janny wurts

So here it is, the Sword of the Canon: Initiate's Trial spoiler topic, thrown out there for your consideration. If you have not read Initiate's Trial, don't come here. You will spoil your read. I will not post a spoiler in this first post, so that mistakes are not made. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Hi all, I'm wondering if I should give Wurts' series starting with The Curse of the Mistwraith a go... I just finished To Ride Hell's Chasm, and I have to say I wasn't particularly impressed. BUT I really enjoyed the beginning with the set-up of court intrigue and characters clashing with each...

Janny Wurts posted on her website yesterday that she had started the first chapter of Sword of the Canon: Destiny's Conflict, having turned in all the artwork for Initiate's Trial. Watch this space for more updates. Her having started on the next book before even the pre-production of IT is...

Just wanted to let all you fans of all things Wurtsian that she will be interviewed on the Off the Shelf podcast this week, February 6 at 1 p.m. PT/SLT. Here is the blurb: Been a while since we had a fantasy author on Off the Shelf but our podcast this week is an interview with Janny Wurts...

For the loyal fans of this most excellent of series, I would note that the Beyond Reality group at Goodreads is voting on whether or not to discuss The Wars of Light and Shadow, or Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber. A tough choice, to be sure, but... If inclined to vote, and to actually follow up...

I thought it was about time to start this thread, as Ms. Wurts has been so kind on her own site (Trystane's Website: host for the Janny Wurts Offical Webpage and the Don Maitz Official Webpage) to keep us readers updated on her progress. A word of warning, Janny Wurst DOES NOT, EVER, give...

The following interview/story about the return of The Wars of Light and Shadow to North American bookshelves was posted at FantasyLiterature.com earlier today. Worth a look if you are a newbie considering reading this series, or the one-shot novel To Ride Hell's Chasm: Janny Wurts’ works...

Hi Janny Wurts fans! I'd like to start reading something of Janny's since I've read some really good reviews on her work. on occasions I even spotted her name mentioned alongside George Martin, Steven Erikson and such, which was quite surprising since I've never heard of Janny Wurts before...

Is it as good as everyone makes out on reviews? To me female authors seem to not really include action and pace in novels or am I mistaken? Is this the case for this book and the rest of her books, does she have pace and action and intrigue etc? I bought a bunch of her books because they were...

The Ships Of Merior and Warhost of Vastmark ARC II SPOILER WARNING - DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU HAVN'T READ THEM YET! 　 Due to me reading them a while ago and just now starting to write this I'm struggling to remember how things went and what I could say or ask. But here it goes anyway. Apologies...

I ordered the book a few days ago because I've been reading A Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin and needed a way to fill the wait in between now and the next book. So I looked around and got a lot of recommendations for a number of different authors and series to look into and decided on...

Many of us have lauded Ms. Wurts' writing ability, and how her vocabulary occasionally requires the reader to consult Mr. Roget's big book of words. For me, I have always felt when reading that she reaches into my brain, and pulls me into the story, so it feels like I am a specter floating...

I came into my dorkdom .. late in life. I never really read much growing up. None of the stories I read appealed to me except one or two. I started RPGaming around Age 23 and found out how much of a geek I really am. I since have loved reading fantasy. Since 23 (now 27) I have read several...

Not being able to remember the brilliant post that started this thread prior to the Great Crash of '08, I do remember the reason. There are lots of threads in this relatively new sub-forum that are simply riddled with spoilers, and given Ms. Wurts' penchant for making her readers drop their...

BEWARE!!! THERE BE SPOILERS HERE!! AAAARGH! Okay, the Mistress of Vocabulary herself has now posted two, count 'em, two, snippets from the first four chapter sets of the ninth book of The Wars of Light and Shadow, namely the first book Arc IV, The Sword of the Canon: Initiate's Trial. These...

As I have mentioned on previous threads, I am currently in a re-read of the entire The Wars of Light and Shadows series (to date) by Janny Wurts. I also mentioned I would keep a look out for references to the Great Drakes (Dragons) of Athera. The first detailed mention of the Great Drakes I...

Well, having read a number of posts about how good Janny's books are, I decided to take the plunge and have a look, (I already knew of her work with Fiest on the Empire series). Anyway, noticing that a few people have recommended TRH'sC, I decided to start there as it's apparently a stand alone...

Now that Ms. Wurts is well on her way to selling out the first run of Stormed Fortress, with the ninth volume of The Wars of Light and Shadow well underway, and with it being the first of a duology for the fourth arc (entitled Sword of the Canon) of that series, I thought that a speculation...

JANNY WURTS: TO RIDE HELL’S CHASM Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc., 2004 To Ride Hell’s Chasm is a wonderful hybrid of mystery, intrigue, sword & sorcery, and flat out action/adventure. The story follows the disappearance of the Princess Anja of Sessalie from her betrothal feast through the...

Considering that the founding principle of the Koriani Order was Mercy, the Koriathain enchantresses seem to have fallen a long way. But then, humanity has fallen far since the order was founded. Trying to sum up a bit of their history: Morriel once mentions that the Koriani Order was...