Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #786786 in Books
• Published on: 1982-06
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Synopsis
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

Customer Reviews

Superb Read
I purchased this book from my local second Emmaus yesterday and couldn't put it down. I have read an other book by Robin McKinley, Spindle's End. and enjoyed it just as much.
The Blue sword is about a mythical place, although you are not quite certain whether or not it does exist, as it has overtones of the raj running through it, making the area Daria feel like India.
The heroine Angharad (or Harry as she is known), travels out to Daria to be with her brother Richard after the death of her father, in the Homeland. There she is taken into the house of Richards boss, Sir Charles and his wife. Lady Amelia. Here she can see the range of mountains and she has a longing to explore.
When the local cheiftan (King Corlath) comes visiting, he finds something strange about her and kidnaps her.
She has the 'kelar' or magic which only shows itself to some of the hillfolk, and this leads her to become Harimad-sol and the laprun-minta. She, like shamen, can see into the future, and she knows that she will have to go against the wishes of Corlath to save both his people, their homeland in the mountains as well as the land where the Homelanders live.
A thrilling book, one which kept up its pace from start to finish, and I was sorry when it ended as I wanted to read on.
If you have not read any books by Robim McKinley before, this is an agreeable read, light but engrosing.

Really Glad I found this Book
The Blue Sword. I First read this book when I was 14 and really enjoyed it. I am absolutely thrilled to have found it on your web site ten years later and shall be purchasing a copy of my own and would really love if you could give me the name of the first book belonging to this story as I never got the opportunity to read it. My discription of this book is, "Pure Escapism!" I really think that this book has a little of everything in for any reader, romance, magic, action and even a bit of comedy. The book was really well writen as I found it no trouble at all to get lost into its pages!

The Blue Sword
While an excellent book, "The Blue Sword" does not meet the same standards as "The Hero and the Crown".

A few hundred years after Aerin enters the land of legend another woman finds her life changed by Damar. Harry, an Outlander, is kidnapped by Damar's king Corlath. Why he has been compelled to this illogical act by his kelar (magic) is not apparent to Corlath. Of course, Harry soon discovers that she has unknown talents and an unexpected affinity to the land of her kidnapper.

There is certainly action and character development in this book. At the same time "The Blue Sword" seems to fit its categorization as a young adult's book better than "The Hero and the Crown". "The Blue Sword" is an enjoyable read.