Publisher: Del Rey
Copyright: 1984
ISBN: 0345309197
The Ladies of Mandrigyn is the first book in the trilogy that tells the tale of a mercenary captain by the name of sun Wolf, who is kidnapped by the aforementioned ladies to assist them in reading themselves of the wizard king Altiokis Who has essentially enslaved their people of their city, and a good portion of the country itself. Add to this that he's essentially immortal and you have a bit of a problem. Originally the ladies had offered to hire Sun Wolf and his mercenary army to fight Altiokis, however he refused.
The ladies back up plan was therefore to kidnap him and have him train and leave the ladies in the fight against him. Has a little bit of an incentive thing they give him a slow acting poison of which only they had the antidote.
Unbeknownst to both the ladies and Sun Wolf this poison has some rather interesting side effects, that changes his life a fair bit.
This was a very good novel, which I first read many many years ago, and one of Barbara Hambly's earlier ones. She goes on to write the second in the series "The Witches of Wenshar" (1987) and the third "The Dark Hand of Magic" in (1990), which I will be reviewing in the future.
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