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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780756405007 ISBN: 0756405009 Label: DAW Hardcover Manufacturer: DAW Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 608 Publication Date: July 01, 2008 Publisher: DAW Hardcover Studio: DAW Hardcover Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Sherwood Smith is a writer who is making her bid to be a major fantasist.( Orson Scott Card) Inda, on the verge of adulthood, is at last coming home. At age eleven hed been exiled from his kingdom, but when he learns that his homeland is about to be invaded, he ends his exile to report the imminent attack. Pressed into service as the kings royal shield arm, Inda must now defend the kingdomfor his reputation as the captain who defeated the most dangerous pirate fleet in history makes him the only man who stands a chance to defeat his countrys ancient enemy. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Inda moves onThe first two books were very good. The third drags; especially with an endless war. There is little mention of Inda's nine years with the pirates and with Fox and GiGi. The sea battles were much more interesting than this last land battle with a retreat (setting up for the fourth book, I suppose). Inda has this unnecessary and trivial affair with the Venn mage; I didn't understand the purpose of this. These books could use a little realistic sex; it's obvious the writer writes for Y/A. Rating:  - Third Best-but GoodAlthough I couldn't put this book down and enjoyed every moment reading it, I felt it didn't stand side-by-side with the first two books. Each of the first two left us was countless surprises around ever corner. Where this one just lead us mostly on an endless road to a very short-lived war. Rating: - The Prodigal Returns HomeThis book continues the tale of the first two, and it's recommended to begin with _Inda_, as the story is complex and full of characters and events and there is little to no recapping of information. After nine years of exile from his country, Inda, still only around 20 years old, is returning with news of an invasion by the Venn. He returns to an uncertain welcome and many unknown changes that have occurred since he was wrongly accused of killing another boy at the Academy where sons are trained ... Read More Rating: - very enjoyableone gets so involved with the story that once it is finished, you can't wait for the next Rating: - Book 3 is a misstep in the Inda seriesIn King's Shield, the weakest volume of the ongoing Inda series, author Sherwood Smith errs by telling instead of showing. This is a war story, and Smith tells us about the war, mostly through expository dialogue, but does not show us enough. The battle scenes are brief and uninspiring, and the scale of the conflict is never emphasized. In my opinion, Smith's biggest mistake is how she glosses over the novel's best idea: the defense of Castle Andahi by girls and women. The martial upbringing ... Read More 
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