Booklog 63 - 65/2017 - Andre Norton's Gryphon Sequence

[jacey]

Andre Norton: The Crystal Gryphon - Witch World Series 2 – High Hallack 5
This is a re-read of a book read and enjoyed many years ago. It’s sometimes a mistake to go back, but though it’s of its time, this stood up pretty wall. Kerovan, born with hooves instead of feet and with amber-coloured eyes, is his father’s heir, but he’s raised away from the castle, and by the time he’s ready to inherit invaders from over the sea, the Hounds of Alizon, have turned his homeland into a battleground. His proxy marriage to Joisan all but forgotten, he becomes a scout. Joisan in her turn, has nothing of her husband except for hids gift, a tiny globe which encases a perfect miniature gryphon. Told by the pair in alternating chapters we see the war unfold and each of them do their duty before finally coming together.

 

Gryphon in Glory - Witch World Series 2 – High Hallack 6

Another re-read. Like an idiot Kerovan leaves Joisan behind and heads off into the Waste, but she’s having none of it, and before long she’s packed up and trailing behind, having adventures of her own, meeting up with Elys and Jervon along the way (characters I’m sure I’ve met in other High Hallack novels). This begins the move from the dales to Arvon and we meet the Wereriders for the first time. It’s hard to get all of Norton’s stories in the right order because they weren’t written chronologically and I’m sure Norton herself sometimes had characters meeting who couldn’t possibly have co-existed.

 
Andre Norton & AC Crispin: Gryphon’s Eyrie - Witch World Series 2 – High Hallack 7

Another re-read. Kerovan and Joisan have been travelling together for three years. He is drawn towards the mountains, she ends up following doggedly even though she’s rather stay with what looks like a tribe on Native Americans who seem to have found their way into the Witch World. They do, eventually find a home. Not as riveting or exciting as the previous two Gryphon books. I’m always a little wary of co-authored books. How much of it is actually Andre Norton’s fingers on the keyboard?