12-28-2025, 01:31 AM
(12-27-2025, 11:44 AM)Greg Wrote: The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Another novella of high fantasy by the co-author of "How to Lose the Time War". There are mystic rivers and the borders of fairy and of course a swan. Esther and Ysabel live on the edge of Arcadia. Esther has fallen for Rin a member of the fairy realm but she is also being pursued by Pollard a local landlord that wants to join Esther's family own for the riches of the magical willow trees on her property. Lots of tragedy and then comeuppance. El-Mohtar writes in a really poetic style.
I’m reading the latest from the other half of the “Time War” duo, Max Gladstone “Dead Hand Rule”. Very enjoyable, but I might have to re-read the previous book as a lot went on/expanded cast to set up this one. The story and characters are racing ahead, but I’m keeping up. His writing is genuinely good.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.