Jane Lindskold Interview
Jane Lindskold is an excellent author who should be a name on the lips of everyone who is a fan of the Urban Fantasy genre. She’s the author of three series of novels, the Firekeeper Saga (AKA her Wolf series), the Athanor series (Changer and Legends Walking), and the Breaking the Wall series, as well [...]
Five Odd Honors by Jane Lindskold – review
Walls can be crucial to one’s defenses, but sometimes, walls, like rules, are meant to be broken. Such is the case in the game of Mah jong, and also in Jane Lindskold’s stunning Breaking the Wall series of books. Five Odd Honors is the third novel in the series, which began with Thirteen Orphans and [...]
A Girl’s Guide to Guns and Monsters edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes – review
If you’ve ever found yourself a little frustrated with the state of female characters in fantasy fiction, then A Girl’s Guide to Guns and Monsters should prove to be a shining beacon of hope. This collection of short stories offers selections from Jane Lindskold, Jim C. Hines, Mickey Zucker Reichert, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Martin [...]
Book Review – Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart by Jane Lindskold
Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart is the second of a series of six books by Jane Lindskold featuring the wolf-woman Firekeeper. I reviewed the first book Through Wolf’s Eyes in December 2007, one of my first BSC reviews but I never got around to a full reread of the series….
Exclusive – Thirteen Orphans by Jane Lindskold (Excerpt)
We keep them coming – more exclusive previews for the BookSpot Central Family! Before I get to the excerpt, you should first take notice that you have just until tomorrow to get in on a previously announced contest to win a signed copy of Thirteen Orphans by Jane Lindskold – so go handle that first! When you have done that, what I have for you today is an exclusive excerpt from the book! Thirteen Orphans was published by Tor in November 2008.
Synopsis:
As evocative and moving as Charles de Lint’s Newford books, with the youthful protagonists and exciting action of Mercedes Lackey’s fantasies, Thirteen Orphans makes our world today as excitingly strange and unfamiliar as any fantasy realm . . .and grants readers a glimpse of a fantasy world founded by ancient Chinese lore and magic.
As far as college freshman Brenda Morris knows, there is only one Earth and magic exists only in fairy tales.
Brenda is wrong.
A father-daughter weekend turns into a nightmare when Brenda’s father is magically attacked before her eyes. Brenda soon learns that her ancestors once lived in world of smoke and shadows, of magic and secrets.
When that world’s Emperor was overthrown, the Thirteen Orphans fled to our earth and hid their magic system in the game of mah-jong. Each Orphan represents an animal from the Chinese Zodiac. Brenda’s father is the Rat. And her polished, former child-star aunt, Pearl – that eminent lady is the Tiger.
Only a handful of Orphans remain to stand against their enemies. The Tiger, the Rooster, the Dog, the Rabbit . . . and Brenda Morris. Not quite the Rat, but not quite human either.
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Contest – Thirteen Orphans by Jane Lindskold (signed!)
Computer software to build you own worlds, sweet George R.R. Martin Dark Sword miniatures, and we have Blu Ray and and standard DVD contests on the way! So are we slipping on books? Never that! (BTW today is your last day to get one of 5 copies of Neal Stephenson’s Anathem we have!) I bring [...]
Book Review – Through Wolf’s Eyes
Author: Jane Lindskold Cover Artist: Julie Bell Publisher: Tor Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2002 Through Wolf’s Eyes is the first part in Lindskold’s six book Firekeeper series. With the sixth novel published earlier this year, Lindskold has indicated the series is complete (for those of you who don’t want to commit to another [...]
