Three books down in the last week. Paul McAuley's
Secret Harmonies was readable but not fantastic. I'm actually a bit at a loss of words to say about it.
Robert Shea's two Shike volumes,
Shike: Time of the Dragons and
Shike: Last of the Zinja, were much more impressive. Set in medieval Japan, China and Mongolia these books featured fighting monks, samurai, Kublai Khan, battles, a sad love story, and more. I should never have waited this long to read them.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 10:35 AM 
