[Cicero]

“Declare” is one of Tim Powers’ books. He’s a great writer. I think that novel may be his most powerful, but I also have a special fondness for “The Drawing of the Dark,” a fantasy novel based on King Arthur travelling to Vienna at the time that the Muslim Turks besieged the city. But all his stuff is good.

[spyone]

You recommended this months ago. No book store had it. Now have a kindle so I will get them tonight....anything else?

[BlackVeil]

Thanks for that tip, I intend to read Declare. I have another book by Tim Powers on order (a collector's copy, which cost me a pretty penny) A time to cast away stones. It is the follow on from The Stress of Her Regard.

I have just finished Dimiter by William Peter Blatty. He is best known as author of the Exorcist. The book is a sort of thriller with religious/mystic overtones. Dimiter is good enough to read, but the story is rather slight and improbable. You put it down in the end thinking ... yes ... but ...