Villains by Necessity
 Cover of first edition (hardcover) | |
| Author | Eve Forward |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Darrell K. Sweet |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 446 pages |
Villains by Necessity is a fantasy novel written by Eve Forward.
Synopsis
[edit]Over a century after the ultimate triumph of good over evil, the world's last assassin and the world's last thief discover from a druid that, without more evil, the world will be destroyed. With the help of an evil sorceress and a black knight, the party sets out to save it from the misguided forces of good.
Reception
[edit]Kirkus Reviews called it "frothy and ingenious", and praised its "agreeable, mildly humorous streak", but ultimately judged it "unsuspenseful and too long".[1] At the Silver Reviews, Steven H Silver considered it to have been "ambitious", but too reminiscent of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, with "anachronistic" humor, and evil characters whose evilness lacks "any real depth".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ VILLAINS BY NECESSITY by Eve L. Forward, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published January 1, 1995; archived online May 20, 2010; retrieved October 27, 2018
- ^ VILLAINS BY NECESSITY by Eve Forward, reviewed by Steven H. Silver, at the Silver Reviews; first published no later than April 17, 1999 (date of earliest version on archive.org); retrieved October 27, 2018