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Winter is here again, and once more the City of Turai is as cold as the Ice Queen's grave. Makri, still determined to continue her education, complains about the Guild College being closed, but Thraxas has no greater ambition than to sit in front of a warm fire, drinking beer. His rest is disturbed by the sorcerer Lisutaris, who believes that the city will soon come under attack from the Orcs. Against his will, Thraxas is drafted onto the war council, where he would be content to show his show more skill at the dinner table, until a senior member of the government is murdered. Thraxas finds himself dragged unwillingly into an investigation. That would be stressful enough, without Makri transforming his private office into a classroom offering literacy lessons to the poorest women in the city. Caught between the Orcish army, a political murder, and Makri's educational zeal, Thraxas starts to think there's no hope for the City of Turai. show lessTags
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Another solid book from Scott. The central mystery is pleasingly simple at its core, but puzzling enough to be interesting. The increasing depth of the women's movement in Turai, and their increasing contact with Thraxas, adds more layers - the abrasiveness and self-righteousness of both sides makes for some entertaining conflicts.
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- Original publication date
- 2006-02
- People/Characters
- Anumaris Thunderbolt; Cicerius (Consul); Coranus the Grinder; Dandelion [dolphin go-between]; Galwinius (Prefect of Thamlin); Gurd (owner of the Avenging Axe) (show all 20); Hansius (Cicerius' assistant); Harmon Half-Elf; Hasius the Brilliant (Chief Sorcerer at the Abode of Justice); Kalius (Consul); Lanius Suncatcher; Lisutaris (Mistress of the Sky); Makri; Melus the Fair; Morixa (baker); Pomius (General); Rittius (head of Palace Security); Tanrose (cook at the Avenging Axe); Thraxas; Tirini Snake Smiter
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- Turai
- First words
- I'm sitting at the bar in the Avenging Axe, a beer in one hand and a thazis stick in the other, trying to decide whether to have a glass of klee with my next beer.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She turns and leaves before I get the chance, so I drape the cloak round my shoulders and head for the walls.
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