Heir of Rengarth (Sword and Circlet, Book 2) [Hardcover]

Carole Nelson Douglas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1988 | Series: Sword and Circlet, Book 2

Evil wizard Geronfrey seeks the very essence of lovely Irissa, and the baby she carries. Kendric enters Geronfrey's tower to confront him and vanishes into the magic land of Rengarth. Now Irissa must risk her life in the enchanted kingdom to save her love's life.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 374 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (May 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312930755
• ISBN-13: 978-0312930752
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,117,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With her home office a Twilight Zone landscape of mannequins in vintage dress, no wonder award-winning ex-journalist and novelist Carole Nelson Douglas's 55 novels range from historical and contemporary mystery and romance to science fiction thrillers to high and urban fantasy. They include two Las Vegas-set series: the Midnight Louie, feline PI, mysteries partially narrated by a "Sam Spade with hairballs" and the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, noir urban fantasies of werewolf mobsters and Silver Screen zombies in a paranormal Vegas.

Douglas was the first author of a Sherlockian series with a female protagonist, diva-detective Irene Alder, the only woman to outwit Holmes, debuting with the New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Good Night, Mr. Holmes. Rachel McAdams plays Irene in the Dec. 25 film with Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock. Douglas says if she has a literary muse, it's definitely feline: mysterious, wise, playful, and packing sharp shivs in velvet gloves.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Typical Sword & Sorcery fare, March 4, 2006

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This review is from: Heir of Rengarth (Sword and Circlet, Book 2) (Hardcover)

I'll be honest - it has been years since I last read this book, but I remember reading it several times. It will appeal more to a young-adult audience as it is a very typical sword and sorcery fare. I will say these were among the first fantasy novels I read and I enjoyed them at the time; they were instrumental in starting me on a lifetime of reading. When I re-read them when I was older, although I found the story flatter than I did as a youngster, I still had fun with it. This is book 2 of, I believe, a 4 or 5 book series, so don't expect a nice tidy wrap-up.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, Fast, August 12, 2010

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This review is from: Heir of Rengarth (Sword and Circlet) (Paperback)

Book arrived in perfect condition, well wrapped, and it got to me in record speed. I'd buy from this seller again.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars poor fantasy!!, December 12, 2005

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Simon Steve "slam" (Mumbai, India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heir of Rengarth (Sword and Circlet) (Paperback)

Since nobody has bothered to write a review on this book, i'll do it in case you are considering to get this book.This is the second book in the sword and circlet trilogy and its more boring and stupid than the first book (keeper of edanvant). Neither the plot will not grab your interest nor the writing skill. Even the characterisation is very thin with simple and stupid dialouges. So I'll suggest you to skip this book and look out for some better one or else you are just wasting your money.