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AlbakiReads Editorial Duty, illness, and divided loyalties on a colonial frontier
Duty, illness, and divided loyalties on a colonial frontier
Nevare Burvelle begins with the advantages of rank, education, and a planned cavalry future, but Speck disease abruptly displaces him from that expected path. His later posting near the Barrier Mountains places him between Vania’s settlers and the Specks, a forest people his society poorly understands and associates with the illness. The novel uses Nevare’s changing circumstances to explore military obligation, family rejection, cultural misunderstanding, and the pressures of frontier expansion. As his connection to Speck life deepens, the conflict is not simply between opposing groups, but between the identity Nevare was raised to inhabit and the knowledge he gains at the outpost.
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- Readers interested in epic fantasy shaped by military training and frontier politics
- Fans of protagonists whose social position and future are upended
- Readers drawn to stories of cross-cultural contact and divided loyalties
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Military dutyIllness and exclusionColonial expansionCultural misunderstandingIdentity and belonging
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Book Overview A thrilling epic fantasy tale about a noble's son destined for a distinguished military career...until he is stricken by a mysterious ill...
A thrilling epic fantasy tale about a noble's son destined for a distinguished military career...until he is stricken by a mysterious illness. First in the international bestselling Solder Son Trilogy.
Nevare Burvelle, the wealthy son of one of Vania's new noble families, is destined for greatness. Bright and well-educated, an excellent horseman with an advantageous engagement and a secured place in Vania's cavalry, Nevare is distinguishing himself at the cavalry training academy when he falls victim to Speck disease, a mysterious illness associated with the little understood race of forest people.
Sent home from the academy, rejected by his family and fiancee, Nevare ultimately takes a position at the isolated outpost on the foothills of the Barrier Mountains, where he is charged with developing trade with the Specks and protecting the settlers from attack by raiders. As he learns more about the Specks he is strangely drawn to their way of life--and to a beautiful Speck woman.
Book Details Format: Mass Market Paperbound | Pages: 624 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS | ISBN: 0060758287
FormatMass Market Paperbound
Pages624
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0060758287
EAN9780060758288
PublisherHARPERCOLLINS
Publication Date2006-08-29
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeMASS MARKET PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.66 Pounds
Length6.74 Inches
Width4.46 Inches
Height1.4 Inches
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