Land of Mist and Snow by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald

….Land of Mist and Snow is a naval adventure novel with an overcoat of magic. The action scenes are well written, and you get a sense of actually being on a ship at sea during a time of war. MacDonald’s many years in the navy are shown here to good use, with appropriate naval terminology and strategies permeating the novel. It’s a fast paced tale with some interesting and intriguing events that aren’t quite explained at the beginning, thus drawing the reader into the tale, trying to determine their significance. However, like Nevis’s constant fear that the powder was going to get wet so that the guns wouldn’t fire, I fear that though all the elements for a good book are here, this tale never quite ignites. Read the rest.