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Gossamer Axe

Gael Baudino

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Enchanting and Exciting! 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

I am very saddened to learn that this book is no longer available in print. It is without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read, and is well worth the time it takes to search it out.

At the begining the premise seems a bit strange; a 200 year old Celtic harper forms a heavy metal band in order to save her lover from her fairie prison? As bizzare as it may sound, this is the truth. Christa's lover is imprisoned in a land where music can be used as a weapon, and only music can set her free. After several attempts to free the lover using her harp, Christa decides that only rock and roll is strong enough to win this battle.

Social issues of the 80s are addressed clearly; drugs, alcohol, rape, abuse, homosexuality, the church, and people's misconceptions of rock and roll music. A word of warning, there is some strong content here, and it may not be sutible for younger teenagers.

Musicians will find this book especially interesting. The theory is all there and correct, everything from modes to circle of fifths.

Do whatever you have to to get your hands on a copy of this book!

Dragon Sword (Dragonsword)

Gael Baudino

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Fantastic Fantasy 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book in a tiny little bookstore in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1990. The characters unfold and draw the reader into the nightmare that is Suzanne Helling's personal world, and into her rebirth and healing as Alouzon Dragonmaster, hero of Gryylth. Become entwined in the threads of Gryylth & Corrin, lands built on mist and mystery. The characters have depth and feeling, and when the final page is turned, you really do want to find out how the new, solid worlds of Gryylth,Corrin, & their inhabitants, will evolve.

Excelence on par with Dragonlance 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Truly worth readin

A waste of trees. 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This was just awful. Schlock. Formulaic. Unoriginal. Remaindering is a mercy killing. Not a book to give someone if you want to get them hooked on fantasy fiction.

Strands of Starlight

Gael Baudino

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Out of stock? I think I'm going to cry. 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This book is simply magnificent. The characters were involving, and their stories tug at your heartstrings. A spiritual journey of a girl from the Middle Ages, 'Strands of Starlight' combines all of the best aspects of fantasy, history, and character development you can find in modern stories. I've bought this book twice, and both times forced it into someone else's hands so they would have to read it. Coming back now to buy it *again*, I was shocked to see that it's out of stock; of course, I have every intention of being persistent in getting it later. Six or seven copies. I have a new group of friends I want to read it, and I want to have at least one copy for myself.

A world of magic and discovery 5 out of 5 stars.
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Gael Baudino takes you on an adventure that will leave you wanting more. I recieved Strand of Starlight as a gift and fell in love with it the moment I first opened the book. Gael takes you an an adventure between two religions, two ways of life. She introduces us to magic and elfs. You see the conflict between Christianity and "Magic". You will see how a race struggles to survive and thrive in a world that is slowly supressing them. In addition you follow the struggle of a women who it pursucuted, raped and struggles to come to terms with who she really is inside. I recommend this to all people who are facinated by elves, magic, fantasy, etc.!! Also grab the rest of the series!

Duel of Dragons (Dragonsword)

Gael Baudino

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Alouzon Dragonmaster searches for the Grail 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

The best book in the trio, DoD brings in Sol's exwife, and gives Marrget, and Wykla something to live for. We also get to go deeper into Alouzon's psyche. Not for the faint at heart, I highly recommend this book and the rest of the trio.

Gryylth faces new threat 5 out of 5 stars.
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Suzanne Helling is thrust into the fantasy realm of Gryylth.This time she faces guns and f11s! but how can there be guns in a medieval world? Gael Baudino turns fantasy on its head as her character has to face the land she her self created and how do you beat your self? the writing is excellent and the charactor are well formed and the hazards they face are not just to the body. This book is worth reading.

Dragonsword

Gael Baudino

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Fantasy at it's best 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I got into the fantasy genre fairly late, and this was the first book that I read. The characters are finely drawn, and as the mystical and mistical world of Gryylth and it's inhabitants become solid, you really do want to find out what's going to happen to Alouzon, Dythragor, Marrget, Wykla, and the people of Corrin, who have been fighting each other all for a handful of mist. As Suzanne Helling evolves (unwillingly) into Alouzon Dragonmaster, and Alouzon learns how to trust herself again, the line begins to blur a little, when does the fantasy become a life lesson, and when did life become fantasy? This begins to become clearer as you finish the book. I would highly recommend this book, whether you are a late starter or have read other books in the genre.

Maze of Moonlight

Gael Baudino

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A Beautiful Book 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This is the kind of book that (along with Gael Baudino's other elvish novels) creates it's own universe, it's own logic and it's own magic. It's one of the books I read over and over, just to go back there. The characters have believable passion and purpose, and everything really is touched with an otherworldly kind of light. I'd love to say more, but I'd hate to give anything away. It's better to just read for yourself a few times...

Second time's the charm... 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

When I first read this book, when it was published, I was *so* excited that I would get to see more of Gael's Elves. Strands of Starlight was so haunting, so beautiful...I couldn't stand it.

So I immediately started Mazes of Moonlight and found that I wasn't going to be reading about those characters that I had fallen in love with in the first book. My disappointment tainted the reading and I came away feeling that this was the least of the Children of Elthia books.

Years later I decided to reread the series, this time really paying attention to the way they were written and to the individual stories told. Mazes of Moonlight ending up being just as powerful, just as moving and easily on par with the rest.

So for those who read Strands of Starlight and who felt some disappointment in Mazes of Moonlight...give it another chance...it's so worth it. For those of you trying to decide of the series is worth it...I cannot tell you enough that you need to read these books, all of them. They are some of my all time favorites.

Editorial Review:

In the sequel to Strands of Starlight, Christopher, Baron of Aurverelle, rescues Vanessa, a young peasant girl with extraordinary powers, from the persecution of the Inquisition, and the two join forces with Elvenkind to save the world from murderous rebels.

Dragon Death (Dragonsword)

Gael Baudino

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Dragon Death - Dragonsword Vol. III 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Dragon Death is the third in the series by Gael Baudino, known as Dragonsword. The series in itself is on of the most powerfull, most moving series of books I've ever read. Layer upon layer of magic, love, hate, treachery, light, and dark fill the books page after page ending in the stunning conclusion found in Dragon Death.

Alouzon Dragonmaster, once Suzanne Helling; an ex-liberal hippy from the '60's, finds herself trapped in Los Angeles but not in her body of Suzanne. Alouzon is still the same as she was in Gryylth. Fighting past hounds of phosphor and a sinister Specter, Alouzon desperately tries to reach her friends and comrades who are trapped in Vaylle due to the cunning mechianisms of Helwych, a sorcerer who's soul is lost to the Specter.

Join Alouzon and her campanions as they travel the pathways between two worlds to save the kingdoms of Gryylth, Corrin, and Vaylle, and the peoples of a world started by Solomon Braithwaite, the first Dragonmaster. See the power of love and redemption as Alouzon finds the Grail and peace in her Divinity over this young world.

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Cast back to Los Angeles with the Specter of Death's hounds in pursuit, Alouzon Dragonmaster, the Goddess of Gryylth and a former UCLA graduate student, searches for a gateway back to the magic land that she has come to call home.

Strands of Sunlight

Gael Baudino

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Beautiful and Eerie. 3 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Gael Baudino writes this third book in the Strands series as a conclusion to the story of the death and rebirth of the Elves. The story begins as the last elf, living in contemporary times, realizes that her race of the Elves is being reborn into the humans of the twentieth century. The story follows her in her quest to find and help these Elves discover themselves and their Goddess who guides them.

I came into this book with a certain set of expectations, and I must say that they were only slightly disappointed. After reading the first in the series, Strands of Starlight, I was expected something the same--a romanticized transformation story with gorgeous writing and an overwhelming mysticism. Instead, though beautiful, this book was perhaps a bit too real for what I was expecting. Woven throughout were themes of violence, racism, abuse--all very important in these troubled times, but also not what I was expecting to find. In a way it enhanced the story somewhat: it showed that Gael can deal with these frightening topics with a graceful and real prose that many authors struggle to find. However, in this fantasy lover's mind, these modern problems didn't seem to mesh with my ideas of Elves very well. I was much more comfortable with the idea of Elves living in the forests of long past than I was with them awakening in Yourtown, USA. For some reason it seemed wrong. But don't let that stop you from picking this book up--the premise is certainly unusual and you cannot lose with Gael's beautiful writing. Once again this book fled past--I couldn't put it down, and I'm sure that no matter your reaction to this resurrection of elves, you will love her descriptive powers and gorgeous imagery.

Editorial Review:

Natil, the last survivor of the ancient Elven race, journeys across time to the twentieth century to find a new breed of Elves, humans who had unlocked the path to magic and immortality, but their new world is threatened with perils that not even Elven magic may defeat.

Shroud of Shadow

Gael Baudino

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A story in the best tradition of Science Fiction/Fantasy 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

The best of science fiction/fantasy doesn't just tell old worn familiar stories with new props (dragons instead of horses); it helps us live another vision, another time in history, another point of view. It challenges our thinking, makes us walk in the other persons shoes, and kicks our butts out of the daily rut. It tells us stories that we have to keep thinking about for awhile after the book is finished. Gael Baudino's "Shroud of Shadow" is such a work. The story takes us back to the days of the Inquisition and the death of magic. It leads us through our own history as the last Elf ...passing among humans as a woman harpist...struggles with a world bereft of beauty, and one almost lost to hope. The writing is beautiful, the experience both chilling and disturbing. Let yourself read this book. Let yourself talk a walk through the past that will raise questions about our present...and future.

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The lone elf survivor in the repressive age of The Inquisition, Natil encounters three things that keep her from departing this world--a young woman hearing voices, a vision of the future, and an Inquisitor.

Branch and Crown: Book III of Water!

Gael Baudino

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Rollicking good fun! 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I enjoyed this series thoroughly. I recommended it to a friend who reads fantasy (a la Charles de Lint) and she hated the series. I happen to agree that this is not a fantasy series for the faint of heart. The other two books in the series ("O Greenest Branch" and "The Dove Looked In") are necessary for the reader in order to "get" this title. I really hope that somehow these books end up back in print because they are a wonderful example of a writer having a great time writing for themselves.

Wickedly funny! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I give all three of the novels in this series my highest recommendation. These are intelligent, humorous reads. Baudino manages to maintain a breakneck pace throughout _without losing the reader_! Anyone who has read Mercedes Lackey and longed for something a bit more literate, or Douglas Adams and longed for something a bit more feminist, or James Joyce and longed for something a bit more fun, will find this a wonderful read. Baudino skewers the New Age community, sexist males, patriarchy, and pretentious would-be writers while providing us with characters like Bakbuk, the King's sworder, who can't decide if he is a she or not, and Kuz Aswani, ferret or man--not even he knows for sure. All this plus a wandering penis--surely there's something here for everyone

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Stranded in the sacred Library of the Three Kingdoms, Sara, an herbalist and woman of the Goddess, reluctantly teams up with a pretentious scholar and an argumentative crown prince turned thief in order to survive.