When the Bough Breaks (Novel of the Serrated Edge)

by Mercedes Lackey

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

Baen Books,U.S. (1994), Paperback, 279 pages

Description

Participating in race car driving when they are not rescuing children in peril, a band of talented elves is called upon to save an abused little girl who has psi powers capable of destroying the earth when she is upset.

User reviews

LibraryThing member amberwitch
Book three in the Serrated Edge series centers around the Elvish racecar driver Maclyn. He is hunted by a bountyhunter looking fot people with 'TK' talents, while he himself searches for a human girl with magic.
The child - Amanda - has multiple personality disorder due to abuse, and Maclyn has to
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deal with drugging and murder attempts at the same time as he has to defend his Elven home from the magic monsters created by one of Amandas personalities. The novel has a very eighties feel to it, and seems a bit superficial for all that it deals with very serious issues - one of the characters try to research child abuse, and at the bookstore she is recommended a number of books, among others a fantasy book from Baen. Very meta.
With its emphasis on action and presenting its issues, the person development is lacking, and the story has little imperative.
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Physical description

279 p.

ISBN

1555940285 / 9781555940287
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