safeguarder

The quick sale to Nationwide, although a welcome safe haven of capital and a safeguarder of jobs, seems rather shabby and the suggestion from Jim Faulds that it is the result of political retribution seems to have some weight to it given the doors were opened to the SNP injecting the money required to save the institution and keep it independent.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jeff 2009

Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.

The Review List 2008

Ash: apprentice to a safeguarder, forced to kill for an employer he cannot escape.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

It's a well-versed and familiar pattern by now, but what counts is that Freeman succeeds in not changing character perspectives at a wrong time -- we all know the feeling when an interesting POV's story is abruptly cut off just to be replaced by a duller POV -- I guess this is partly due to the fact that I found most of the characters interesting enough, plus, there are only three main protagonists - Saker, an enchanter (who appears rarely and his chapters are relatively short), Bramble, a village girl, who has the ability to tame even the wildest horses, and Ash, a safeguarder by proffesion.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

It's a well-versed and familiar pattern by now, but what counts is that Freeman succeeds in not changing character perspectives at a wrong time -- we all know the feeling when an interesting POV's story is abruptly cut off just to be replaced by a duller POV -- I guess this is partly due to the fact that I found most of the characters interesting enough, plus, there are only three main protagonists - Saker, an enchanter (who appears rarely and his chapters are relatively short), Bramble, a village girl, who has the ability to tame even the wildest horses, and Ash, a safeguarder by proffesion.

Pamela Freeman - Blood Ties (Book Review) 2008