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Wartorn #1

by Robert Lynn Asprin, Eric Del Carlo, Алина Немирова (Translator)

Амбициозный молодой император - первый, кто додумался до простенькой истины: "Магию необходимо использовать в государственных целях!"
Все. Юные чернокнижники, целители, некроманты, демонологи и прочие чародеи влипли по уши.
Они признаны военнообязанными и "загремели по призыву"!
Они должны совершать все возможное и невозможное в особых частях императорской армии, ведомой все по новым землям двухсотпятидесятилетним духом легендарного полководца, вселившимся в тело очень средненького генерала.
Что будет?!

Как обычно у Асприна - нечто невообразимое!

Genres: Fantasy

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 2004

About the author

Robert (Lynn) Asprin was born in 1946. While he wrote some stand alone novels such as The Cold Cash War, Tambu, and The Bug Wars and also the Duncan & Mallory Illustrated stories, Bob is best known for his series fantasy, such as the Myth Adventures of Aahz and Skeeve, the Phule's Company novels, and the Time Scout novels written with Linda Evans. He also edited the groundbreaking Thieves' World anthology series with Lynn Abbey. Other collaborations include License Invoked (set in the French Quarter of New Orleans) and several Myth Adventures novels, all written with Jody Lynn Nye.

Bob's final solo work was a contemporary fantasy series called Dragons, again set in New Orleans.

Bob passed away suddenly on May 22, 2008. He is survived by his daughter and son, his mother and his sister.

Reviews

[Bree Hatfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF at 40%. I got this book during an Audible sale for really cheap because I liked Robert Asprin’s fantasy-comedy Myth series. This book started off super strong, but after so many perspectives (6 or 7 in total), it became really bogged down. The worldbuilding is interesting, some of the characters are interesting, and the themes of war are well-done from what I read, but it should have been focused on two or three perspectives at most. With so many POV characters and none of them interacting with each other or in the same vicinity, it really gets boring and tedious. It seems like the authors wanted to write a Game of Thrones type book but didn’t quite get the formula right. Not a terrible book, but not worth continuing.

[Otto Naja · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the book very much and will certainly read the next volume. It was not a typical Asprin. The book is very exciting, the world is believable and well presented. The characters go deep, you can get into their mindset.

[Slick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been sat on my want-to-read for years and I finally got around to it.
Complete dark horse book

[Angela · Rating 2 out of 5]

More like an introduction than a book by itself. Not enough is realized for a completion. Half the characters do have a complete story but the other half don’t get anywhere. Dissatisfying.

[Ed Nemo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Robert Asprin is a great writer. That being said, I didn't love this book. It just wasn't my cup of tea. While it had good writing, it never spoke to me. Whick is odd since most of Asprin's books hit me like bullet fight between the eyes.

[Jeff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Would give this one a 2.5 star if possible (between ok & liked). Robert Lynn Aspirin is one of my faves, but this one was not his best. The usual humorous side was missing and plot was a bit telegraphed. That said, it is still a good beach book.

[Korry Thorpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book quite a bit, will definitely read the next one.

[Elizabeth]

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