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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Next up: The Fifth Knight by E.M.Powell. Another recent purchase.
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While I was doubtful of at first, but turned into a most enjoyable historical novel set in 1170.
Next I read Niven & Pournelle's
Burning Tower, a fantasy set in the world of Niven's story "The Magic Goes Away", set some years after the discovery of the Wizard's Wheel, a device that uses up all the available 'manna' in a region. And once the manna's used up, magic no longer works...
I give it 4/5, because while I think the world idea is brilliant, I thought the actual storyline was not as well thought through.
And then
The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters. I think this marks where I start on the Cadfael novels I haven't read before. A most enjoyable adventure.
Next up:
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. My most recent purchase. (I bought
Burning Tower at Fictionwise, and
The Summer of the Danes back in 2014!)
And My TBR pile is now one lower than at the start of the year! (Admittedly, this is after discarding 50 freebies.)