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A review by archergal
The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
3.0
Lois McMaster Bujold is always readable and enjoyable to read. She handles plotting deftly, and there's a lot going on here, so that's good.
Example:
An assassin who fails to kill her target (twice!), captured and spared by the White God. Congrats, you're a sorceror now!
The assassin's target being implored to return to his home country and help them out.
Something bad happening in that home country, which means that Penric and a saint of the White God and the assassin have to return and, you know, DO SOMETHING.
Penric and his demon Desdemona are a tiny bit in the background here, in a way. Iroki, the saint of the White God, is an interesting character. You may say all you want to do is be a fisherman, but when a God can speak and act through you, people tend to pay a little more attention.
All these books set in the world of the Five Gods interest me strangely. Most days now I think of myself as a godless heathen, but certain ways of looking at theology and humanity's relation to the divine make sense to me. I get this feeling with these Bujold books. Also with C.S. Lewis sometimes.
Good writing. You should read.
Example:
An assassin who fails to kill her target (twice!), captured and spared by the White God. Congrats, you're a sorceror now!
The assassin's target being implored to return to his home country and help them out.
Something bad happening in that home country, which means that Penric and a saint of the White God and the assassin have to return and, you know, DO SOMETHING.
Penric and his demon Desdemona are a tiny bit in the background here, in a way. Iroki, the saint of the White God, is an interesting character. You may say all you want to do is be a fisherman, but when a God can speak and act through you, people tend to pay a little more attention.
All these books set in the world of the Five Gods interest me strangely. Most days now I think of myself as a godless heathen, but certain ways of looking at theology and humanity's relation to the divine make sense to me. I get this feeling with these Bujold books. Also with C.S. Lewis sometimes.
Good writing. You should read.