A good premise that gets bogged down in the details about half-way through. The action at the beginning and the end are interesting enough, although the book is populated with flat characters so I really didn't end up caring about the fate of any of them.

Originally released in 1989, the story is a little dated. Ironic since this is a fantasy story set in no particular time. Dalmas blends a futuristic society with seventeenth century colonialism and creates a time that never was. Enjoyable reading, but the moral may not be applicable anymore. ( )

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