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Book Review By Virginia Bodenstab
The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

This is a retelling of the Trojan War from the prespective of Paris' sister Kassandra. The only person who was against bringing the Trojan Horse into the city of Troy.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - alternate history
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - ruler - an adult (general)
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Repressive society story Yes
Repressive because:
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - long lived adults
If magical mental powers: - can see into the future

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - - major character becomes a sex slave - actual description of sex - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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