j_rowley 's review for:

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

4.0

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Good story. Mixes the mysticism and the historical (I think, I don't know much about the ways of the ancient Chinese, but it sounds like it could be accurate). Interesting story. Man is spending the two years of mourning for his father burying the dead of battle that his father never forgot. To honor him, a princess gives him 250 of the most magnificent horses anyone in his country has ever seen. He must decide what to do with them, and how to stay alive with this gift. In the meantime, his country is plunged into civil unrest, while he deals with the gift plus family issues. Long story, but well told.