Colours in the Steel

The girl knelt on the ground; not obeisance, just the instinctive habit of someone who came from a house where they had no chairs. 'I'd like a curse, please.'

The story:
Bardas Loredan in an advocate. That means he appears in court and fences on behalf of his client. And now he has killed the wrong man.

Oh, not the wrong man legally. His opponent was an advocate too, though not a very good one.

His problem is that this dead advocate's niece has figured out she wants revenge, and so she arranges to have Loredan cursed.

Temrai's job is easy. He just has to get inside the City of Perimadeia and figure out how to conquer a city that has never been conquered before. Piece of cake.

Thoughts about the book:
Nice idea. I really like the idea of the advocates fighting over the case. It is obvious that Parker knows both law and fencing well enough to write a credible story.

The most interesting part about this story, however, are the characters. They aren't pure and white knights in shining armours, and though I know who are supposed to be the heroes of the book, the more I learn about them, the less they seem like "heroes".

About the author K. J. Parker

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