#hardcover#fantasy Friedman's first novel is a fantasy in an invented medieval setting not unlike that of Harry Turtledove's early Videssos novels. The plot is fairly straightforward: a young king finds himself at odds with enough of the kingdom's forces to put his land in danger of invasion. Sure enough, the enemy invades, and the protagonist, an old soldier who fought the enemy in a previous campaign, must pound some sense into the king's head and develop unexpected tactics for defeating the invasion. The world Friedman has created derives from late Roman and early Byzantine times, and the characters he presents are good, solid archetypes. Respectable, standard action fantasy that will please the respectable, very diverse readership of such.

ISBN: 9781416520566