Wheel of Winds: Croquet-Cn

by Mary Jane Engh and M.J. Engh

Book Overview

This unusual, enjoyable second novel by Engh ( Arslan ) is a charming picaresque adventure set on another planet. To this unnamed planet comes the odd-looking man known as the Exile. The Warden,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812503694
• ISBN13: 9780812503692
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Delightful and Thought Provoking

I read M.J. Engh's "Wheel of the Winds" when it first came out, and I just reread it several weeks ago. Let me tell you, I don't waste my time rereading "stinkers." I found it even better the second time around. Both the prose style and the story are delightful. Picture "Around the World in Eighty Days" set on a planet that does not rotate; hence the different peoples and creatures that inhabit it have all evolved and adapted to their environments in unique and fascinating ways. The world through which the Captain, the Warden, and the Exile journey is familiar enough to be imagined vividly by the reader, but different enough to be thought provoking. The Exile's origins are intriguing, and the Captain is an admirably strong female lead character. Her culture is one where gender equality is the norm (imagine!), where men and women can be good friends without being lovers, and where animals - especially a wonderful dog named Broz - play vital and respected roles. I like this book so much I bought my son (a History and English teacher) a copy, and he loved it, too!