![]() ![]() ![]() Writing for The Sun-Herald newspaper, Genevieve Swart gave Odalisque a positive review, stating "the book races off to a good start, leaving us on tenterhooks awaiting the next page-turner", while also noting that McIntosh's "torture scenes might want to come with a warning, so horrifying are the descriptions of medieval-style brutality". Zar Joreb, Percheron's leader decides to attend the fight and is so impressed by the demonstrated fighting skills that he offers Lazar the elite position of Spur. ![]() Hot tempered and confident, Lazar invokes his right to a fight to the death that, if he wins, will grant him his freedom. The story begins with a slave driver attempting to sell his latest finds, including a foreign captive known only as Lazar. Odalisque is a 2005 fantasy novel by Fiona McIntosh and the first in the Percheron series. ![]()
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