[LMB] Chalion-esque books?

alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca
Sun May 4 20:10:43 BST 2008


On Sun, 4 May 2008, Katherine Collett wrote:
> Turner, Megan Whalen, The Thief—almost-but-not-quite ancient Greek  
> city-states; a magus is forcing Gen, the thief, to steal something  
> from the gods (which the magus doesn’t believe in) for his kingdom;  
> the thief does it for his own kingdom.  Beware of gods.  Sequels: The  
> Queen of Attolia—heart-wringing in places, as Eugenides makes  
> political moves between his Queen of Eddis and the ruthless Queen of  
> Attolia.  Is he a pawn or a player?  Or are they all pawns of the  
> gods?  also King of Attolia.

These three are *wonderful* but must be read in order (Thief, Queen, 
King).

-- 
Alayne McGregor
alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca

"There's no reason to bring religion into it. We ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can,
so as to keep it out of as many things as possible." -- Sean O'Casey, "The Plough and the Stars", act 1


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