The Brave Free Men: Good
In the afternoon I finished The Brave Free Men by Jack Vance, book 2 of the Durdane trilogy. It was a good reread.
The Asutra
Gastel Etzwane and his army of Brave Free Men have driven the Roguskhoi from Durdane, only to discover that Durdane is but one tiny front- a testing ground- for an implacable enemy intent on subjugating all the worlds of man. Gastel and his people are in no position to resist, but must find a way to escape a slave army, forced to fight a war that is not their own, and defeat the Asutra!
In the afternoon I started in The Asutra by Jack Vance, the final book in the Durdane trilogy. My ebook copy came with nice cover art by Konstantin Korobov.
Companion (2025)
A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem.
In the evening Alice, Esme, and I watched Companion. I liked the movie and give it a 7 out of 10.
The Anome: Very Good
In the afternoon I finished The Anome by Jack Vance, book 1 of the Durdane trilogy. It was a very good reread.
The Brave Free Men
Where the Anomes once ruled stands young Gastel Etzwane, facing a mortal threat to his homeland. Hoards of red Roguskhoi, armed by an unknown enemy, have swarmed out of the southern bogs to slaughter men, despoil women, and spread waves of terror. Through the peace imposed by the tyranny of the Anomes, men of Shant have lost the art of weaponry and war. Now Gastel must revive those skills to forge Shant’s citizens into an army- an army of the free.
In the afternoon I started in The Brave Free Men by Jack Vance, book 2 of the Durdane trilogy. My ebook copy came with nice cover art by Konstantin Korobov.