Review: Good Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2011
I enjoyed this book quite a lot (This Kindle edition is actually both books of a duology).As presented in the Amazon synopsis, it's the story of a woman who is has the opportunity to save her empire from defeat in a war against an overwhelming magic-wielding nation bent on her empire's and people's annihilation.  Unfortunately, the woman blows it.  Waking up 500 years later, she is confronted with a choice:  continue the 500 year old war or make peace and side with the now assimilated previous foe against the current challenges to peace.The story is good.  The character of Medair is presented in a a way that makes her come alive and forces us to empathize with her as she makes her moral choices.In some ways, Medair reminds me of C.J. Cherryh's Morgaine...a heroine fighting an agonizing and almost hopeless fight that has spanned centuries.  Different and unique about Medair, however, is that contrary to Morgaine, she is no inspiring leader, no master warrior, and no paragon of heroism.