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The Quest Trilogy #3
How the Quest Was Won
Abused by her husband, Helen has fled her wicked husband Menelaus for the isle of Crete where she remains hidden, until the wily king locates her and she seeks the protection of Xena.
275 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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Ru Emerson
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Ru Emerson was born on December 15th, 1944 in Montana. She and her husband, Doug, live in Oregon with their only child, a silver mackerel tabby cat named Roberta. She likes to lift weights, run, bike, skate in-line, ski, play basketball, tennis, racquetball, garden, play guitar, scuba dive, and fly stunt kites. Her favorite reading material includes Megan Lindholm, science fiction by Larry Niven, murder mysteries by Patricia Cornwell, plus any other good historical non-fiction.
Ru Emerson was born on December 15th, 1944 in Montana. She and her husband, Doug, live in Oregon with their only child, a silver mackerel tabby cat named Roberta. She likes to lift weights, run, bike, skate in-line, ski, play basketball, tennis, racquetball, garden, play guitar, scuba dive, and fly stunt kites. Her favorite reading material includes Megan Lindholm, science fiction by Larry Niven, murder mysteries by Patricia Cornwell, plus any other good historical non-fiction.
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July 7, 2018
Convoluted, and yet boring — I’m so glad to finally have finished these novels! They’ve been a great disappointment.
My principle criticism of this one is that, like in her other books, Emerson puts the focus on Gabrielle. The story is really told from Gabrielle’s point of view and there is precious little Xena. The series is called XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. To be sure, Gabrielle has a large part to play but I would have preferred these stories to be written from Xena’s point of view.
Further, Emerson writes Gabrielle as if she’s stuck in early season one. She’s annoying and naive. The events of The Rift are mentioned a few times but they don’t seem to have had a big impact on Gabrielle.
My principle criticism of this one is that, like in her other books, Emerson puts the focus on Gabrielle. The story is really told from Gabrielle’s point of view and there is precious little Xena. The series is called XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. To be sure, Gabrielle has a large part to play but I would have preferred these stories to be written from Xena’s point of view.
Further, Emerson writes Gabrielle as if she’s stuck in early season one. She’s annoying and naive. The events of The Rift are mentioned a few times but they don’t seem to have had a big impact on Gabrielle.
July 22, 2019
A little bit better than the previous too books, not because Emerson suddenly became a better author or anything. Purely because things actually started happening.
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