Summer King, Winter Fool
by Lisa Goldstein
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As revolution simmers, a poet finds himself with a chance for the crown In Etrara, the winter is bitter and endless, but Valemar does not feel the chill. A loyal courtier, he prefers wine and poetry to palace intrigue and has never let ambition draw him into danger. But when the dire portents of a soothsayer darken a royal feast, all the land learns that the king's days are numbered. Revolution is coming, and soon a new head will wear the crown. But whose will it be? While carousing at a show more gambling den in the lower city, Val's cousin kills one of the king's favorites in a barroom brawl. Rather than leave his kin to the mercy of the city guards, Val helps him flee and take refuge in a fishing village on the far side of the kingdom. Here Val learns a secret that could change Etrara forever and turn this carefree poet into the savior of a frostbitten land. show lessTags
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This book was ok but really different from the other books I've read by Lisa Goldstein. It did not incorporate the surrealism I've come to associate with her writing, at least I couldn't detect any.
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- Original publication date
- 1994
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- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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