This is the last Reading Roundup post for October – wow! I have been really enjoying working my way through old favourites from my younger days. One of the things that I love about books is that you can discover new aspects of the plot or characters each time you read them. This has definitely been the case for me with these wonderful books.

So last week I finished the final book in the Darwath trilogy, The Armies of Daylight, and then found out that Barbara Hambly had written two more books in the same world! I felt so happy to think that I could read more about her great characters such as Gil, Rudy and Ingold Inglorion. Anyway, here is the blurb for Armies of Daylight…

“Since the Dark Ones returned, the world has been laid to waste.

The wizards have been slaughtered, cities destroyed, and people have scattered in terror.

Few have witnessed more of the destruction than Rudy and Gil — two ordinary Californians who found their way across the Void, and took up arms in defence of a strange and magical world. She learned the ways of war, while he found within himself the powers of a great wizard. Both of them will need all their strength to survive this final challenge. Ingold, the master wizard, has devised a spell to hide the user from the deathly stare of the Dark, and he intends to use it to strike at their very heart.

Finally, Rudy, Gil, and the rest of mankind’s survivors will take the offensive, bringing an end to this terrible war, for better or for worse.”

And here is my response on Goodreads…

The Armies of Daylight by Barbara Hambly
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a great ending to the original trilogy (two more books set in this world were added some years afterwards). The characters continue to develop as do the political shenanigans. Hambly is so insightful with her understanding of how humans might behave in such terrible circumstances: their world crumbling around them, having to flee their homes, the death of family members and friends, terrifying alien creatures devastating and crushing human existence, law and order falling apart.

Gil and Rudy use their different skills, learning and knowledge from the modern day USA to help solve mysteries and support the battle for human survival. Great stuff!

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I am writing this post at 12.00 UK time. Later on today, I may finish the next book Mother of Winter, Darwath #04. If that happens, I will try to add the details to this post. If not, I will write about it in next week’s Reading Roundup. Mind you, I am really enjoying the book and don’t want to spoil the experience by rushing to the end!

Happy reading everyone!

Love and best wishes,

Anne 

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