Brilliantly entertaining fantasy by Ian Watson. Narrated by Pedino, who at the start of the book is a young man growing up in the country of Bellogard. Pedino turns out to be one of the few residents of Bellogard who has a full soul, which means he is one of the pieces in the magical war between Bellogard and the enemy nation of Chorny, a war conducted under the rules of chess. The war may last centuries, but when either...
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