Reserved for the 2nd Annual Dog Days of Summer Release Challenge.

I loved this series when I first read it back in the nineties. I'm in the process of rereading it now, and it's just as good as I remember it being (although a lot of the computer references are extremely dated -- fifteen years is a looooong time in computer evolution). One thing Barbara Hambly does very well -- she creates very vivid, well-drawn characters I really care about. I love Antryg, with his zany genius, his slightly-off-from-center world view, his intelligence, and especially his compassion and gentleness. I've finished rereading the first two books in the series, but I've only just started Dog Wizard -- but I remember it being my favorite of the three. I am thoroughly enjoying the beginning, with Antryg living in our world and the ways he copes with the differences -- but still is exactly who he is, without lying about it. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the story!

Book Description:
The Citadel of Wizards was under siege. Deep in the Vaults beneath the walled city, Gates into inhuman realities were opening and closing without warning. Monsters emerged from other dimensions; and ancient, malign magics came to life under the influence of cosmic chaos.

Someone was tampering with the Void.

The Council of Wizards blamed Antryg Windrose, the rebel mage who had fled their justice to find haven in the City of Angels. Across dimensions, they reached out to bring him back...

Antryg refused the wizards' summons. But when Joanna was kidnapped, he followed the woman he loved back across the Void. Trapped in the Citadel between the vengeful mages who once had been his friends and the unspeakable horrors of the Vaults below, Antryg launched a desperate bid to rescue Joanna -- while all about him, the very fabric of the universe unraveled....

RELEASE NOTES:

I left this book on a table in the break room.