Battleaxe (Axis Trilogy - Bk 1)

by Sara Douglass | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 0006511066 Global Overview for this book
Registered by catsalive of Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on 3/2/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, March 2, 2006
aka The Wayfarer Redemption, Book 1

A thousand years ago the Acharites drove the Forbidden from their land. Now, strange sightings along Achar's northern border foreshadow their return. The barbaric tribes of the Ravensbund are pouring south with tales of fearsome beings who feed on the terror of their prey.

Winter has come early, and with it the promise of war.

Axis, bastard son of the dead Princess Rivkah, is sent to the battlefront at Gorkenfort with his elite Axe-Wielders. Once there, he must hand over command to his hated half-brother, Borneheld. But travelling north, Axis falls in love with Faraday - Borneheld's betrothed, and meets two priests who challenge the very essence of his beliefs.

The Sentinels walk the land, the Treefriend has been found, and the people of the Plough, the Wing and the Horn must set aside their differences and unite under one leader against the evil rising in the north...

Journal Entry 2 by catsalive at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, September 5, 2015
It took me a little while (maybe 100 pp) to get into, but once there I didn't want to put it down. An excellent yarn - adventure, swords, sorcery & stars. Prophecy walks while disparate peoples fight to save their land from the Destroyer, who brings endless winter in his train. Only the StarMan can prevent the devastation to come, but first he must learn who he is. The characters are well-drawn, & I had to pick up the next book in the series almost immediately, I could hardly wait to find out what happens next.

Classic fantasy. If you don't like old-fashioned swords & sorcery & fighting evil, don't read it. I'm loving it. Beats Eddings & his cardboard cutouts, or Paolini & his amateurish scribblings, hands down - of course I read those too, I think it was Eddings that first started me reading fantasy.

For the 2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge
& the September Challenge - Australian Fiction.

Released 7 yrs ago (10/14/2016 UTC) at North St Marys Community Centre in North St Marys, New South Wales Australia

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