Product Description Thirty years after The War, the black centaur stallion Stinz Lwhard still refuses to leave the peace and contentment of his home valley. His fellow villagers, two-legged and four-legged have noticed, but it's always been his business. When an old friend and fellow veteran of The War worms his reasons out of him, it sends shock waves across Stinz's whole society. Review Donna Barr's STINZ is an addictive delight, for fantasy-lovers, Teutonophiles, or anyone who treasures a well-told tale. Stinz Lwhard and his friends may be half-horses, but in Barr's capable vhands they become mirrors of those friends we all know; the ones we laugh with, fight with, get drunk with, and love. She understands Everyman, number of legs notwithstanding, the gorgeous but subtle tapestry of emotion woven into every incident, no matter how ordinary, shows her keen eye for humanity-watching, and that's a rare talent. The adventures of Stinz will win you on several levels; with finely-crafted characterisations, luminous and insightful storytelling, and the obvious care and passion in every stroke of Barr's pen. She never misses a trick -- and you'll spend hours savouring every one of them. -- Joellyn Auklandus, Elfquest: Hidden Years, the Wild HuntHer tales mix farcical humor with profound gravity, hope with tragedy -- her characters are fully multi-dimensional, her centaurs certainly as human as any two-legged character in comics today, and Barr's deep-seated understanding of culture has evidently empowered her with a gift for realistic (well, as realistic as one can get when writing centaurs) but unpredictable storytelling -- Stephen D. Wenger, Word On The Shelf, 1998Once again, I found myself caught up, compelled to read on, carried by the flow of the narrative, lost in admiration of the art, and completely unable to remember that the premise of this, like all Barrwerke is at least 50% insane. How does she do that? How come s