The Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinder's Story (Lost swords) (Hardcover)

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Saberhagen established himself in the '60s and '70s with his intense, ambitious Berserker series of space operas. Lately, however, he has devoted himself increasingly to a more relaxed, playful sequence of fantasy adventures, the Books of Swords. Each is a model of action writing, clear-sighted, graphic and agile. The present story limits itself to a single locale, the island castle of the wizard Honan-Fu, where Prince Mark is imprisoned in ice alongside the wizard by the usurper called the Ancient One. Mark's friends find themselves the temporary allies of Honan-Fu's traitorous daughter, Ninazu, and of the magician emperor, currently incognito with a traveling show. Keeping the major players off balance and providing a comic mirror, there is a wild card, a peasant enamored of Ninazu who has chanced on the Sword of Power, Sightblinder, which makes him seem whatever an onlooker most loves or fears. An entertainment of high order.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (November 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312930321
• ISBN-13: 978-0312930325
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,383,529 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars have to disagree, January 17, 2007

By	AJ Martinez (Zapata, Tx United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinders Story (Paperback)

I devoured all of the "Swords" novels. I read them about ten years ago and just recently re-read the entire series. Saberhagen does a wonderful job with weaving in and out the tales of all the swords and their powers.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not much better than previous volume, September 30, 1999

By	Fosky Bob "human" (Vacaville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Saberhagen does it again. Yet another boring, pedantic story with as little dialogue as possible. The dust jacket claims these are best-selling books so someone must like them. Not me.