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Rated 5 starsThe Hero Is Criminal Scum
The setting is the brutal planet of Darkover, where it snows in high summer. The time is long before the Terrans have rediscovered this lost colony. The land is divided into a hundred tiny kingdoms, each locked with its neighbors in unlimited warfare. Armies accompanied by wizards sweep through the countryside. Life is complete chaos. Bard di Asturien is the bastard son of a nobleman. His father chose to acknowledge...
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Rated 4 starsa horrible protagonist, but an interesting novel
This Darkover novel is set near the end of the Ages of Chaos, in the time of the Hundred Kingdoms. Chronologically, this is one of the early novels in Darkover's history. There is less civilization and the Hundred Kingdoms are in a near perpetual state of war (someone is always fighting). Despite the back of the book suggesting that Varzil the Good is a major player in this book, the real story here is that of Bard Di Asturian...
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