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    Harpy’s Flight

    By Megan Lindholm

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    A reissue of classic backlist titles from the author of the best selling Farseer Trilogy and The Liveship Traders books. HARPY'S FLIGHT was Lindholm's first novel, and the first in the WINDSINGERS series, which introduced her popular gypsy characters, Ki and Vandien.

    Harpies don't give up of blood debts. Neither do the men who serve them. A life must be given in return.

    Devastated by the slaughter of her family and haunted by memories of her own violent revenge, Ki rejects the comfort of her husband's gypsy people and wants only to wander in solitude as an outcast.

    Across mountains sheathed with ice, through the treacherous shadow of the impassable Sisters, Ki finds herself running for her life, pursued by frenzied Harpies sworn to vengeance; and by one stubborn, dark-haired man who seems intent on being part of her future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateSep 1, 2011
    ISBN9780007380534
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    Harpy’s Flight
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    Megan Lindholm

    Robin Hobb is one of the world’s finest writers of epic fiction. She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska. She raised her family, ran a smallholding, delivered post to her remote community, all at the same time as writing stories and novels. She succeeded on all fronts, raising four children and becoming an internationally best-selling writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington State.

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    • 4/5
      One of Robin Hobb's earliest novels. Not as polished as her later ones but you can clearly see her potential especially in her wondrous character development. I will be reading the rest in the series.
    • 5/5
      I am a big Robin Hobb fan so as a true fan I went in search for her early stuff only to find that she had used a pen name of Megan LIndholm. I went on a search to find her works and found this book on amazon and ordered it with all haste. I was not disappointed after reading this book I loved everything about this book; the characters, the theme, the plot, the setting, the worplay she used. I can not wait to read the other book of the trilogy. Her characters are interesting, her plot is well thought out, and her word usage is appropriate. I was so glad to find this copy and only wish I could find her first short story to read it as well. This book inspired me to write my own short story and try to model my writing after her when I write.
    • 5/5
      I love world-building, and this is an excellent world. Five sentient races, each of whom is very different from each other, with difficulties in reconciling such and working together.This book (while it read as a stand-alone, there are apparently others set in the world) focuses on the relationships between the humans and the harpies. Some humans hate them; some worship them. What happens when these collide? The harpies are well-drawn, though- and this might be a spoiler- in the end it looks like they are using their worshippers as dupes.Ki isn't having any of that, given her experiences. Though- her choices were ambiguous; she clung to memories even when they were hurting her. The plot was well-crafted to show character growth, and her tentative transition between mourning the past and having a future. Other characters also grew and changed.The plot and pacing were excellent., handled by a series of flips between the current situation and flashbacks- but very well-handled.I am pleased to see there are more in this series, because this one read like a stand-alone novel; no cliffhangers, and the plot threads were resolved. Still, the world and the writing are fascinating enough that I look forward to reading more.Triggers: some serious violence, but nothing rapey.
    • 4/5
      I must say, I really enjoyed this. I'm not a big fan of fantasy, but in part because that genre tends to have so many cliches, what with swords & elves & princesses. This is the first of four highly original books, in which humans are just one race among many, and not the primary, and in which males and females are equally free to choose their life calling. I've just started the third, actually, and oh boy are they giving me a lot to think about. Oh, and they're fun reads, too. Plenty of adventure and humor.
    • 3/5
      Harpy's Flight was written before the books that Lindholm wrote as Robin Hobb. This is evident in several ways -- the quality of the writing and plotting, the less rich characterisation, the fact that some characters seem almost like test runs for later ones (Rhesus from this book for Restart in Liveships, for example). Her potential also shows in the brightly described world, in the descriptions of cultures and rites, in the quality of the writing and the way it can grip you even when the first seven pages are just about climbing up a cliff (not the most gripping stuff). There's a lot of physicality in Hobb's writing -- when Ki is sore and raw and exhausted, it really comes through, which is something she did as well, probably better, in Farseers, with the various poison/torture/agony scenes of poor Fitz.

      I like the ideas in this book, and some of the writing is wonderful. I felt like the way it's structured is a little clunky: too much diving around between past and present with the clumsy little 'going to sleep'/'waking up' transitions.

      Enjoyable, and worth reading, especially if you want to see Hobb's earlier work, but not up to the standard of Farseers.