Book Review: Eric Flint & David Drake’s The Dance of Time
A futuristic monster has been pushing the Malwa to conquer the world with Belisarius, the greatest general of his age, and his distrustful allies the only hope for mankind.
A futuristic monster has been pushing the Malwa to conquer the world with Belisarius, the greatest general of his age, and his distrustful allies the only hope for mankind.
Armed with lancers, breech-loading rifles, steamships, and galleys, General Belisarius, accompanied by his own ally from the future, ventures into the Malwa Empire, a sixth-century kingdom ruled by Link, a horrifying and evil entity from the future.
When Mary Challoner discovered the plans of that notorious duellist and gamester, the “Devil’s Cub” to run away with her lovely sister, she donned cloak and mask in a daring impersonation and found herself bound for France with the most notorious rake in Georgian London.
The notorious Duke of Avon, nicknamed ‘Satanas’, runs into a young boy in a dark Parisian back alley, and he buys Leon, a redheaded urchin with strangely familiar looks…
Aide, a human soul embodied in a jewel, journeys back in time to join forces with Belisarius, the greatest general of the sixth century, to stop Link, an evil supercomputer that is using its vast powers to rewrite history to create the powerful, technologically advanced Malwa Empire.
To keep her fae race from being eradicated, Emmaline Gallagher must retrieve an object of fae power from a locked ancient box. Only Aeric O’Malley has the forging skills to create a key. But will their tumultuous past stand in the way?
The beautiful Gloha is the only creature of her kind in all of Xanth, and she wonders where she would find the one true love with whom she could share her life. She’s sure that the Good Magician Humfrey can answer this riddle. But Humfrey, for mysterious reasons of his own, sends her on a perilous quest.
One day Scott wakes up to find his world crumbling around him. and he decides to stand up for what he believes in and embarks on a path toward redemption. He knows things are about to change. What he doesn’t realize is that nothing will ever be the same again.
Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand is trailed by a menacing Darke Shadow, Jenna is enjoying life as a princess, and Simon, Septimus’ brother, is bent on revenge, even as Septimus Heap learns his craft.
An anthology of 15 stories whose themes revolve around a magic shop. This is a nice collection as the stories vary greatly.