The Truthsayer's Apprentice
(category: fantasy)book 1(*) of Loregiver by
Deborah Christian
published by Tor / Tom Doherty, New York in 1999Nick read a library book, in January 2010
Nick's rating: 6 out of 10
Nick's opinion:
Play Dungeons & Dragons and be inspired to write a book... That's what the author writes in the introduction. Well, I guess, why not? It's a competent book with interesting variations on the standard characters (priest, thief, warrior, paladin, etc) and standard races (elf, dwarf, man, etc). There is confusion, though, with the regular references to past adventures. So there are plenty of characters who just appear, as though we should already know them... The character introductions are brief but okay -- but there are so many of them, so suddenly introduced. Ah well... a good adventure with pleasant characters. Good magic, definite deus ex machina!, and not too much physical violence.
(*) Everything indicates that this is "book one" -- except for the regular references to previous adventures of several main characters! Perhaps The Apprentice follows on from an earlier work... except that none of Christian's books could be a possible prequel. Ah well.
As for books two & three... not yet published. I get the impression (from the author's website) that she is very busy with a lot of interests other than writing...
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