What Mary hadn't planned on was winning the virtual manor of St. Chad's-on-Wye from the Grey Knight, and what was once a game of honor and swordsmanship soon devolved into a web of lies and illicit hacking which would spill out into a real life struggle to avoid being killed.
A Point of Honor was too ridiculous to be believed. In the first 12 hours of knowing Mary Craven her plane almost crashed, her rental car was run off the road, and her house was broken into. And through all this Mary didn't once suspect this as more than just mere coincidence. Excuse me? This is not an unintelligent hero we're talking about. Her character lapses continued throughout the book, trusting the people who have the skills to have set up the tangled web, and suspecting those who didn't. All in all, Mary Craven was not the kind of hero I'd want to be saving the Lists.
Dorothy J. Heydt writes well and builds an interesting storyline, even if it is a tad unbelievable. Unfortunately, her characters leave me shaking my head. Flat, limited, unlikeable but they did eventually see me through to the end of the book and at least a somewhat satisfying conclusion.
About the Book
A Point of Honor copyright 1998 by Dorothy J. Heydt
A DAW book published by Penguin Putnam, Inc. New York
Sites of Interest
- The Society for Creative Anachronism specifically the Kingdom of the West
- Medieval 12th Night Celebrations and a post by Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin (Dorothy J. Heydt)
- Dorothy J. Heydt Bibliography
- Invictus Book Review
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