- Mass Market Paperback: 266 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc. (9 Sep 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345296699
- ISBN-13: 978-0345296696
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 593,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For several nights Gil dreamed of an impossible city where alien horrors swarmed from underground lairs of darkness. She also dreamed of the wizard Ingold Inglorion. Then the same wizard crossed the Void to seek sanctuary for the last Prince of Dar and revealed himself to a drifter, Rudy.
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THE LAIR OF THE DARK IS OPENING …
For several nights Gil has found herself dreaming of an impossible city where alien horrors swarmed from underground lairs of darkness. She had dreamed also of the wizard Ingold Inglorion. Surely just a dream – or so she thought.
Days later the same wizard crosses the Void to seek sanctuary for the last Prince of Dar and reveals himself to a young drifter, Rudy. But one of the monstrous, evil Dark follows in his wake and in attempting to help Ingold, Gil and Rudy are drawn into the nightmare world of the Dark. Only by solving the mystery of the Dark can they hope to return to their own world. And before they can realise their fate, the Dark strikes …
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I first read the Darwath trilogy many years ago. They are a must for any fantasy fans. I am about to buy a new set because mine are now worn out and as my daughter has started reading them a new set is required. Barbara Hambley's Darwath is about a young woman called Gill living in present day. Imagine her surprise to find a wizard sitting in her university room and asking for her help. She has dreamed many times of this same wizard and where he comes from. Helping him to escape the DARK with the baby prince Tir they unwittingly engage the help of a biker named Rudy. Rudy helps them in their quest to keep the baby prince safe from harm and in the process falls in love with his mother the young Queen. Many adventures follow trying to keep the parallel times population safe from the DARK culminating in a long arduous, danger filled trek to the Keep of Dare. There are lots of plots and twists to the tale. There are characters that stay in your mind throughout the story and beyond, Janus and the Ice Falcon of the guards, Rudy, the Prince and his mother and the main characters of Gill and Ingold Inglorian the wizard fighting not only against the DARK but also an inside enemy in the Queen's brother who would love to rule but finds his way blocked on all sides by her allies. The description of the cold, treacherous conditions on the long trek to the Keep make you feel as if you are travelling alongside them which in a way you are. Then there are the adventures that happen in the Keep of Dare the evils, the conflict between church and magic, the fight for power, space for all factions of the populace, food shortages and what really is the secret of the Keep, who built it, why did they build it. These books will keep you enthralled and wanting more all the way through and beyond the end.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I've had the paperbacks on this series for many years and all Barbara Hambly books, I love them and never tire of re-reading them. So when I got my Kindle this Christmas I thought I would download a couple to start me off. What a shock I recieved when I saw the prices for all Hambly's books. No way am I paying that amount it's ridiculous. I think the stories are worth five stars, but only giving two on account of my comments. Yep, its back to my beloved paperbacks!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was my introductory book to Barbara Hambly and I loved it - and the others in this set. For sheer escapism it can't be beaten. Her characters have such charm regardless of whether they're actually being bad tempered or not. The tension is held throughout even though you know it's fantasy. Fabulous!
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