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      Mass Market Paperback Reluctant Swordsman Book
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      ISBN: 0345352912

      ISBN13: 9780345352910

      The Reluctant Swordsman

      (Book #1 in the The Seventh Sword Series)

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      Book Overview

      The last thing Wallie Smith remembered was a fog of hospitals, grim-faced doctors, and pain. So when he woke in the body of a barbarian swordsman, attended by a beautiful slave girl and a wizened old priest nattering about the Goddess, he assumed it was a fever-dream. But the World could not be dismissed so lightly. A naked little demigod called Shorty explained that the Goddess needed a swordsman. If Wallie undertook the job and succeeded, all that World had to offer would be his. If he refused, the results would be...unpleasant. Wallie was not convinced, but Shorty was exquisitely persuasive. Soon Wallie found himself bearing a magnificent sword, with no idea how to use it -- and the servants of the Goddess were out to stop him. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Rated 5 stars
      Excellent Adult Fiction

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I put off reading this book for a long time, by the time I finally did read it I was glad I did. Dave Duncan crafts the most unique and interesting fantasy world I have ever experienced. It is based mostly on one premise, how the lack of something (I won't say what that something is) can change how a world/culture developes. The cultures and world is amazing. The characters compelling, the plot enveloping. Any fan of fantasy...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Best Trilogy by a Major Talent

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      "The Reluctant Swordsman" (Seventh Sword, Book 1)introduces the characters and world/universe the author continues with in "The Coming of Wisdom" (Seventh Sword, Book 2)and "The Destiny of the Sword" (Seventh Sword, Book 3). This is a brilliant trilogy which remains at the top of Dave Duncan's impressive body of work. This third book doesn't just follow the first two. It reveals things which the author put there all along,...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Great Introduction to an OUTSTANDING Trilogy

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      "The Reluctant Swordsman" (Seventh Sword, Book 1)introduces the characters and world/universe the author continues with in "The Coming of Wisdom" (Seventh Sword, Book 2)and "The Destiny of the Sword" (Seventh Sword, Book 3). This is a brilliant trilogy which remains at the top of Dave Duncan's impressive body of work. This first book introduces the main character to the world/universe and the other characters. Then...

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      Rated 5 stars
      A masterful Sword & Sorcery - with humourous quirks and twists

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      Book 1 of The Seventh Sword While the formula is now become traditional (man from our world transported to a different universe), this story is an absolute delight to read. The prose is very descriptive and evocative without being flowery or tedious (a very difficult tightrope to walk), the characters quickly develop depth and personalities, and it is very, very easy to...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Dave Duncan writes great characters.

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      This story is definitely not set in a mythical Northern Europe, like so many fantasy novels. It has Oriental, samurai-ish overtones, and is informed by the interaction of religion, science, magic, technology and power. It is also a great story. But Dave Duncan's real genius is in writing wonderful characters - the thoughtful Wallie Smith, ex-chemical engineer and now swordsman with a mysterious past, his proteges Nnanji...

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