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Soldier Son Nevare’s adventures culminate in a battle within his divided self for mastery of his body in defiance of the magic.
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When last we saw Nevare, he was grossly fat and resigned to a life on the outside. A Soldier Son of modest ambition, Nevare’s soul was cleft in two during a battle with [...]

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I just won a copy of Robin Hobb’s Renegade’s Magic, book 3 of the very odd Soldier Son trilogy, courtesy of Pat;s Fantasy Hotlist. Yay!
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The strange adventure of magic-possessed soldier son Nevare continue, as he finds himself expelled from military academy when his weight skyrockets after a bout of the Speck plague.
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Forest Mage is the second book in Robin Hobb’s Soldier Son trilogy begun in Shaman’s Crossing. Interestingly, I found echoes of Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the [...]

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A young man’s military training is threatened by his seeming possession by a creature in thrall to an evil forest goddess.
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Shaman’s Crossing is the first book in Robin Hobb’s newest trilogy, Soldier Son, and I ate it up with a spoon, thanks to a very long train ride to Canada. The world of Soldier [...]

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