Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

[jenmarya]

I enjoyed this sword and sorcery tale set in an Arabic world. Ahmed does a good job of sketching believable characters in interesting relationships complicated by generation gaps; religious intolerance, and class, educational and cultural divides. Whether it's two geriatric friends lovingly cussing each other out or two teenagers painfully avoiding

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[traballenguas]

I saw this and immediately thought of you: http://www.cracked.com/video_18427_game-thrones-board-game.html

I haven't watched the series or read the books, but I laughed. :-)

[jenmarya]

Funny! I know people with the board game and I've read all but the latest book in the series. Great series but the writer gets writer's block for years at a time.