A review by mjfmjfmjf
The Desert and the Blade by S.M. Stirling

3.0

Long book with way too much war. And the pacing seemed off. But there was a good story hidden inside. And the reuse of characters used in the short story collection was pretty good. The focus on the various young ladies actually worked pretty well. It's bad a more focused story wasn't there instead. Say a real pov based story switching between just a few. At least this one didn't feel tired. And adding in the Japanese story-line definitely gave it a bit of a different feel. 3.5 of 5.