Born to Run

by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, David Bowles

Book Overview

Book one of a new urban fantasy series centered on hot cars, fast elves, and rock-n-roll. Good elves are intrigued by stock car racing, and bad elves run kiddie-porn and drug rings. Trapped in between... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671721100
• ISBN13: 9780671721107
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Hooked

I love this story, pitty she never continued the series. Have read it several times and am never disapointed.

the perfect hero!

The best part of this book is the hero/main character, Tannim; a human mage who has a big heart with a soft spot for kids in tough places. He shares this sentiment with the good elves who race cars to get money becaues you just can't hand over a handful of silver coins to a needy mother these days without something going wrong!(what ever happened to those good old days?) I loved to follow this infectiously lovable and completely human character on his jaunts through the real world and the not so real. His faults are completely believable and make you like the guy all the more (if that is even possible) and makes you hold you breath as he gets into scrapes and hard spots galore! If you don't fall in love with Tannim and wish to hear more and more and more about him, you really need to see a doctor because you head isn't working too well! (No offense!) A great read and worth every penny!

Sidhe suprise!

One of the best books about the Sidhe (Celtic Elven and Faerie kin) ever created. As a big fan of Celtic myth and legend I loved these books. A must for anyone who loves Lackey or ever wanted to be an elf.

Add elves, magic, and a dash of cars. Stir and enjoy!<p>

You want elves, magic, all sorts of craziness? Try throwing in the 20th Century and you have a fast paced, magic throwing, fun loving novel. Eat your heart out magic lovers.

MORE Elves?

If you've read Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon's "Knight of Ghosts and Shadows," and "Summoned to Tourney," and liked them, here's another book in the same vein. More elves from the same place. Lackey and Dixon do a good job of demonstrating the lives of hookers as well as skimming the surface of the Underground. The characters are human enough, even the bad guys (sort of) in that ruthless mafia leaders would probably act somewhat the same, not counting the complications of magic. In other words, this book is good reading if you like fantasy and want something that's not as silly as Terry Pratchett's books, but not too serious either.