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David McK (3728 KP) rated Sword in The Storm (Rigante #1) in Books
Sep 7, 2025
This is the first in David Gemmell's Rigante quartet of books, which is really largely a duolougy of two: the first two novels (this and Midnight Falcon in a quasi historical Scottish highlands setting, and the latter two (Ravenheart and Stormrider) set centuries on from the events of the previous novels, still in a quasi-historical Scottish highlands setting (more akin to the times of the English Civil Wars, with the first two more akin to the times of the Roman Empire)
All four novels are also largely 'coming of age' tales, with this entry following the childhood and early adulthood of Connavar, who is given the soul name "The Sword in the Storm" at this birth and who -initially, at least - grows up believing his father - who died shortly after he was born - to be a coward, despite his stepfather Ruathain (his fathers best friend) trying to convince him otherwise.
As with all of Gemmell's work, well worth a read!
All four novels are also largely 'coming of age' tales, with this entry following the childhood and early adulthood of Connavar, who is given the soul name "The Sword in the Storm" at this birth and who -initially, at least - grows up believing his father - who died shortly after he was born - to be a coward, despite his stepfather Ruathain (his fathers best friend) trying to convince him otherwise.
As with all of Gemmell's work, well worth a read!
Yoshi (40 KP) rated The Radleys in Books
May 19, 2018
B (15 KP) rated The Dark Tower - Dark Tower VII in Books
Jan 24, 2018
Lumos (380 KP) rated The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1) in Books
Apr 3, 2018
Cynthia Armistead (17 KP) rated Enchantment Place in Books
Mar 1, 2018
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5) in Books
Aug 20, 2018
The final four Hornblower novels in this collection, comprising:
Flying Colours
The Commodore
Lord Hornblower
Hornblower in the West Indies
Nice way to round out the whole series (itself consisting of 3 multi-novel books: "The Young Hornblower", "Captain Hornblower, R.N", and now this)
Flying Colours
The Commodore
Lord Hornblower
Hornblower in the West Indies
Nice way to round out the whole series (itself consisting of 3 multi-novel books: "The Young Hornblower", "Captain Hornblower, R.N", and now this)
Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The Fire in Books
Dec 29, 2018
Muchachas 1
Book
BESTSELLER. A new trilogy starring the same characters as in her previous novels. Hortense and Gary...
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated A Prayer for Owen Meany in Books
Oct 5, 2020
None of John Irving's novels have touched me as much as much as this one, and if you ask me, his work went drastically down hill after he wrote this. You can read my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/04/john-irvings-masterpiece/