Lara has bucked royal tradition to become a healer she divides her time between nursing the wounded of her own side, and nursing the enemy wounded in the prisoner-of-war camp on the castle grounds.
Lara’s half-brother King Xymund is an ineffectual leader, and the enemy surrounds the capital city.
A terrifying army of horseback barbarians who call themselves the People of the Plains has invaded. Xylara (or Lara, as everyone calls her, to my relief) is the first-person narrator. Warprize is not deep and it’s not perfect, but it is the most entertaining book I’ve read all year. My expectations sunk lower when I learned that the heroine is named Xylara, princess of the land of Xy – that sounds really cheesy, doesn’t it? However, it was not long before I found myself totally engrossed in this book. I haven’t had the best of luck with Tor’s new Romantic Fantasy line, and when I picked up Warprize, I admit my expectations were low.
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