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The Sword of the Land Mass Market Paperback – February 25, 2003
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAce
- Publication dateFebruary 25, 2003
- Dimensions4.3 x 1.01 x 6.64 inches
- ISBN-100441010318
- ISBN-13978-0441010318
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- Publisher : Ace; First Edition (February 25, 2003)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0441010318
- ISBN-13 : 978-0441010318
- Item Weight : 6.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.3 x 1.01 x 6.64 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,525,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #358,396 in Fantasy (Books)
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About the author
Noel-Anne Brennan has spent most of her time reading fantasy and science fiction. She has been writing it since 1986 when "Winter Reckoning" was published. She was a finalist for the Romantic Times Award for "The Sword of the Land" in 2003. She has also written poetry and non-fiction. Until she retired she taught Anthropology and Gender Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She lives with her family in southern Rhode Island. Occasionally, in her spare time, she sleeps.
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014I have read fantasy since I was a child and this is well written, interesting and kept me looking for more. I got it as a free download and cheerfully purchased the second one!!
I highly recommend this to anyone who loves fantasy - REAL fantasy, with an alternative reality, no crazy sex scenes (not that I mind those per say but we have preteen readers in our house and I have to pre read everything if I don't want to explain a zillion details of sexual exploits in many fantasy stories).
The heroine is realistic and personable and I am super excited to have found this author, I will be purchasing everything I can by her
- Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2014The Sword of the Land has everything you could want from a dark low fantasy adventure. It has suspence that has you hooked from the beginning, twists that will catch you off guard, and action that is descriptive enough to let you know what is going on. A strong point, I believe, was the characters. They had realistic feelings and hidden depths, and were changed by the events of the book. There were several instances where I found awkwardly worded sentances, but it was easy to discern what they were trying to convey and continue on.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2014The book was great, could not stop reading it! Read it from start to finish in a few hours. Highly recommend you buy it ,if you love a good story with a strong female lead.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014Ms Brennan is an awesome story teller. I couldn't put this one down and lost quite a bit of sleep, but I don't care because a good book is well worth it.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016Loved the book.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014I have a hard time with the names, other wise it was a good read. I recommend it. Good book.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2005I purchased this book based on the reviews that I had read. Overall it had reviewed well. After reading this book it was .... disappointing .... The writting style was annoying jumping here and there. Compeltly disjointed with no flow thru the story. The story itself was simplistic. Almost as if the author had followed a formula "How to write a book in 30-days". If you must have this book, save yourself the money and find it in a used bookstore. I am sure it will be there, as this is not a keeper.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2006This was an okay book. It was fairly enjoyable, except that I kept waiting for the "real story" to start. It's fairly obvious that Rilsin is going to have to overthrow her cousin and oust her from the throne -- Sithli is an incompetent ruler -- and I spent almost the entire novel waiting for the rebellion to get started. I suppose we're supposed to be all caught up in Rilsin's struggle with her divided loyalties, but instead all I felt was incredibly frustrated.
Still, the author made me care enough that I finished the entire book. There were some extremely compelling moments and ideas, and Ms. Brennan has a gift for creating fascinating, three-dimensional characters. I found the plot boring and relatively uninteresting, however. This book didn't give me that compulsive page-turning, "I can't wait to see what happens next" feeling.
So I'm giving this book three stars -- its good points and its bad points average out to leave it smack dab in the middle.