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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 9317764" data-attributes="member: 3649">The Mage Wars series by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon. So, I didn't enjoy these nearly as well as I have other Valdemar books, and I might just lay that at the feet of Dixon, Lackey's husband. Mainly because two of the books have nothing to do with the Mage Wars. Part of this is my expectation going into this that I'd get a sweeping three-book war story about the greatest magical conflict Velgarth has ever known, in a struggle against the most evil bastich they've ever had, Ma'ar. What I got was the war itself pushed almost entirely into the background and off-stage, and Ma'ar appears in one scene at the end of book one where he gets completely jobbed by our main protagonist. He barely gets to stand up and go 'huh, what?' and then he's dust. At least Book One has some interesting worldbuilding, but I wanted a lot, lot more from this series. Book Two is set ten years later, and is a murder mystery set in a new land that the survivors travel to in order to open up diplomatic relations.&nbsp; At least that was interesting; I don't think we've ever seen the Haighlei Empire elsewhere in the series, and they have an interesting enough culture to make the book OK. I have real, deep problems with the series of coincidences that allow the main bad guy to do what he needs to do. Books Three has another 10-15 year time jump and is a man-against-nature story about Skandrannon's son. I literally skimmed 90% of this book, since there's no plot, no conflict, no real world-building, etc. [ATTACH=full]358231[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358232[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358233[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 9317764, member: 3649"] The Mage Wars series by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon. So, I didn't enjoy these nearly as well as I have other Valdemar books, and I might just lay that at the feet of Dixon, Lackey's husband. Mainly because two of the books[I] have nothing to do with the Mage Wars[/I]. Part of this is my expectation going into this that I'd get a sweeping three-book war story about the greatest magical conflict Velgarth has ever known, in a struggle against the most evil bastich they've ever had, Ma'ar. What I got was the war itself pushed almost entirely into the background and off-stage, and Ma'ar appears in one scene at the end of book one where he gets completely jobbed by our main protagonist. He barely gets to stand up and go 'huh, what?' and then he's dust. At least Book One has some interesting worldbuilding, but I wanted a lot, lot more from this series. Book Two is set ten years later, and is a murder mystery set in a new land that the survivors travel to in order to open up diplomatic relations. At least that was interesting; I don't think we've ever seen the Haighlei Empire elsewhere in the series, and they have an interesting enough culture to make the book OK. I have real, deep problems with the series of coincidences that allow the main bad guy to do what he needs to do. Books Three has another 10-15 year time jump and is a man-against-nature story about Skandrannon's son. I literally skimmed 90% of this book, since there's no plot, no conflict, no real world-building, etc. [ATTACH type="full"]358231[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]358232[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="283px"]358233[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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