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If formula books had an aristocracy, this book and its following series would be king. Let's see, we have a rustic country lad who has a great destiny. He is assisted by two magicians, some strong men, and a thief. His mission: to kill the world's source of evil as recorded in a prophecy. Does this sound even faintly familiar? The sequel series follows the exact same plot, too. Talk about lack of creativity.
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This is the first book about the King Arthur and his knights written in English with the complete set of knights. The story of Sir Tristram, perhaps the greatest Arthurian legend, is usually neglected in other renditions of the stories. Without it, you lose the comic Sir Dinadan, the knight with common sense who realizes the foolishness of two knights fighting thirty. You lose Sir Palomides, the knight torn between jealousy for Tristram and his friendship with him. No reader of King Arthur should skip this book.
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This is a wonderfully written book that has beautifully portrayed characters. Its presentation of homosexual love is sensitive and not mocking (people in this universe do not care about sexual orientation - the people are bisexual). It has a fine mix of humor with seriousness. This book can be read alone from the other books in the series (the books are standalones within the same universe), and is probably the best in the series (although The Stone Prince completes for this honor).
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