professionalhenchman

So, I've been meaning to post about this book for nearly three months now, since the book came out. Dave Freer has a knack for setting up unstable situations, and then leading us on a merry romp through the destruction of the whole mess, ending with a much better situation all around. This one involves a trickster Dragon, a human wizard in a land where there aren't supposed to be any (and who doesn't know she is one), and a cast of characters out to get her to use in their schemes. I can't really do it justice (which is one of the reasons I don't often post book reviews - I have trouble working out how to describe them), but it's a lot of fun to read, and I really hope it does well enough that Baen buys a sequel. If you like silly fantasy romps, I highly recommend this one.

Mind you, I should put up a disclaimer that I got Tuckerized in this one as a result of the contest here: http://davefreer.livejournal.com/77663.html
That is to say, there's a minor character named "Groblek" in the story. I find this quite fitting, as my handle originally came from my misremembering the name of a minor Eddings character - I'll be interested to see if I start finding that Groblek is taken as a user name for new sites after the book has been out a while - I rather hope it gets that popular. :)