Blood Fountain (Swords of Raemllyn, Book 3) [Paperback]

Robert Vardeman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (November 15, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441067794
• ISBN-13: 978-0441067794
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,354,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert E. Vardeman is the author of more than 100 fantasy and science fiction novels, as well as numerous westerns under various pen names (Jackson Lowry, Karl Lassiter). F&SF titles include the fantasy Dark Legacy (Magic: The Gathering tie-in) and sf novel Ruins of Power (Battletech: Mechwarrior tie-in). The reprint of his Star Frontier trilogy from Zumaya Publications was launched with Alien Death Fleet and Genetic Menace. Black Nebula will be published soon. The Infinity Plague, the first book of the Biowarriors series, recently has been published for the Kindle.

Fantasy work included the novelization of Sony Playstation videogame God of War 1 (co-authored with Matt Stover) and the forthcoming God of War 2. All nine titles in the Swords of Raemllyn series will be published in Kindle format. Look for the fantasy pirate short story, "The Coins of Darkun," in the collection Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms.

In addition to short stories for the Kindle, his collection Stories from Desert Bob's Reptile Ranch covers almost thirty years of writing.

Editorial work includes Career Guide to Your Job in Hell and the spectacular anthology, co-edited with Joan Spici Saberhagen, Golden Reflections.

Vardeman is a longtime resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduating from the University of New Mexico with a B.S. in physics and a M.S. in materials engineering. He worked for Sandia National Laboratories in the Solid State Physics Research Department before becoming a full time writer.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong cadence in an entertaining series, November 11, 2002

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Mike Sobocinski (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Fountain (Paperback)

This is book three in the Swords of Raemllyn series ... and although the story continues in further volumes, the first three books stand nicely together, with various plot threads settling into a nice cadence by the end of this volume (whereas the previous two books, "To Demons Bound" and "A Yoke of Magic" kept building up unresolved plot strands...) Now we have some of the various problems being resolved in a satisfying wrap-up for part one of this entertaining swords and sorcery series. I have to admit that the first third of this book had some problems; besides my minor complaints with the second book applying here, I could not at all accept the Narain scenario as credible, once its nature was revealed. However, once that segment of the book passes, a momentum is again built up well, and although the gullibility of some characters can be vexing, this is an entertaining fantasy series. By the end of this book I was satisfied that it was delivering on its promises from the first book! My reviews of this series continue with book 4 "Death's Acolyte". ...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Storyline ...., July 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood Fountain (Swords of Raemllyn, Book 3) (Paperback)

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: ""With the giant changeling Goran One-Eye once more by his side, the freebooter Davin Anane has entered the realm of the sorcerer Lorennion ... there to steal from him the enchanted sheath of Kwerin Bloodhawk. But Anane and Goran are not alone in challenging Lorennion's terrible magicks. The seductive sorceress Valora, escorted by the dread Faceless Ones, also seeks his stronghold. And the beautiful Lijena, escaped from the palace of the golden-winged demons, is now a prisoner in Lorennion's very citadel ... at the mercy of his horrifying Blood Fountain ..."