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Nov. 19th, 2019 10:54 pm183. Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
Eight magicians and their bodyguards go into seclusion in an island-castle at the request of the Emperor, there to learn how to ascend into sainthood. Most of them have reasons to kill one or more of the others. Most of them act on those reasons.
Compelling reading but at the end (and through most of the middle) I wanted the whole bloody empire destroyed. Sure, they claim that there's something worse out there -- could be propaganda.
Eight magicians and their bodyguards go into seclusion in an island-castle at the request of the Emperor, there to learn how to ascend into sainthood. Most of them have reasons to kill one or more of the others. Most of them act on those reasons.
Compelling reading but at the end (and through most of the middle) I wanted the whole bloody empire destroyed. Sure, they claim that there's something worse out there -- could be propaganda.
