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Subject: Re: MAIA by Richard Adams
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 17:46:58 EST
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	Funny you should ask! I just finished it. I did like it, but
it was nothing like "The Plague Dogs" or "Watership Down." It takes
place in the same place as "Shardik" (who is mentioned in the book),
but in another time. Briefly, the book is about a poor but very 
beautiful girl who is sold into slavery and ends up in the greatest
city in the Belkan Empire. Here she gets embroiled is some pretty
wild political going-ons. The book is packed with action - it is
never slow. There are hundreds of different characters, but luckily
Richard Adams includes a list of characters so you can figure out who
everyone is. It is not a kids book by any stretch of the imagination.
There is sex and violence and all sorts of good stuff. It is a very
well written fantasy novel that kept me interested. I read about
1/3 of those 1260 pages on a flight to Denver. You want to know what
happens to Maia next. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good
historical type fantasy novel. Kinda reminded me of Shogun and Clan
of the Cave Bear.

Sharon Badian
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