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_The Misenchanted Sword_, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Metahacker referred to one of LWE's books the other day, and I went back to check that I had remembered his reference correctly (kinda-sorta), but that reminded me that I hadn't read most of the other Ethshar books. So...
A mysterious hermit wizard gives our protagonist a magic sword. He promptly uses it to escape from the evil empire, win fame and fortune, get the girl, and lives happily ever after.
Whoops, wrong story.
No, in this one, our protagonist deals with the magic sword by trying to have as calm and quiet a life as possible. Surprisingly, he mostly succeeds. More surprisingly, this makes for a pretty good story, albeit one where only the protagonist gets much characterization.
Metahacker referred to one of LWE's books the other day, and I went back to check that I had remembered his reference correctly (kinda-sorta), but that reminded me that I hadn't read most of the other Ethshar books. So...
A mysterious hermit wizard gives our protagonist a magic sword. He promptly uses it to escape from the evil empire, win fame and fortune, get the girl, and lives happily ever after.
Whoops, wrong story.
No, in this one, our protagonist deals with the magic sword by trying to have as calm and quiet a life as possible. Surprisingly, he mostly succeeds. More surprisingly, this makes for a pretty good story, albeit one where only the protagonist gets much characterization.