Wind in the Stone

I bought this book because it had pretty cover art by Kinuko Craft (who’s done art for most of Patricia McKillip’s books). However, the old cliché holds true – even if sometimes in reverse: you can’t judge a book by its cover. More effort (and probably time) went into the cover than the story. Andre......more

This book was enjoyable, but really seemed to be one of the lesser works of Ms. Norton.......more

Disappointing. I found it difficult to really engage with any of the characters, and felt for almost the full length of the book that I was still reading a prologue. Then suddenly we were racing through a finale which wrapped up far too quickly, skimming over any genuine character or concept develop......more

Typical Norton in some ways - strong story telling, interesting characters. Similar in "feel" to Witchworld but with strange choruses of mages and others who comment rather than acting - but somehow it works, like a chorus in a Greek play or even the repeated refrain of a ballad. And Norton doesn't......more

Really didn't care for this one. It was pretty dark, although most of the issues were resolved in the end.......more