Paladins
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743488512 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Joel Rosenberg was born in 1954. The author of many science fiction and fantasy novels, he is best known for his Guardians of the Flame fantasy series. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Felicia, two daughters, one sister, five cats, one dog and a couple of dozen fish.
They also take readers on a tour of a remarkably imaginative fantasy alternate world, one including a well-drawn Patrick O'Brien-style navy, minus gunpowder but doughty at fighting, for all that. All rights reserved. Classic Rosenberg, which is to say outstanding. In the course of investigating an outbreak of living swords (into which human souls have been placed at the moment of their bodies' deaths), the paladins recruit Greek fisherboy Niko to be the latest knight of the order. The titular paladins are Bear, Gray, and Cully, knights (Cully is also a priest) of the Order of Crown, Shield, and Dragon, founded by M
A great addition to Rosenberg's body of work I found this to be a great read, as is usually my experience with a Rosenberg novel. The concept of the 'live' swords is not fleshed out in minute detail, which allows the reader to fill in details from imagination. A similar treatment is used for the "al. Stephen J. Tillman said Boring. On my bookshelves I have 11 hardcover books by Joel Rosenberg plus several paperbacks. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. Rosenberg has few equals when it comes to action and adventure mixed with humor and an assortment of interesting and likable character. David Harper said Well-written but gritty fantasy. Joel Rosenberg is a master of low fantasy, a genre where magic doesn't solve all your problems, battle is deadly and our heroes only human, after all. This kind of gritty writing style is very realistic, but not as escapist as many prefer in their fantasy
They carry special weapons: swords, each of which contains the soul of someone of great power. Worse, the mind encased in the sword remembers that it was only one of many which were cached in the hold of a mysterious sailing ship, origin unknown.. Now, three Knights of the Order have just tracked down a previously unknown red sword which was found on a Grecian shore, and which shows all signs of having been recently forged. White swords are inhabited by the souls of saints - and red swords by those who were anything but saints. In the sevente