2013 books: March: Roberson
Mar. 28th, 2013 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
melita66Squeee! A new Tiger and Del novel! This is book seven by Jennifer Roberson about the Southron sword-dancer, the Sandtiger, and the Northern sword-singer, Delilah (Del). They were introduced to the world way back in 1985 in the anthology Sword and Sorceress II (ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley) in the short story, "The Lady and the Tiger." The first novel, which includes their first meeting, was in a novel released the following year called Sword-Dancer. Del comes from an egalitarian society, but her family was killed by raiders when she was a teenager and she and her brother were captured. She managed to escape and decided to train as a sword-singer to rescue her brother and exact revenge. As part of her quest, she hires/teams up with Tiger, one of the best, if not the best, sword-dancers of the south. He had grown up a slave in a desert tribe, managed to escape/free himself and decided to train as a swordsman. Many adventures later, he and Del (and a daughter) are settled into a lush canyon with friends, and a few students. Tiger's previously-unknown son had shown up and now accuses Tiger of domesticity, so the son, Tiger, and Del decide to take a trip.
Of course, stuff happens, and while a long-running enemy is neutralized by the end, a new one has been created.
The previous book was released over 10 years ago. I'm pretty sure that I've read the series since then, but it had been years. Roberson did enough in-cluing that I was able to recall relevant events from the earlier books quickly.
The books are all told from Tiger's viewpoint and the earlier ones contained a lot about him overcoming his chauvinism and transcending his society. Now, he knows Del is his equal, but I still found it incongruous that he didn't realize the problems that a young woman would have after being raped. He should have internalized that attitude along with everything else, rather than reacting all horrified as he did. Still a small quibble.
So. Sword and sorcery, but turned on its side, and in this volume only a small bit of sorcery.*
* Earlier books had much more sorcery and it looks like the next book will too.
Of course, stuff happens, and while a long-running enemy is neutralized by the end, a new one has been created.
The previous book was released over 10 years ago. I'm pretty sure that I've read the series since then, but it had been years. Roberson did enough in-cluing that I was able to recall relevant events from the earlier books quickly.
The books are all told from Tiger's viewpoint and the earlier ones contained a lot about him overcoming his chauvinism and transcending his society. Now, he knows Del is his equal, but I still found it incongruous that he didn't realize the problems that a young woman would have after being raped. He should have internalized that attitude along with everything else, rather than reacting all horrified as he did. Still a small quibble.
So. Sword and sorcery, but turned on its side, and in this volume only a small bit of sorcery.*
* Earlier books had much more sorcery and it looks like the next book will too.
