A prety good fantasy writer. One of the few who addresses how magic and stuff would interact with the medevael chritian church (Katherine Kurtz being the only other one that spring to mind). I'ld recommend either of her stand alone books ("A Wind in Cairo" a arabic horse fantasy & "Ars Magica" a fantasy based on a real pope later accused of sorcery) over her series for a beginner. [O] == Omnibus. Includes other books. /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com nevertrustadentistwhosellsivoryminiatures-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tarr, Judith [U.S.A., 1/30/1955- ] The Hound and the Falcon [1986] [O] The Isle of Glass [1985] The Golden Horn [1985] The Hounds of God [1986] Avaryan Rising [1988] [O] The Hall of the Mountain King [1986] The Lady of Han-Gilen [1987] A Fall of Princes [1988] A Wind in Cairo [1989] Ars Magica [1989]