Renegade's Magic
The Soldier Son Trilogy
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4.1 • 12 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The thrilling conclusion to the master fantasist’s epic, international bestselling Soldier Son Trilogy—an extraordinary adventure of love and intrigue, privilege and magic. . . .
“Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers. Her novels are always fresh, entertaining, and completely engrossing.”—Kevin J. Anderson, coauthor of Sandworms of Dune
Nevare Burvelle, an innocent man framed and convicted of terrible crimes including murder, has escaped the frontier town of Gettys and the soldiers—his former brothers-in-arms—who sentenced him to a wrongful death. Despondent and with nowhere to turn, he reluctantly surrenders himself to the Speck magic with which he has been cursed. But the decision is not without consequence, for now Nevare is at the mercy of his violent Speck self: a powerful alter-ego who will stop at nothing to drive the enemy Gernians away from Speck territories—and use his warrior’s insight to plan a vicious and horrifying attack on those who would do him harm.
But events unravel in unexpected ways, and now Nevare must bring his warring sides together to find lasting peace for himself and both his peoples.
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In the haunting conclusion of Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy (after 2006's Forest Mage), Gernian soldier Nevare Burvelle escapes from prison with some help from his lover, Lisana, who divided his soul so that he could become a Speck mage called Soldier's Boy. The two personalities now awkwardly time-share Nevare's body. Using Soldier's Boy's powers, Nevare tries to destroy the Gernian road that threatens to ravage the Specks' forest home, and almost dies from exhaustion. Nursed back to health by Olikea, the Speck woman whose sole duty is to feed him enough to power his magic, Nevare must find a way to keep Gernia from destroying the forest, prevent the Specks from further spreading the plague that has decimated the Gernians and reunite the severed halves of his soul. Hobb's dreamy prose is sometimes weighed down by a confusing magical system and glacial pacing, but she provides a stunning resolution to this epic fantasy about the importance of environmental and social balance.
