Re-creation (The Three Lands)

By Dusk Peterson
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Published: April 13, 2011
Words: 18,124 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458161536

Short description

What can you give a slave who, by law, can own nothing? . . . This 17,000-word novelette is a holiday story in The Three Lands, a fantasy series on friendship, romance, and betrayal in times of war and peace.

Extended description

"He could not leave this room without his father's permission. And he could not imagine going to his father and saying, 'Please let me go gather moss so that my slave can have a proper New Year for once.'"

What can you give a slave who, by law, can own nothing? That is the question faced by Peter, the fourteen-year-old heir to the throne of an empire. Despite his father's desire that the imperial heir maintain a formal distance from servants, Peter finds himself drawn in friendship to the eleven-year-old boy who serves as his slave.

But a shocking revelation on the eve of the New Year forces Peter to confront his own motives for keeping the slave close by. And that in turn will help him understand the deeper meaning of the gift-giving festival. (Read more) "He could not leave this room without his father's permission. And he could not imagine going to his father and saying, 'Please let me go gather moss so that my slave can have a proper New Year for once.'"

What can you give a slave who, by law, can own nothing? That is the question faced by Peter, the fourteen-year-old heir to the throne of an empire. Despite his father's desire that the imperial heir maintain a formal distance from servants, Peter finds himself drawn in friendship to the eleven-year-old boy who serves as his slave.

But a shocking revelation on the eve of the New Year forces Peter to confront his own motives for keeping the slave close by. And that in turn will help him understand the deeper meaning of the gift-giving festival.

This 17,000-word novelette is a holiday story in The Three Lands, a fantasy series on friendship, romance, and betrayal in times of war and peace.

=== Recommendations of the series ===

"I find the characterisations so sharply delicious, dark . . . and yet engaging. . . . I like to savour each part." —Clare London, author of "The Gold Warrior."

"Even in Dusk Peterson's darkest stories there is hope and, when it's needed, redemption. . . . These are powerful stories, beautifully written, with characters who will linger in your memory." —Five-star review by C. S. McClellan, author of "Hidden Boundaries."

"There's something very special about Dusk's dark fic. Dark, very, but there's this smidgen of light in every cavern Dusk throws a reader, and the brightness of that light is practically overwhelming by the time you get to the end of the novel, and it is like crawling to the opening of a cavern. It's like getting a miracle." —K. M. Frontain, author of "The Soulstone Chronicles."
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Tags

friendship, multicultural, holidays, christmas, slaves, solstice, new years, yule, new years eve, midwinter

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Review by: Scot Walker on Sep. 12, 2011 : (no rating)
What an interesting story. I grew up marveling over the works of Mary Renault and this story reminds me of her style--her characters and descriptions. If you like Renault you will like Re-creation
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