โ Scribed by Robin Hobb
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The first book in a brand new trilogy from the author of the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies.
Young Nevare Burvelle is the second son of a second son. Traditionally in Gernia, the firstborn son is heir to the family fortunes, the second son bears a sword and the third son is consecrated to the priesthood. Nevare will follow his father โ newly made a lord by the King โ into the cavalry; to the frontier and thence to an advantageous marriage, to carry on the Burvelle name. It is a golden future, and Nevare looks forward to it with relish. For twenty years King Troven's cavalry have pushed the frontiers of Gernia out across the grasslands, subduing the fierce tribes of the plain on its way. Now they have driven the frontier as far as the Barrier Mountains, home to the enigmatic Speck people. The Specks โ a dapple-skinned, forest-dwelling folk โ retain the last vestiges of magic in a world which is becoming progressive and technologised. The 'civilised'...
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