Barbara Hambly is one of my favourite authors, so when I saw this on my shelf and thought, 'I don't remember this one,' naturally I grabbed it down to read it. I must have read it before, but I confess I don't remember it at all.
   It didn't disappoint. Hambly effortlessly draws us into another world, effortlessly builds up characters for us to support or hate, effortlessly slides along a plot which delivers few surprises but is satisfying for all that.
   I don't know why she isn't better known in the SF, and indeed in the literary, world. The Darwath Trilogy is one of my favourite series of all time, and so is Dragonsbane, which I review elsewhere. Very mysterious.
   Anyway, The Witches of Wensar is up there with the others, so I recommend it wholeheartedly.