In her latest novel, The Silent Tower, Barbara Hambly has written a complex tale of dark magic, mystery and deadly danger involving a woman computer programmer who struggles to help a condemned wizard save--or perhaps destroy?--two worlds...
The Silent Tower: The Windrose Chronicles (Book One)
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“Barbara is a fabulously talented writer who can write well in any genre.” —Charlaine Harris
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In her latest novel, The Silent Tower, Barbara Hambly has written a complex tale of dark magic, mystery and deadly danger involving a woman computer programmer who struggles to help a condemned wizard save--or perhaps destroy?--two worlds...
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic --,
By EmBee (Oregon, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)
It always astounds me to find out that Hambly fans aren't aware of or haven't gotten to the Windrose Chronicles. This is her best work by far, and some of the best fantasy out there, period.Our heroine, Joanna, finds herself transported across a terrifying Void from enchantment-free Los Angeles (circa the 1980s) to Ferryth, a medieval kingdom on another world, in the company of an actual wizard (Antryg Windrose) and hunted by sundry and all as she makes her way in a morass of treachery and a central mystery that reveals itself in snatches - like the periods of grey, hopeless misery that are affecting both worlds, and the shifting loyalties, inexplicable actions, and agendas of the other wizards, the hateful church witchfinders, the king, the prince regent, and the young warrior who swears that Antryg murdered his grandfather in cold blood and opened the Void for terrible reasons of his own. Any way she looks at it, Antryg is the only one who can send her home. And he seems to be the only person trying to solve the riddle of the larger pattern. Can he be trusted at all? And if Antryg isn't responsible for the horrors and her own abduction - who is? The characters are quirky, loveable, and all too human, and the unfolding plot keeps you on your toes. This is a great read - see The Silicon Mage for the rest of the tale!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Really Solid, Good Read,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)
A friend loaned me a copy of this book as an introduction to Barbara Hambly's books. His copy was really battered, and it wasn't his first, as he'd given away and worn to dust other copies. I've since done the same with this and the other two books in her Windrose stories, Silicon Mage and Dog Wizard. The characters live and breathe, and that's what makes this great, why I've read these many times and will do so again. I love books in general, but there are some books that I will never ever be "finished" reading, and this is one. I hope it comes back into print soon, but used is as good as new!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Computers + wizardry = a gripping tale,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)
Joanna, a shy computer programmer, finds herself being stalked as she works late at night. She's learned that someone has been processing vast amounts of data in secret, and now that someone wants her dead -- someone not of Earth. Then she's kidnapped and dumped in a strange world. Searching for a way back home, she reluctantly joins forces with Antryg Windrose, a wizard who may or may not be her stalker. He is obviously insane after having been confined in a tower that painfully prevented him from using his magic. Who wants her dead? And why would anyone in a world without electricity need a computer program
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