The Wayfarer Redemption

by Sara Douglass

ONE LINE SUMMARY: The son of a human and a winged Icarii must battle his half-brother to save his country, in the first in a series.

I enjoyed this book, which reminded me of the Archangels of Samaria series by Sharon Shinn, only with more action. There are some clunky passages and the author is pretty bad at names (”Tree Friend” was the best she could do?). And the prophecy on which this whole book is based is a very badly-written bit of doggerel that just made me laugh.

That being said, however, the plot moves swiftly and the book is engaging. I don’t like how the book just comes to a stop at the end and apparently just continues directly into the next in the series, but it certainly makes me want to find the next book right away. There are apparently two trilogies that make up this series.

Posted by: ssjane | April 27, 2005 | 1:34 pm
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