Hunting the White Witch

"Worship or deny them, we are all, perhaps, in the hands of the gods." Hunting the White Witch, the final installment of Tanith Lee's Birthgrave trilogy ends in a bizarre and unsettling way, but that is perhaps nonetheless appropriate for the characters of Tuvek and his mother, the first protagonist......more

Again, a change of title (from Quest for the White Witch, so I'm genuinely not sure why it was changed). This picks up pretty much exactly where Shadowfire left off -- Vazkor, starting to come into his powers as a sorcerer, continues his revenge-quest for the mother who abandoned him, in this case by......more

3.0⭐ The edition of this book I read was titled "Hunting The White Witch". It's the final book in the Birthgrave trilogy, which sees the sorcerer/warrior/barbarian Vazkor finally come to grips with his sorceress/goddess/mother, Karrakaz. It's a satisfactory conclusion to an above average fantasy seri......more

This is the third in the Birthgrave trilogy and, like book 2, is narrated by Vazkor, son of the eponymous 'White Witch' whose real name is Karrakaz. It continues where book 2 ended, with him embarking on a sea voyage to follow his mother to the southern continent, on the quest set by what seemed to......more

I am so sad that Tanith Lee has passed away. This book is even better than Vazkor son of Vazkor, and I will now go back and read the first one, the Birthgrave. Lee writes in a lyrical, metaphorical way, painting visual pictures of beauty and wonder while at the same time keeping the narrative action m......more