Jane Carver of Waar

Nathan Long

Sep 2014 · Start Publishing LLC

About this ebook

Jane Carver is nobody's idea of a space princess.

A hard-ridin', hard-lovin' biker chick and ex-Airborne Ranger, Jane is as surprised as anyone else when, on the run from the law, she ducks into the wrong cave at the wrong time-and wakes up butt-naked on an exotic alien planet light-years away from everything she's ever known.

Waar is a savage world of four-armed tiger-men, sky-pirates, slaves, gladiators, and purple-skinned warriors in thrall to a bloodthirsty code of honor and chivalry. Caught up in a disgraced nobleman's quest to win back the hand of a sexy alien princess, Jane encounters bizarre wonders and dangers unlike anything she ever ran into back home.

Then again, Waar has never seen anyone like Jane before…

Both a loving tribute and scathing parody of the swashbuckling space fantasies of yore, Jane Carver of Waar introduces an unforgettable new science fiction heroine.

Ratings and reviews

I decided to read this book because I loved the Gotrek and Felix Warhammer novels Nathan Long has written, my favourite being Elfslayer. This is his first full length original novel. He's clearly a fan of classic swords and sorcery novels, he's cited Elric of Melniboné, The grey Mouser and John Carter of Mars which this book is an obvious take on. It has interesting characters, a little crass at times, good plot with lots of action and adventure with some world building but it was a bit predictable in the end. The scenes are evocative and play out like a film in your head whilst reading them maby due to Nathan Long's experience as a screen writer? I noticed a few characters in this book seem to be re hashes of previous characters he has used. Long appears to favour certain tropes in his writing, nothing wrong with that in itself but they tend to follow the same character development and themes. Sometimes the book could be make you cringe a little because of the coarse language and a few scenes suggest some personal interests the writer may possess? Overall I would say it's worth a read, it's not going to go on a list of the greatest swords and sorcery books of all time but the novel is a fun read with descriptive scenes, fast paced action and a satisfying ending.

AWESOME!!!

About the author

Nathan Long is a screen and prose writer, with two movies, one Saturday-morning adventure series, and a handful of live-action and animated TV episodes to his name, as well as ten fantasy novels and several award-winning short stories. He hails from Pennsylvania, where he grew up, went to school, and played in various punk and rock-a-billy bands, before following his writing dreams to Hollywood—where he now plays in various punk and country bands—and writes novels full time.