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When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed. But what happens when the doppelganger survives? Mirage, a bounty hunter, lives by her wits and lethal fighting skills. She always gets her mark. But her new mission will take her into the shadowy world of witches, where her strength may not be a match against powerful magic. Miryo is a witch who has just failed her initiation test. She now knows that there is someone in the world who looks like her, who is her: Mirage. To control her powers and become a full witch, Miryo has only one choice: to hunt the hunter and destroy her.
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LibraryThing member kusine
I didn't expect to like this book, but I did. The world was interesting, the characters were well-drawn, and the conflict was compelling. Straight fantasy's not usually my thing, but this was fun.
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
When a witch is born a doppelganger is created. Usually this doppleganger is killed but Miryo's wasn't. Her doppelganger lives as Mirage, a bounty hunter of some skill. Miryo finds out that she has this doppelganger and that in order to come fully into her own power she has to kill Mirage.
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LibraryThing member slpenney07
Summary: A witch must kill the other half of her soul, contained inside her Doppelganer, if she wishes to control her magic.
The Take-Away: I loved the set-up for this title. For the first seven or eight chapters, the point of view alternates between the two characters -- the witch Miryo and the
Instead of instantly killing her Doppelganger, as the Primes stated she must, Miryo is overwhelmed by the similarities in appearance. It is evident that her Doppelganger has a soul, contrary to her teachings. Even though Mirage could easily dispatch the witch, she doesn't. It doesn't feel right to either of them.
Instead, the rest of the book is their attempts to solve the dilemma between of who must live.
The only downside to this book was the names. No one has a similar name. My normal trick of identifying the character by the first letter of their name didn't work either, as both start with "M."
Recommendation: I can't wait for the next title in this two part adventure.
The Take-Away: I loved the set-up for this title. For the first seven or eight chapters, the point of view alternates between the two characters -- the witch Miryo and the
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warrior Mirage. By the time that they meet, I was routing for both to live, neither to die. I wasn't disappointed.Instead of instantly killing her Doppelganger, as the Primes stated she must, Miryo is overwhelmed by the similarities in appearance. It is evident that her Doppelganger has a soul, contrary to her teachings. Even though Mirage could easily dispatch the witch, she doesn't. It doesn't feel right to either of them.
Instead, the rest of the book is their attempts to solve the dilemma between of who must live.
The only downside to this book was the names. No one has a similar name. My normal trick of identifying the character by the first letter of their name didn't work either, as both start with "M."
Recommendation: I can't wait for the next title in this two part adventure.
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LibraryThing member jennab82
When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her powers, the twin must be killed, but what happens when the doppelganger survives?
Mirage, a bounty hunter, lives by her wits and lethal fighting skills. She always gets her mark. But her new mission will take her into the
Miryo is a witch who has just failed her initiation test. She now knows that there is someone in the world who looks like her, who is her: Mirage. To control her powers, Miryo has only one choice: to hunt the hunter and destroy her.
This book is a must have for any fantasy/urban fantasy reader. The setting has an old school fantasy feeling with a well worked out combination of new and old dialogue. The entire book is written in third person, fluidly switching between Miryo and Mirage throughout and delving into the world making you feel like you have already known about it forever avoiding long winded description that pulls a person right out of the story.
Each girl has a best friend who acts almost as the level headed side of them.
Each character in the book was well developed and given a very ‘3d’ feel. Even the minor characters had depth.
The plot has a strong complexity and twists and turns – enough to keep it from becoming shallow and predictable but not so much so that the reader will get lost.
Marie Brennan is a talented author capable of keeping a book on that perfect line of balance and I have to say that Warrior falls at or near the top of my list of top reads. There is nothing bad to say about this book.
I will definitely be picking it up to read over and over.
A+++
Mirage, a bounty hunter, lives by her wits and lethal fighting skills. She always gets her mark. But her new mission will take her into the
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shadowy world of witches, where her strength may be no match against magic.Miryo is a witch who has just failed her initiation test. She now knows that there is someone in the world who looks like her, who is her: Mirage. To control her powers, Miryo has only one choice: to hunt the hunter and destroy her.
This book is a must have for any fantasy/urban fantasy reader. The setting has an old school fantasy feeling with a well worked out combination of new and old dialogue. The entire book is written in third person, fluidly switching between Miryo and Mirage throughout and delving into the world making you feel like you have already known about it forever avoiding long winded description that pulls a person right out of the story.
Each girl has a best friend who acts almost as the level headed side of them.
Each character in the book was well developed and given a very ‘3d’ feel. Even the minor characters had depth.
The plot has a strong complexity and twists and turns – enough to keep it from becoming shallow and predictable but not so much so that the reader will get lost.
Marie Brennan is a talented author capable of keeping a book on that perfect line of balance and I have to say that Warrior falls at or near the top of my list of top reads. There is nothing bad to say about this book.
I will definitely be picking it up to read over and over.
A+++
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LibraryThing member Esquiress
Even though fantasy is not normally my "thing," I enjoyed this book because of its theoretical discussions of magic, witchcraft, etc. I found this a very satisfying, thought-provoking (but not too heavy) read.
This book is now published under the title Warrior, by the by. I highly recommend reading
This book is now published under the title Warrior, by the by. I highly recommend reading
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the sequel (Warrior and Witch, now published as Witch) as well. Although this book can stand on its own, I felt a lot of satisfaction and understanding as a result of reading both texts. Show Less
LibraryThing member krau0098
I have had this book around to read forever. I was excited to finally get to read it. I originally thought this was an urban fantasy but it is actually more of a swords and sorcery type fantasy. I ended up really loving the world and the characters. This book was also published under the title
Mirage is a bounty hunter who has always survived by her wits and strength. Her and Eclipse get a job to hunt down a man who assassinated a witch. Mirage tries to stay away from any job involving the witches but the money and notoriety for this job is just too much to pass up.
Miryo is a 25 year old witch who was supposed to graduate into her powers but didn’t. Ends up when a witch is born a doppelganger is also born; this doppelganger has no soul and must be killed at birth in order for a witch to come into her full powers. Miryo’s doppelganger was never killed and so Miryo is tasked with finding that doppleganger and hunting it down. Unfortunately for Miryo and Mirage, Mirage is that doppleganger and she isn’t going to go down easily.
The first part of this book is quite a bit of setup, but after you get through that the story really picks up and gets engaging. I really enjoyed the world-building and the detailed religion the witches follow. The whole idea behind how the witches come into their power is intriguing.
Watching Miryo and Mirage and seeing how they are the same yet different was also intriguing. I also really enjoyed Eclipse as a character, he is in a supporting role and he is awesome at it. He is supportive, smart, and respectful and just generally helpful. There is absolutely no romance in this story; so if you are looking for romanc....look elsewhere.
The action scenes are really well written and full of lots of great detail. I will admit at some points there was a bit too much detail and I found myself skimming a bit. However, most of it was well done. The story ties up nicely, but there is still more to be resolved in the sequel.
This was a very well done fantasy with some great world building, interesting magic, and engaging characters. I ended up enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. I would recommend to fans of classic swords and sorcery type of fantasy. I plan on picking up the second book in the series to read.
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Warrior. There is sequel to this book which was published both as Warrior and Witch, and as Witch.Mirage is a bounty hunter who has always survived by her wits and strength. Her and Eclipse get a job to hunt down a man who assassinated a witch. Mirage tries to stay away from any job involving the witches but the money and notoriety for this job is just too much to pass up.
Miryo is a 25 year old witch who was supposed to graduate into her powers but didn’t. Ends up when a witch is born a doppelganger is also born; this doppelganger has no soul and must be killed at birth in order for a witch to come into her full powers. Miryo’s doppelganger was never killed and so Miryo is tasked with finding that doppleganger and hunting it down. Unfortunately for Miryo and Mirage, Mirage is that doppleganger and she isn’t going to go down easily.
The first part of this book is quite a bit of setup, but after you get through that the story really picks up and gets engaging. I really enjoyed the world-building and the detailed religion the witches follow. The whole idea behind how the witches come into their power is intriguing.
Watching Miryo and Mirage and seeing how they are the same yet different was also intriguing. I also really enjoyed Eclipse as a character, he is in a supporting role and he is awesome at it. He is supportive, smart, and respectful and just generally helpful. There is absolutely no romance in this story; so if you are looking for romanc....look elsewhere.
The action scenes are really well written and full of lots of great detail. I will admit at some points there was a bit too much detail and I found myself skimming a bit. However, most of it was well done. The story ties up nicely, but there is still more to be resolved in the sequel.
This was a very well done fantasy with some great world building, interesting magic, and engaging characters. I ended up enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. I would recommend to fans of classic swords and sorcery type of fantasy. I plan on picking up the second book in the series to read.
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LibraryThing member emblue
Wanted to like it more than I did. 2.5 if there were half stars.