Hawk's Flight [Paperback]

Carol Chase (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 437 pages
• Publisher: Baen (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671720643
• ISBN-13: 978-0671720643
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,853,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book, April 20, 2005

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Margaret P. "mhp2027" (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawk's Flight (Paperback)

From the cover: "When Taverik Zandro impulsively befriended a struggling young fellow merchant, he had no idea of that youth's desperate secret: something of a black sheep himself, he had no desire to become involved in affairs outside of the oridnary. But afte rthat first helping hand, the youth's turbulent past entangles Taverik in a world of high politics and dark magic, and turns his own comfortably materialistic way of life upside down in more ways than one. When it is proven to him that he has been chosen along with Marco to defend the land against an encroaching evil that seems inexorable, Zandro wants nothing to do with his god-given role. Of course, he has no choice..."

Taverik trades fine carpets. He is trying to establish himself as an honest merchant, which is difficult because his father and brother are both corrupt, and his father owns the business Taverik runs. As the book starts, he is returning from a purchasing trip to a nearby city-state. He is in a wagon train accompanied by guards and a young carpet trader whom Taverik has taken under his wing, Marko. They are attacked by bandits, and Marko is injured. Taverik discovers that Marko is secretly a young lady, posing as a man to support herself & her sister. Marko & her sister are hiding from a powerful enemy who took over a nearby city-state years before. Taverik and Marko work together to investigate why her enemy is after her & want her dead. Meanwhile, that same enemy captures a nearby city-state and then sneaks into Taverik's city, intent upon taking over this city, too.

Hawk's Flight is an enjoyable book about a young man with a corrupt father growing into the person he wants to be. The setting is midieval with magic, the plot fast paced, the characters interesting. Taverik and Marko are very likable people, and I greatly enjoyed watching them grow and change, as they were confronted with difficult choices. Most of the book is from Taverik's point of view, and the occasional view-changes are well performed. My only regret is that Carol Chase apparently never wrote anything else.