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Hawk Quest by Robert Lyndon
It wasn't the overall description of the incident that made me put it down, it was the use of the language in a particular description that decided me - bad writing I thought and I wasn't disposed to go on at that moment, but given everyone's comments, I will barrel through it next time!
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
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Shield-of-Dardania
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Allow me to do some nitpicking. I thought I came across a couple or so modernisms in HQ, or maybe someone could find an explanation for them.
The first one was, "He was like an engine without a brake," a reference to our Norman friend Drogo. Well, maybe an ancient siege engine had a brake too, but I couldn't help thinking of a car.
The second one was, "There was a current between them," - or something like that - a reference to the building sexual tension between Wayland and Syth. I was sure at the time that 'current' in that sense of the word could only refer to an electrical current, not a current of water or air.
There was a third one, but I've forgotten what it was and on what page now.
But all in all, minor points in an otherwise great quest-adventure story.
The first one was, "He was like an engine without a brake," a reference to our Norman friend Drogo. Well, maybe an ancient siege engine had a brake too, but I couldn't help thinking of a car.
The second one was, "There was a current between them," - or something like that - a reference to the building sexual tension between Wayland and Syth. I was sure at the time that 'current' in that sense of the word could only refer to an electrical current, not a current of water or air.
There was a third one, but I've forgotten what it was and on what page now.
But all in all, minor points in an otherwise great quest-adventure story.
Last edited by Shield-of-Dardania on Wed January 30th, 2013, 7:23 am, edited 4 times in total.
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The sequel - Imperial Fire - is out in the UK!
Ben Kane
Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
http://www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
http://www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor