1986
First Published
3.92
Average Rating
216
Number of Pages
This is a historical novel based on the life of the warrior queen known as the Cahena, who lived around the beginning of the eighth century in Northern Africa and the Near East and led her people, the Moors, against the Moslems. The novel is told from the point of view of the Saxon career soldier named Wulf who comes to be the Cahena's right-hand man and eventually her lover. The story moves smoothly through its numerous military campaigns and romantic complications. Wellman has written a superior historical adventure (with a bit of fantasyan encounter with a vampire) that, despite occasionally being too talky, always remains interesting.
Avg Rating
3.92
Number of Ratings
37
5 STARS
32%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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