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Roc Trade (2006), Edition: First Thus, Paperback, 544 pages
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Now in one volume, the first three action-packed adventures of Hawk & Fisher--from Simon R. Green, the New York Times bestselling author of the Deathstalker series.... THEY'RE LOVERS. THEY'RE PARTNERS. THEY'RE COPS. They're the battle-scarred crimebusters of a never-ending urban war. Hawk rules the streets by battle-axe. Fisher cracks down on outlaws with sword and dagger. Their merciless beat is the sinister city misnamed Haven: a dark and violent town overrun with spell casters, demons, and thieves--a place where money will buy anything...except justice.
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LibraryThing member hjjugovic
Swords of Haven and Guards of Haven are a collection of six related mystery novels written by Simon Green. Each has three of the novels in it, and I'm going to write one review for the entire collection. This series follows up on two characters that were introduced in his earlier novel, "Blue
Hawk and Fisher are great characters, and the town of Haven is squarely in the tradition of Green's other settings: widely imaginative, gritty, violent, and often gruesome. I enjoyed the traditional mystery-novel stereotypes set in a fantasy/horror world with the added twist of magical rules that the Guards must deal with when solving crimes. As for the stories, Green attempts a couple of locked-house mysteries that are below par for him. The situations stretch credibility and the charaters do stupid things to move the plot along that I found very annoying. The other stories, however, are quite good, especially the final entry in the series.
I think the main interest in these books is as antecedant to Green's later, greater "Nightside" and "Deathstalker" series. You can see him trying out some of the ideas that will make those other works so unique and entertaining. I recdmmend reading Green's other series first and then reading these books to explore his development as an author.
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Moon," though they've come a long way in their lives. Guards Hawk and Fisher are husband and wife, as well as partners, and attempt to patrol the most crime-ridden area of the most crime-ridden city in the lower kingdoms. Each novel in the collection contains a standalone mystery these characters tackle.Hawk and Fisher are great characters, and the town of Haven is squarely in the tradition of Green's other settings: widely imaginative, gritty, violent, and often gruesome. I enjoyed the traditional mystery-novel stereotypes set in a fantasy/horror world with the added twist of magical rules that the Guards must deal with when solving crimes. As for the stories, Green attempts a couple of locked-house mysteries that are below par for him. The situations stretch credibility and the charaters do stupid things to move the plot along that I found very annoying. The other stories, however, are quite good, especially the final entry in the series.
I think the main interest in these books is as antecedant to Green's later, greater "Nightside" and "Deathstalker" series. You can see him trying out some of the ideas that will make those other works so unique and entertaining. I recdmmend reading Green's other series first and then reading these books to explore his development as an author.
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LibraryThing member xenchu
This book is one of Green's better efforts. Although he is a good writer he is often a bit over the top in his descriptions of various things like gods. And to be picky why would two captains of the guard be walking a beat together all the time. But these are minor things and the the characters and
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LibraryThing member Krumbs
This was a compilation of three books in one, and I don't know that it was a good idea as the stories are very formulaic. The first book was ok. It was a locked door mystery, and while easy to figure out how it could have been solved earlier, the story worked fine as a whole. Reading the second
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book right after, it was too easy to see where the author cut and pasted entire paragraphs of description. The third book was the best, although I don't think it could stand on its own. It relied a bit too much on events covered in the previous two books. Overall a relatively quick read, but not the best fantasy I've read. Show Less
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544 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0451460863 / 9780451460868