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There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything. Going up it, you can find anything. The Hound Bridget ban has vanished, and her employer, the Kennel (the mysterious superspy agency of the League), has given up the search. But her daughter, the harper Mearana, has not. She enlists the scarred man, Donovan, to aid her in her search. With the reluctant assent and financial aid of the Kennel, they set forth. Bridget ban was following hints of an artifact that would "protect the League from the Confederacy for aye." Mearana is eager to follow that trail, but Donovan is reluctant, because whatever is at the end of it made a Hound disappear. What it would do to a harper and a drunk is far too easy to imagine. Donovan's mind had been shattered by Those of Name, the rulers of the Confederacy, and no fewer than seven quarreling personalities now inhabit his skull. How can he hope to see Mearana through safely? Together, they follow Bridget ban's trail to the raw worlds of the frontier, edging ever closer to the uncivilized and barbarian planets of the Wild.… (more)
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This a follow up to the January Dancer. Not a Sequel, but you are re-introduced to various characters and their dealings between the various worlds of the 'Electric Avenue' as they continue the balancing act between the various interstellar
If anything-- this book will draw the reader deeper in to the incidental history of the various worlds and factions-- but not be outright explanation, but by indirect inference. When you suddenly see the connections you will get a warm appreciation for this Writer's ability to inform you subconsciously through the story.
Most of all, you will get a sense of the depth of TIME involved in this Universe. Men have been in this Spiral Arm a LONG TIME. And there are a lot of Strange things there.
Just a good adult-level Adventure pavane that should leave you saying 'Wow' when you finally put the book down and find yourself just sitting in your chair in your house.
I won't give any spoiler or explain the plot-- that's the whole point of reading this writer-- You Want to try and Figure Out what it all About.
Through the story Flynn weaves story of the human diaspora. This is story of what happens after a war is lost.and human toll of being on the wrong side of history.