Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambly
Set several months after The Silent Tower and The Silicon Mage, Dog Wizard features Joanna and Antryg having settled down in our world, theoretically free of Antryg’s past. That, of course, doesn’t last long, as someone crosses over and kidnaps Joanna, causing Antryg to go after her.
The books is fun, and we get a better look at the Wizard’s Council and how it relates to the world than we have before, and there are some fun secondary characters, but it’s not as good as its predecessors. Partly, I think, because, while Antryg is great, Antryg as related by Antryg just isn’t as fun as Antryg as related by others, and most of the book is from Antryg’s perspective. I would have rather the main focus been on Joanna’s adventures in the vault, or various wizards trying to figure Antryg out.
Also, I can’t help but think that Daurannon, one of the new characters, is almost a second Caris. Except I’d rather just have the original back.
Anyway, not as good as the first two books, but still fun in its own right.
The books is fun, and we get a better look at the Wizard’s Council and how it relates to the world than we have before, and there are some fun secondary characters, but it’s not as good as its predecessors. Partly, I think, because, while Antryg is great, Antryg as related by Antryg just isn’t as fun as Antryg as related by others, and most of the book is from Antryg’s perspective. I would have rather the main focus been on Joanna’s adventures in the vault, or various wizards trying to figure Antryg out.
Also, I can’t help but think that Daurannon, one of the new characters, is almost a second Caris. Except I’d rather just have the original back.
Anyway, not as good as the first two books, but still fun in its own right.