What an awesome series. I have been trying to get my hands on them since I was a kid. The books are raw and unapologetic. Kind of reminds me of a poor mans Howard. Post apocalyptic medieval east coast hill billie's meets Conan the Cimmerian. Worth reading but take it for what it is. ( )

The Horseclans try to make a place for themselves on the Eastern Seaboard of North America, and put together a Confederation to resist the Ehleenoee. ( )

Fans of military fantasy with Sword & Sorcery traits will enjoy this (David Gemmell and Karl Wagner were better writers, but fans of theirs would enjoy this opener of the Horseclans series). The premise is ostensibly apocalyptic sci-fi, but really it appears as a gritty epic fantasy (i.e. no bullets or lasers or machines, just barbarian hordes, swords and some mutant-telepathy and immortality mixed in).

Cover artist Ken Kelly did a superb job, and arguably was more successful than the author in presenting/creating the world. Truthfully, it is worth tracking these out of print books down just for the cover art.

It is an interesting opening book, and since I am compelled to read the next book (Swords of the Horesclans) I rate it 4/5. ( )

Fantastic series, incredibly engaging. ( )

I've reread this a couple of times over the years. The first few books are pretty good. Nothing superb, but a fun, fast read if you like this kind of thing. It's more of a fantasy, but there is a Science Fiction basis - it's a post apocalyptic (nuclear war) world where a nomadic people are the good guys. Some super msart animals, a few immortals & such dropped in.After about book 6 or 7, I got a little worn out with the series. I've been meaning to go back & read it again, since I didn't have the entire series all at once, but read it out of order, in scattered pieces across the years. ( )