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Published: Jan. 24, 2012
Words: 18,729 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466103283
Short description
A weary soldier returns home to the remote village of Carn Nebeth, where they have seen and heard little of the war he fought in. Greeted by his old friends – and the young boy William – he tries to leave the years of violence behind and live a peaceful life. The war, though, has created many dangerous men, and some of them have not yet tired of conquest...Extended description
"Pa says I'm a dreamer, always with my eye on the horizon."Raised in a remote village, young William knows little of the world beyond his father's fields. Even villagers have stories, though - tales of war, and honorable knights, and fair maidens - and William knows them all.
Coary is a lost son of Carn Nebeth, a returning soldier who brings with him stories of a devastating war, a dead kingdom and a world ripped in two. William is more interested in his weapon, a simple soldier's blade - yet to a young boy, the weapon of lords and heroes.
Despite the dreams of young William, it isn't long before the excitement of Coary's return dies down, and village life resumes its quietly hectic pace. There may be a swordsman in town, but there are no dragons to slay, or damsels to rescue. Coary himself is more than happy to return to a quiet life, free of the violence he has known.
The war, though, has created many dangerous men. Not all of them have tired of conquest – and some of them .. (Read more)
Tags
fantasy, swordsman, sword, village, sword fight, fantasy without magic, wandering taleAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
TheSFReader
on May 01, 2012 :
The Swordsman of Carn Nebeth was recommended to his blog readers by Nathan Lowell, whose "Solar Clipper" books I've recently reviewed. I quickly followed his advice and read this short story quickly after.
Yesterday, looking for books I had liked but not yet reviewed, I got back to it. Since it's a short work, I won't disclose much about it, since it could spoil your reading. Suffice it to say it's a coming of age medieval fiction, where a farmer's son meets an old soldier. It shares quite a few common points with an other completely unrelated text I read recently (French ahead) : Baby-Foot by Thierry Crouzet.
It shares the same coming of age, the same centering on an object, the same male-centered narration.
While Baby-Foot's really "compact" writing style was really perfect with the contemporary story, the longer (yet still short) format and more "lazygoing" style was also a good choice with the medieval adventure.
Well, all in all, it shares a lot, even the "grade" : 4 stars
Nathan was right, I liked it, and started and read the other ebooks in the "Wandeirng Tales"
(reviewed long after purchase)