[Dragaera] The Baron of Magister Valley

[dusty at sayersnet.com]

Thanks for the update!

It's nice to see something on this mailing list again.

>
> Available for Pre-Order. This item will be available on April 28, 2020
> https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-baron-of-magister-valley-steven-brust/1130016124
>
> The overview says
> "Overview
> From the vaults of Dragaeran history and the mind of master fantasist
> Steven Brust—a tale of betrayal and vengeance that is not at all a
> retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo
>
> Reader, you will undoubtedly have had the misfortune of consuming the
> rotten fruit of fallacies that we—Paarfi of Roundwood (esteemed
> historian of House of Hawk and exquisite artisan of truths)—“borrow”
> our factual recount of Dragaeran history from some obscure fellow who goes
> by the name Al Dumas or some silly nomenclature of that nature.
>
> The salacious claims that The Baron of Magister Valley bears any
> resemblance to a certain nearly fictional narrative about an infamous
> count are unfounded (we do not dabble in tall tales. The occasional
> moderately stretched? Yes. But never tall).
>
> Our tale is that of a nobleman who is betrayed by those he trusted, and
> subsequently imprisoned. After centuries of confinement, he contrives to
> escape and prepares to avenge himself against his betrayers.
>
> A mirror image of The Count of Monte Cristo, vitrolic naysayers still
> grouse? Well, that is nearly and utterly false.
>
> Standalones in The Khaavren Romances Series
>
> 1. The Phoenix Guards
>
> 2. Five Hundred Years After
>
> 3. The Paths of the Dead
>
> 4. The Lorde of Castle Black
>
> 5. Sethra Lavode
>
> 6. The Baron of Magister Valley"
>
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> Pretty sure "After centuries of confinement," wasn't in The Count of Monte
> Cristo.
>
> Lorde? of Castle Black ... runs to check book cover jacket ... Nope. Lord
> of Castle Black.  
>
>
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