Janet E. Morris

Well, this one is average for this series. Most of the stories were very weak and consisted almost entirely of cardboard characters bantering endlessly with the spare main plot (Che Guevara's rebellion and the Devil's Children plotting) at a standstill. However, I did find a couple of strong stories here. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Michael Armstrong was the stand-out and was seemingly a self-contained story aside from further exploring the rules of hell and had a very horror-esque twist ending. I also enjoyed The Gods of the Gaps by Gregory Benford. The story explores hell's rules and existence through the fleeing main character, Gregory Markham as he runs from the murderous troops of Che Guevara. Snowballs in Hell by Chris Morris was an okay story, the strongest bit was before the angel Altos returns Alexander the Great to the dissidents' encampment where much of the story takes place. Most of it was just plain disappointing. Overall, I would advise anyone interested to read just the stories I've mentioned and skip the rest especially since the main storyline (Che's rebellion) never goes anywhere in this book. Otherwise, I would say skip it.… (mehr)

The sequel to Tempus Unbound with his adventures in and from Lemuria, this book reunites the Sacred Band of Stepsons including Nikodemos, Critias, Straton and Randal. Jihan, one of Tempus’s lovers, and Kama, Tempus’s daughter, also join the Band.
And they are to battle with the witch Roxane, who has managed to survive from her earlier defeat, and who now seeks Niko.
Oh, and we also now have a new character, Cyrus, the son of Tempus and Jihan, who’s not happy, as he has been imprisoned for his whole life.

This is apparently the seventh Sacred Band book, and if the above makes no sense and you haven’t read earlier books, then don’t try starting here. But if you want still more of Tempus (who has long departed his origins in the Thieves’ World anthologies), this is an excellent addition to the series.… (mehr)

It is a terribly cheesy conceit, mixing Tempus with god-given time travel to a future United States, playing fantasy games, but if you can keep suspending your disbelief, it’s a fun ride.
This is a sequel to the Thieves’ World stories and novels featuring Tempus, the Riddler, as one major character, and relocating him in time and space, for another battle against the evil wizards. He is without his “Sacred Band”, so there is less banter and humour, but there is humour from descriptions of modern/future technology as experienced by Tempus to partially compensate.… (mehr)