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Terrilian #2
The Warrior Enchained
Tammad takes Terry back to his world against her wishes, and Terry learns more about the world than she expected to.
250 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1983
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Sharon Green
148 books109 followersBorn and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Attended New York University and graduated with a B.A. in 1963. Married in 1963, had three sons, divorced in 1976. Raised the sons, Andy, Brian and Curtis, alone in New Jersey. Worked for AT&T as a shareowner correspondent, then as an all-around assistant in a construction company, then sold bar steel for an import firm. Left that job as assistant sales manager. I've been writing full time since 1984.
Hobbies: knitting, crocheting, Tae Kwon Do, fencing, archery, shooting, jigsaw puzzles, logic problems, math problems, not cooking.
Don't do my own research, since if I did I'd stay with that and never get any writing done. I usually can finish a novel of about 120,000 words in about three months.
Hobbies: knitting, crocheting, Tae Kwon Do, fencing, archery, shooting, jigsaw puzzles, logic problems, math problems, not cooking.
Don't do my own research, since if I did I'd stay with that and never get any writing done. I usually can finish a novel of about 120,000 words in about three months.
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September 5, 2025
Well the first half of the book was difficult to read!! I think the MMC was so sour that the FMC left his world at the end of the first book that he clearly lost his mind. That's the only explanation for what was going on and the two idiots from the FMC's home world were terrible! Len and Garth!!! YOU SUCK!! However, the second half of the book was better.
The FMC had an awful time in general in this book but we ended the story in a happier place and I hope that works out for her!
The FMC's therapy bill is going to be enormous if she ever manages to get away from the MMC!!
I really don't know where the next three books are going to take me!
The FMC had an awful time in general in this book but we ended the story in a happier place and I hope that works out for her!
The FMC's therapy bill is going to be enormous if she ever manages to get away from the MMC!!
I really don't know where the next three books are going to take me!
September 12, 2012
Note to science fiction fans who read this review: I am re-reading the series from the perspective of whether it qualified as a BDSM Romance. If that idea offends you, you might want to skip this review although if you are interested in reading this particular book, you might get some insight out of this.
So the first book was Boy meets Girl. Boy rapes Girl. Boy beats Girl. Girl falls in love with Boy. Boy sends Girl back to her people. The End.
This one is quite a bit different. It is much darker really, and just infuriating at times. And just when you think the 3 male lead characters had done the stupidest thing possible, they quite adroitly proved the reader wrong.
Tammad seems to believe the measure of a man is the ability to instill blind obedience in his followers. He may actually have the best interests of his people at heart but his willingness to use anyone - especially Terril - to get what he wants showed that he was indeed a barbarian when it counted.
Garth seems to believe the measure of a man is the ability to remove himself from the shackles of civilization. His problem, though, is his total lack of any understanding of honor. He was assigned to protect Terry - not engage in a pointless duel. Allowing Tammad to convince him that handing Terry to him was protecting her was just an excuse to try to convince himself he wasn't doing the wrong thing.
Len seems to believe the measure of a man is the ability to force women to bend to his will. He could have been the antagonist of the first book except that he was just so pathetic. This time he just shows he has no concept of morality. He was perfectly willing to use his powers manipulate those around him to suit his purposes while telling everyone how awful a thing that would be. And either he was terrible at his job or truly a disturbed individual when you think about the all the fear and terror that had to be going on in the Hamarda camp and how he was completely and utterly unaffected.
So basically the book is divided into 3 portions.
Terry being dragged back to Rimilia and forced to serve
I really think Tammad does love her. But I also think he loves what she can do for him just as much. Early on, she makes the comment about he is destroying her self-esteem. And it got much worse than that before it was over.
The interesting thing about sending her back to the Embassy was that he obviously thought it was obvious he didn't mean it because he didn't remove her bands. But not even his lapdog - the one that thought beating women was so funny in the first book - figured it out.
The Dagger Fight - I really had to wonder what he would have done if she had held her dagger to her own throat. Fortunately, it didn't end up that way.
The “Liberty" Scene - I remember being bothered by that before. This time, it just made my blood boil. What Terry had done was wrong but what Len did to her was revenge, not punishment.
I’ve always loved that quote - never forgotten it from the first time I read it. And that was my favorite moment in the whole book.
Life among the Desert Nomads
I like how Tammad and his l’lenda slaughtered the savages but felt nothing but kinship with what was essentially a group of monsters. If Tammad were actually fit to be an actual leader, he might have understood if the Hamarda hadn't been willing to buy the women, the Savages wouldn’t have been taking them. Talk about a lack of understanding of basic economics.
And, of course, this scene ends with the Terry being forcibly raped by Garth and Len because she had had the audacity to manipulate the emotions of their charming hosts - the ones who murder slave girls for doing terrible things like having panic attacks or being boring. And, of course, it was perfectly acceptable for Len to use his abilities on her to punish her for using her abilities on others. This is really the Jump the Shark point.
Except of course for Tammad. Apparently he was a little too dense to pick up on the way Hannas reacted to Findra. It is a very good thing that he wasn’t actually into BDSM. Because a hallmark of the lifestyle is Communication. And what he did wrong here was so wrong on so many levels. But you can’t let things like love for a wenda get in the way of your galactic conquering scheme. And the fact that there was such a disconnect between him and what Garth and Len were doing was actually scary since Terry was caught in the middle. But hey, Kednin seemed like such a cool dude, I guess.
The Chama
She was evil, not a doubt, but it took a whole lot of stupidity to allow things to get to that point when there was a mechanism in place to stop it. And without her avarice for Terry’s power, things could been much worse. Like a lot of other reviews said, Terry let a lot of things slide in the ending - way too much, in fact.
And while Daldrin wasn't perfect, he did save her life when she was ready to throw herself into the chasm. He gets major brownie points from me for that.
So in the first book Terrilian is arrogant in keeping with her pampered background and it wasn’t quite that bad watching her get taken down a few points. But this time she actually has a point that Tammad arrogantly ignores and Garth and Len egg him on because they are such sad little individuals. They thought she was still arrogant but frankly they were wrong. If she didn't want to be there any longer, and she wasn't part of the assignment once Len arrived, she should have been allowed to leave. What makes it worse if that even when she was using her powers it was partially because it was the first time in her life that they had been activated so long without any controls in place. Again, what she did was wrong, but it is fair to point out that two wrongs don’t make a right and frankly she was wronged early and often.
If I remember correctly, this was the worst book of the series and I feel that even more strongly now. Hopefully, it gets better from here.
So the first book was Boy meets Girl. Boy rapes Girl. Boy beats Girl. Girl falls in love with Boy. Boy sends Girl back to her people. The End.
This one is quite a bit different. It is much darker really, and just infuriating at times. And just when you think the 3 male lead characters had done the stupidest thing possible, they quite adroitly proved the reader wrong.
Tammad seems to believe the measure of a man is the ability to instill blind obedience in his followers. He may actually have the best interests of his people at heart but his willingness to use anyone - especially Terril - to get what he wants showed that he was indeed a barbarian when it counted.
Garth seems to believe the measure of a man is the ability to remove himself from the shackles of civilization. His problem, though, is his total lack of any understanding of honor. He was assigned to protect Terry - not engage in a pointless duel. Allowing Tammad to convince him that handing Terry to him was protecting her was just an excuse to try to convince himself he wasn't doing the wrong thing.
Len seems to believe the measure of a man is the ability to force women to bend to his will. He could have been the antagonist of the first book except that he was just so pathetic. This time he just shows he has no concept of morality. He was perfectly willing to use his powers manipulate those around him to suit his purposes while telling everyone how awful a thing that would be. And either he was terrible at his job or truly a disturbed individual when you think about the all the fear and terror that had to be going on in the Hamarda camp and how he was completely and utterly unaffected.
So basically the book is divided into 3 portions.
Terry being dragged back to Rimilia and forced to serve
I really think Tammad does love her. But I also think he loves what she can do for him just as much. Early on, she makes the comment about he is destroying her self-esteem. And it got much worse than that before it was over.
The interesting thing about sending her back to the Embassy was that he obviously thought it was obvious he didn't mean it because he didn't remove her bands. But not even his lapdog - the one that thought beating women was so funny in the first book - figured it out.
The Dagger Fight - I really had to wonder what he would have done if she had held her dagger to her own throat. Fortunately, it didn't end up that way.
The “Liberty" Scene - I remember being bothered by that before. This time, it just made my blood boil. What Terry had done was wrong but what Len did to her was revenge, not punishment.
There’s always a choice. If you’re willing to pay the price for it, that choice is always yours.
I’ve always loved that quote - never forgotten it from the first time I read it. And that was my favorite moment in the whole book.
Life among the Desert Nomads
I like how Tammad and his l’lenda slaughtered the savages but felt nothing but kinship with what was essentially a group of monsters. If Tammad were actually fit to be an actual leader, he might have understood if the Hamarda hadn't been willing to buy the women, the Savages wouldn’t have been taking them. Talk about a lack of understanding of basic economics.
And, of course, this scene ends with the Terry being forcibly raped by Garth and Len because she had had the audacity to manipulate the emotions of their charming hosts - the ones who murder slave girls for doing terrible things like having panic attacks or being boring. And, of course, it was perfectly acceptable for Len to use his abilities on her to punish her for using her abilities on others. This is really the Jump the Shark point.
Except of course for Tammad. Apparently he was a little too dense to pick up on the way Hannas reacted to Findra. It is a very good thing that he wasn’t actually into BDSM. Because a hallmark of the lifestyle is Communication. And what he did wrong here was so wrong on so many levels. But you can’t let things like love for a wenda get in the way of your galactic conquering scheme. And the fact that there was such a disconnect between him and what Garth and Len were doing was actually scary since Terry was caught in the middle. But hey, Kednin seemed like such a cool dude, I guess.
The Chama
She was evil, not a doubt, but it took a whole lot of stupidity to allow things to get to that point when there was a mechanism in place to stop it. And without her avarice for Terry’s power, things could been much worse. Like a lot of other reviews said, Terry let a lot of things slide in the ending - way too much, in fact.
And while Daldrin wasn't perfect, he did save her life when she was ready to throw herself into the chasm. He gets major brownie points from me for that.
So in the first book Terrilian is arrogant in keeping with her pampered background and it wasn’t quite that bad watching her get taken down a few points. But this time she actually has a point that Tammad arrogantly ignores and Garth and Len egg him on because they are such sad little individuals. They thought she was still arrogant but frankly they were wrong. If she didn't want to be there any longer, and she wasn't part of the assignment once Len arrived, she should have been allowed to leave. What makes it worse if that even when she was using her powers it was partially because it was the first time in her life that they had been activated so long without any controls in place. Again, what she did was wrong, but it is fair to point out that two wrongs don’t make a right and frankly she was wronged early and often.
If I remember correctly, this was the worst book of the series and I feel that even more strongly now. Hopefully, it gets better from here.
January 8, 2011
I had to read the second book to see what was going on. This second book was a teaser since it ended in a way that I thought there was still more. Once again, I still felt odd about this submission completely. Since it was also right before my wedding and my DH believes in a household where the man is the head of house, it was a struggle for me.
June 24, 2013
2nd in the epic 5 volume battle-of-the-sexes BDSM romance series. This one follows spirited empath Terril on the run from her beloved barbarian Tammad and finding herself at the mercy of drug addicted savages, slavers and a female megalomaniac. Tammad is constantly on her trail refusing to give up the woman he claimed as his.
On the whole I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Terry is a very "real" character and her erratic emotions are convincing. She loves her barbarian but cannot survive in an unequal relationship. What I hated was the glorification of rape and had a hard time accepting that Terril could enjoy submission with different men she supposedly despises and yet still retains her strong will. Len and Garth's use of her was unforgivable and yet she just accepts it. Also hated the way Tammad just gave her to his friends and on occasion watched. It's really hard to get a handle on the series because to say it's anti-feminist is an understatement - women are dominated and subjugated at every turn and yet... Terry manages to retain her fire and the readers respect (mostly).
Really liked the gladiator scenes at the end but sadly Tammad wasn't a captive nearly long enough to get a dose of his own medicine. You'll need book 3 on hand as this one leaves it on a cliff hanger - Daldrin, the slave Terry had an affair with is now free and has challenged Tammad to a duel for her.
On the whole I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Terry is a very "real" character and her erratic emotions are convincing. She loves her barbarian but cannot survive in an unequal relationship. What I hated was the glorification of rape and had a hard time accepting that Terril could enjoy submission with different men she supposedly despises and yet still retains her strong will. Len and Garth's use of her was unforgivable and yet she just accepts it. Also hated the way Tammad just gave her to his friends and on occasion watched. It's really hard to get a handle on the series because to say it's anti-feminist is an understatement - women are dominated and subjugated at every turn and yet... Terry manages to retain her fire and the readers respect (mostly).
Really liked the gladiator scenes at the end but sadly Tammad wasn't a captive nearly long enough to get a dose of his own medicine. You'll need book 3 on hand as this one leaves it on a cliff hanger - Daldrin, the slave Terry had an affair with is now free and has challenged Tammad to a duel for her.
January 8, 2014
Not sure what to say about this book, which is definitely a guilty pleasure. A sequel to 'The Warrior Within' the book follows the troubles of one Terrilian, a highly skilled 'Empath' from a sort of galactic society who ends up on a highly patriarchal world of uber-macho barbarians and anachronistic gender politics.
Sharon Green wrote a few of these; I think this series has been put forward by her as a way to try and do the John Norman 'Gor' novels right, and from a Women's point of view. While her Jalav series is obvious a lampoon of this particular subject and the entire sub-genre. Thus while I can enjoy Jalav as a sort of pastiche, this book is a bit more complex to deal with.
Like other works I like it often deals with the nature of power; and in many ways with what it means to be powerless. On the other hand it sometimes comes across in the same way say, 'Mansfield' park does, that is I keep waiting for the Main Character to do more, and when she does certain things we, I think, are suppose to perceive as being foolish I can't help but think she just hasn't gone far enough. The thing that bothers me the most about the book is how view of the Male Characters I actually like as people. That we are often given their emotional 'range' through Terry's abilities only makes this worse.
The Book does employ this to good effect sometimes; what I mean is that there are times when her Empathic abilities come into conflict with her own cultural understanding as oppose to those around her and the reader realizes she is drawing wrong conclusions but those conclusions lead her into further conflict.
In any case, it's a light read, but not for everyone, and sort of reflective of a certain time and place and a certain understanding of gender relations I find alternately charming and blood boiling.
Sharon Green wrote a few of these; I think this series has been put forward by her as a way to try and do the John Norman 'Gor' novels right, and from a Women's point of view. While her Jalav series is obvious a lampoon of this particular subject and the entire sub-genre. Thus while I can enjoy Jalav as a sort of pastiche, this book is a bit more complex to deal with.
Like other works I like it often deals with the nature of power; and in many ways with what it means to be powerless. On the other hand it sometimes comes across in the same way say, 'Mansfield' park does, that is I keep waiting for the Main Character to do more, and when she does certain things we, I think, are suppose to perceive as being foolish I can't help but think she just hasn't gone far enough. The thing that bothers me the most about the book is how view of the Male Characters I actually like as people. That we are often given their emotional 'range' through Terry's abilities only makes this worse.
The Book does employ this to good effect sometimes; what I mean is that there are times when her Empathic abilities come into conflict with her own cultural understanding as oppose to those around her and the reader realizes she is drawing wrong conclusions but those conclusions lead her into further conflict.
In any case, it's a light read, but not for everyone, and sort of reflective of a certain time and place and a certain understanding of gender relations I find alternately charming and blood boiling.
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July 6, 2009If you liked the Terrilian Series, check out the Direct-to-eBook sequel series "Mind Warriors" at http://www.sharon-green.net/adventure... as well as the individual books listed here on Goodreads.
February 6, 2015
Second in the series and moves along like the first. A quick read and enjoyable.
February 27, 2014
A little more rambling than the first, but I still liked it.
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