Another book finished: The Skystone by Jack Whyte. Interesting reading. This is the first book in a series of Arthurian “pre-history”. It’s about a smith, turned soldier, who returns to being a smith who finds a “skystone” (aka meteor) like his grandfather. There is a lot more politics going on in the background though. He and his friend are roman soldiers (one a Legate, the smith a Centurion) in about 360-380 A.D. As far as I understand it, these books go through the circumstances that allowed Arthur to pull the sword out of the stone and become “king”. The books are by no means historical, but fiction, and are definately an entertaining read.

New Books: (15/50)

1. QuickSilver - Neal Stephenson
2. Journey Into the Void – Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
3. The Dragon Circle – Irene Radford
4. Solaris 9 System Administrator Certification Training Guide – Bill Calkins
5. Slaughterhouse 5 – Kurt Vonnegut
6. Wolfskin - Juliet Marillier
7. Shadow of the Giant – Orson Scott Card
8. Alta – Mercedes Lackey
9. Solaris 9 Network Administration Exam Cram 2 – John Philcox
10. The Second Summoning – Tanya Huff
11. Sing the Four Quarters – Tanya Huff
12. Mistress of Dragons – Margaret Weis
13. The Dragon’s Son – Margaret Weis
14. A Beautiful Mind – Sylvia Nasar
15. The Skystone – Jack Whyte

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