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Found this today in the Little Free Library outside the B&B I'm staying at, on the Oregon Coast. Anybody ever read it? There's...a lot going on here, judging this book by its cover.
Yep, he wrote three of these set in the Ærth setting he created for Dangerous Journeys, plus a fourth that was published posthumously. They're really only of interest to those who want to get deep into that setting.So I'm a few dozen pages in, and it's really not good. I'm trying to like it, I really am, but....
...well, the main character is a faux-Egyptian ("Ægyptian") magistrate, named Setne Inhetep. The lady on the cover is his "Amazonian warrior-princess" bodyguard. They solve crimes and mysteries together.
I think it's supposed to be a fantasy interpretation of a pulp noir crime novel. Like "The Dresden Files," as written by Gary Gygax.
Yep, he wrote three of these set in the Ærth setting he created for Dangerous Journeys, plus a fourth that was published posthumously. They're really only of interest to those who want to get deep into that setting.
Of course she is miffed there is a whipping wind blowing judging from her hair and the trailing tail/skirt is stuck on something so she cannot get out of the wind. It is probably raining also.She looks a bit miffed someone's made off with her clothes.
"Don't judge a book by the lack of cover on the woman on its cover."There's...a lot going on here, judging this book by its cover.