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Gonji: Red Blade from the East

T.C. Rypel

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Feb 03, 2013 Periklis rated it really liked it

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It's not unusual to market books from the past, often characterizing them "classic", "re-imagined", "lost gem", etc. Gonji is a series that deserves all those praises and more. First published in the eighties, the series published five books before cancelation, mostly due to the publisher's mishandling. This era of self-published authors is the perfect moment to discover this Sword & Sorcery gem. Gonji Sabatake, half-samurai - half-"Viking", is the existential loner encountered -rarely- in Fanta ...more

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Feb 03, 2013 S.E. Lindberg rated it really liked it

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Gonji’s Deathwind – The Godzilla of Sword & Sorcery?
Some splendid reviews already exist for Gonji: Red Blade from the East, in particular Fletcher Vredenburgh’s January 21st 2014 Post on Blackgate is extremely thorough. This provides another summary, and some more complementary information.

Gongi Is A Unique, Entertaining Mashup: Gongi is a wandering, displaced warrior--a Ronin (master-less samurai) roaming 16th century Europe. This is not historical fiction, however. This is Sword & Sorcery in ...more

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Jul 26, 2013 Joe Bonadonna rated it it was amazing

FANTASTIC!!!!

The Siege of Vedun has only just begun! I've said it before, on GoodReads, in my review of the audio version of Book One, and on the paperback reissue of Book One --- The Deathwind Trilogy is one of the best epic fantasies that I've had the pleasure to read. Rypel commands a mastery of the language that makes me envious. His writing is powerful, exciting -- and never dull. His dialogue pops and does what good dialogue is supposed to do: advance plot, reveal character, create tension ...more

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May 18, 2011 Joe Bonadonna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Not only is the book it's based on (Volume One in the 5-novel saga of Gonji) one fantastic experience, this audio version totally rocks! It's read by Brian Holsopple, who successfully captures the energy, the crackling dialog, the subtle nuances, the emotional power, and the pathos of Ted Rypel's prose. Listening to this excellent Audio CD conjures images in the mind -- images of unforgettable characters like Gonji the Samurai, Simon Sardonis, and Lydia Bendetto -- images of epic, well-choreogra ...more

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