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Bahzell is no knight in shining armor, and besides he has too many problems of his own to be messing with anybody else's problems -- let alone the War God's. Unfortunately, the War God has other ideas. . . .
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David Weber is one of the top science fiction writers of the 1990s whose acclaimed Honor Harrington series has gained him a devoted and dedicated readership. His many other books include the epic fantasies Oath of Swords and The War God's Own (also Baen).
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I want to read more in this series.,
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This review is from: Oath Of Swords (Mass Market Paperback)
I often find myself approaching with uncertainty the first book of an author I like who has decided to skip genres. Not everyone can do it successfully - things that work 'effortlessly' in one genre sometimes stumble in another. Not here. Weber's Honor Harrington novels are some of the most exceptionally re-readable books I know - and this is another. The overall tone was lighter than I expected, but it didn't take me long to appreciate it: I frequently found myself grinning with pleasure. I do find myself grinning when reading some of his other books but that is a fiercer briefer sort of emotion: partly perhaps because here there is an ironic humour in the basic setup of situation and character. As much as his other books this is a novel of heroism and necessity and the hidden human face of that heroism. Bazell is as much a hero as Honor is, for all the difference of attitude and character between them .It is to Weber's credit that he has moved so far away from his most succesful creation to come up with a character who is in his own right just as strong and just as interesting. It's just as well there are to be more in this series - I really want to read them. I'll have to wait a bit...(Sigh)
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read.,
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This review is from: Oath Of Swords (Mass Market Paperback)
This story takes a break from Weber's usual space novels. His unique style still comes through with flying colors though. Bahzell is a prince among his people and is sent as a hostage to another kingdom. While there he breaks his hostage bond by saving a young woman and must flee. He takes the woman he saves and sends her to his father for protection. To avoid bringing war and dishonor to his father he crosses into the human lands. While there he gets into many tight spots due to his sense of honor. The god of war takes notice of him and his deeds while his enimes aided by another god try to destroy him. To find out more you will have to read this book you WILL NOT regret it. :-)
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4.6 out of 5 stars (36 customer reviews) 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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A Hard-SF Writer Turns Successfully to Fantasy,
By Chrijeff - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Oath Of Swords (Mass Market Paperback)
I've been talking this book and its sequel (The War God's Own) up to everyone I can find including the owner of the Genreflecting website. I was so impressed that I actually wrote Weber a letter--and that's something I've done only once before. Bahzell Bahnakson is a delightful new hero (though some readers may be just a tad put off by his Irish speech pattern)--loyal, bullheaded, true to his own sense of ethics, and not without a *mind* withal. There's plenty of action and humor, a vividly imaged world, well-drawn characters, and lucid, logical explanations of how and why gods and magic work. Even Tomanak Scale-Balancer, Bahzell's divine patron, is sympathetic--nowhere near as remote as some fantasy god-figures. My only complaint was that there was hardly any magic at all in the first third of the book! A good read, fast-paced, solidly plotted, and well written. Highly recommended.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Archetypical, but grabbing!,
By flylord@hotmail.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Oath Of Swords (Mass Market Paperback)
While I have not read any of David Webers sci-fi, and don't plan to, I have read both Oath Of Swords and War Gods Own, a few times each. In fact, I just finished rereading War Gods Own a few minutes ago, and was searching for the next. It's that good. While the characters, like Bahzell, Wencit, Kilthan and Vaijon tend to follow some well established patterns in the fantasy world, he turns the archetypes to good effect. He avoids the constant hero band feeling while achieving all the objectives of plot that have made the fearless band a standard since the era of Tolkien. A good read, both novels, and I highly recommend all you sci-fi people check them out, since Weber is definitely as much of a cross over succes as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony or any other consistent best-seller list authors.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good fantasy from Weber,
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This review is from: Oath Of Swords (Mass Market Paperback)
I was reluctant to start these books [Oath of Swords and the Wwar God's Own]. I've read almost all of his other books, but was suspicious about turning to fantasy. I shouldn't have been. The books are very different from his others (although the experience in military things still shows) but they are a good read and definitely on my "to be re-read soon" list. I found one major negative point: I do wish he'd avoided the stereotyped elves, dwarves, halflings etc. (although to be fair the individual representatives of the races we meet /aren't/ much like the stereotypes, and he has a couple of original races as well). However, the humour more than makes up for that, especially when the protagonist is argueing with his god (and sometimes winning the arguments!). I'll be very interested to see how this series continues...
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