Harry Turtledove, The Golden Shrine Reviews

“To the North as the glaciers retreat, a gap opened in...”

Written on: 13/10/2009 by Harriet Klausner (18660 reviews written)

To the North as the glaciers retreat, a gap opened in the ice wall. Through the aperture came the vicious riders called the Rulers whose destruction of anything in its path was abetted by powerful wizards. The Bizogots nomads and Raumsdalian Empire fail to stop the assault somewhat because the Emperor Sigvat refuses to accept the threat; preferring to believe it is nothing more than Count Hamnet Thyssen's need to be important.

Hamnet and his small unit fight the Rulers in a counter... (read more)