by Qray » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:25 pm
The Finders Stone Trilogy by Kate Novak & Jeff Grubb.
The first book in the series, Azure Bonds has a very strong female as the main protagonist who also plays a significant part in the following two books, The Wyvern's Spur, and Song of the Saurials.
There are well written mysteries that unravel within each book and an overall plot that spans the entire trilogy which all work very well together. They all tie into an intriguing trilogy, but are written so that if you just want to read one book, you can pick any one of them and not feel that your being left out of the story loop as each book can stand on it's own. If you just want to read one of the books, I'd suggest Azure Bonds. Especially if your looking for a strong female as the main character.
What follows is a description from the publisher of Azure Bonds...
Her name is Alias, and she is in big trouble.
She is a sell-sword, a warrior-for-hire, and an adventuress. She awoke with a series of twisting, magical blue sigils inscribed on her arms and no memory of where she got them.
Determined to learn the nature of the mysterious tattoo, Alias joins forces with an unlikely group of companions: the halfling bard, Ruskettle, the southern mage, Akabar, and the oddly silent lizard-man, Dragonbait. With their help, she discovers that the symbols hold the key to her very existence.
But those responsible for the sigils aren't keen on Alias's continued good health. And if the five evil masters find her first, she may discover all too soon their hideous secret.
I'm going to die the way I've lived...poor, screaming, and naked.
(he was my introduction to fantasy, so I'll forever have a place in my heart for the Belgaraid/Mallorean books however bad they may be). I like sort of epic/quest fantasy, with strong female characters in some capacity (like Aes Sedai, for example 
) - I'm struggling to know which authors to go for at the moment. I just started Kristen Britain's Green Rider - has anyone read it?
