Bedlam's Bard (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author), Ellen Guon (Author) "Selfish, inconsiderate, irresponsible-" Maureen's voice had been rising all through this tirade; by now she was hitting A above high C, and everyone in the..." (more)
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Eric Banyon is a talented musician whose lady has left him singing the blues in a deserted corner of the Renaissance Faire. He couldn't have known that the desperate sadness of his music would free Korendil, a young elven noble, from the magical prison he has been languishing in for centuries. Suddenly, Eric has no time to be sad, as he has to help Korendil fight against the evil elf lord who first imprisoned Korendil and now seeks to conquer all of California--and that is only the beginning. .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Baen; 1st THUS edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671878638
• ISBN-13: 978-0671878634
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #321,827 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing Stories of a Troubled Bard, December 10, 2000

By	Don Thomason (Dunbar, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This was the first work (actually works, since it's two books in one) that I'd read that Lackey had a hand in that was set in contemporary society, and I found what I have come to like in Lackey's stories -- how someone (in this case, the fabulously irresponsible and troubled latent bard Eric Banyon) comes to grips with a budding and unexpected talent, which is both blessing and curse. Eric is a gifted musician who busks and plays the RenFair circuit to keep his freedom/avoid responsibility, but when he inadvertantly wakes the sleeping noble elf Korendil, Eric's life is irreversably altered. The mix of magic and mundane (to borrow a Rowlingism) is done nicely in both books, particularly with respect to the L. A. musical underground in the first book and the central plot of the second. As in all of the Lackey books I've read, the problems characters face are presented in both day-to-day and heroic perspectives, with as much emphasis placed on personal issues as on magical battles. I found both stories to be the usual very good read characteristic of Lackey stories, although I confess particular interest since I'm a musician and a lover of RenFairs.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome back Bard!, April 22, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book because I knew it had the sequel to "Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" in it. Two years ago I fell in love with that book and it's still my favorite (I always have in my purse in case I'm somewhere with nothing to do, I'll just pull it out and read it)!!! I adore Kory and Eric (at times I could do without Beth)!! "Summoned to Tourney" I was disappointed with, but sequels "usually" aren't as good as the first, so I gave it some slack. I was really upset that it seems like Kory dotes on Beth and Eric dotes on Beth, but what happened to the relationship between Eric and Kory? We all know it's there, but in this book it seems like it's ignored! I've heard there's going to be a third book! WHERE WHERE?! What's the title?! Although, I think it will have a lot to do with Ria, whom I never liked in book one! Why Eric would think about her with Kory (and Beth) around I don't know! I only give it four stars because "Summoned to Tourney" could have been better. "Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" is a 5 though! :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE It's only a reprint., February 16, 1998

By A Customer

The original books are wonderful; but the publisher's idea to reprint two fairly recent books into one with only a small warning to faithful readers is terrible. I suspect that the same is happening with the other two 'new' paperbacks that are forthcoming; Fiddlers Fair and Oathblood.