrow (or was injured by something else) where they got hurt always magically turned out to be their eye, personalities changed too quickly, "firm breasts" is used too often, character's say things to sound epic that real people would not say
Apr 14, 2013
Rachel Toh
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
If you enjoy an easy fantasy novel
Shelves:
fantasy
Satisfying, I had fun reading it and enjoyed it quite a bit. Altogether I found it more engaging than the second book.
(SPOILER) Only felt it was a little too Deus Ex Machina, the way she went to learn under Ironhand for years on end about war tactics.(SPOILER)
(SPOILER) Only felt it was a little too Deus Ex Machina, the way she went to learn under Ironhand for years on end about war tactics.(SPOILER)
Good high fantasy read - First David Gemmell book I've read. I'll definitely look for other after this one. Violence in the beginning of the book towards the main character was a bit much thus the one star less. None the less it was a great read.
My first exposure to Gemmell. What I found striking is that the narrative addressed gender issues, notably how women are treated (or mistreated) in pre-industrial, patriarchal societies. This isn't a feminist book, by any stretch, but I found it striking that Gemmell, through his male characters, takes a stab (ha) at the issue of misogyny.
Action-packed and fast moving. Entertaining, but not particularly memorable.
Action-packed and fast moving. Entertaining, but not particularly memorable.
I’ve enjoyed Gemmell’s Drenai series, but this novel is a bit of a disappointment. The writing seems to lack the sharpness and vividness of his Drenai series, and the plot seems strung together by a series of disparate elements borrowed from other fantasy novels.
Set in a medieval fantasy world loosely modeled off of the Scottish highlands, this is he story of Sigarni—a descendant of the traditional highland kings—and her challenge against the rule of Outlanders who conquered the highlands gener...more
Set in a medieval fantasy world loosely modeled off of the Scottish highlands, this is he story of Sigarni—a descendant of the traditional highland kings—and her challenge against the rule of Outlanders who conquered the highlands gener...more
Jun 21, 2011
Jenna
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction-and-fantasy
Struck me as a vaguely Arthurian re-telling...
Hawk Queen
I enjoyed this book greatly despite the fact that it was one of his more translucent story's, but it had many very likable characters and a generally good plot, I think the book could have been a bit longer to go into greater details in some places, particularly towards the end it seemed to rush just a little in the last 50 pages.
I wouldn't recommend this to someone who needs a very intricate story, but if your just looking a for a somewhat chilled read, fire away.
More standard Gemmell fare. Set in an alternate setting that borrows much from the Scottish Highlands, this bok features Sigarni, and is one of the only books to feature a female warrior as one of the main characters.
Sigarni is not much different than most of his male heroes, tough, aloof, and deadly. Good story, good characters, lots of action.
Sigarni is not much different than most of his male heroes, tough, aloof, and deadly. Good story, good characters, lots of action.
This book was good. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it...it was just I couldn't get into him writing a female character. It was somehow just a bit off.
All David Gemmell Books are well worth a read. Fast paced and intriguing.A fantasy lovers delight!
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David Andrew Gemmell was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explores themes in honour, loyalty and redemption. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sel...more
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