false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175183174m/488529.jpg 488529 3 An axe-wielding barbarian princess leads her mercenary trio through a rousing fantasy adventure in <I>Iron Dawn</I>. Barra Coll Eigg Rhum has a basalt axe and a blazing temper to match her fiery hair. At her side walk Leucas, an Athenian warrior of mighty proportions; Kheperu, an Egyptian ex-priest and sometime sorcerer; and her wolf, Graegduz, who isn't tame, just respectful. All they want is to earn a little silver. They start out by tackling a maddened bear in the marketplace of Tyre, but mysteries and dangers compound until they end up facing off against one of the Pharaoh's grandsons and his army of zombies. Matthew Woodring Stover has done a terrific job in his first novel. The characters are funny, likable, smart, and tough. The Bronze Age setting has a Middle Eastern flair; one can almost smell the "cinnamon and pepper in the cedar-laced pine smoke." The sorcerous overtones are seriously threatening, and true unto themselves, not the sort of flimsy magic in which anything can happen and nothing has to be paid for. This is also true of the excellent brawling that fills the book: people get wounded, feel pain, wear filthy bandages, are scarred. People die--although some come back to life in the worst possible way. <I>Iron Dawn</I> is thoroughly enjoyable from cover to cover, as is its sequel, <I>Jericho Moon</I>. <I>--Blaise Selby</I> 476800 1997 Iron Dawn (Heart of Bronze, #1) total:36|5:11|4:12|3:10|2:3|1:0| 36 139 51 1 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 09:38:16 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 08:33:46 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 12 21:37:51 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 21:37:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:26:53 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 00:26:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 19:25:47 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 21:06:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 17:38:55 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 17:38:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 22:20:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 22:20:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 18:13:50 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:13:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 17 15:14:38 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:14:38 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 15 05:35:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 05:35:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 07:57:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:57:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 29 18:34:55 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 18:34:55 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 26 20:26:16 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:26:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 21 14:08:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:08:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 06 20:14:41 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:14:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 21:54:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 21:54:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 19:21:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 15:18:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 19:00:52 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 19:00:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 19:05:27 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 19:05:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 21:39:44 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 21:39:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 02 14:38:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 14:38:15 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=488529