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Lav Iz Kaira (2010)

by Scott Oden(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Alnari

series

Emir of the Knife

review 1: I've grown an appetite for historical fiction set in the ancient and medieval periods, both of the fantastic and the non-fantastic variety. Scott Oden is a new author to me. I saw this book in the remainder bin at Chapters and saw Steven Pressfield's praise and decided it had to be worth a look.All-in-all it was a good yarn. I'm not sure of the historical accuracy, but the characters were reasonably well-fleshed out, the action realistic if somewhat brutal at times (which could be considered authentic) and the plot sufficiently interesting and complicated to drive the story and pull the reader along.Having finished this novel, I'm very interested in checking out Oden's other offerings.
review 2: This is one of my new favorites, a category that includes "Fran... morekenstein," "Gone with the Wind," "Dracula," "The Hour of the Dragon," and "Lord of the Rings." This novel had the right strokes of adventure, history, and magic. As an homage to REH, the novel also works. I hope there is a sequel in the works, not only because of the strings left untended at the end, but because I want to read more adventures of Assad. Do yourself a favor, if you are reading this review... read this novel. It takes a lot to impress me, and this novel impressed me. His writing was evocative, and drew me into the culture and world of Cairo at that time. less

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