The Sword of Rhiannon

This book reminded me a lot of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom trilogy, which Brackett cites as one of her inspirations. However, where the Barsoom trilogy is rather soured for me by overt sexism and rather dated political ideas, Sword of Rhiannon is kind of an interesting SF time capsule. Written by a woman, it also features women in positions of power (although with some very dated ideas about relationships between men and women). The hero is pretty flat, but I did enjoy Boghaz who I kept imagine being played by John Rhys Davies.

There's high sea adventure, sword-fighting, and eldritch magicks which combine for a fun story if not one of my all time favorites.