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The Proof House: The Fencer Trilogy Volume 3: 03

The Proof House: The Fencer Trilogy Volume 3: 03

by K. J. Parker (Author)

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Synopsis

COLOURS IN THE STEEL and THE BELLY OF THE BOW, the first two volumes of the Fencer Trilogy, introduced a remarkable new voice in fantasy fiction. THE PROOF HOUSE is the final volume in K.J. Parker's brilliant Fencer Trilogy.

After years spent in the saps under the defences of the apparently impregnable city of Ap' Iscatoy, Bardas Loredan, sometime fencer-at-law and the betrayed defender of the famed Triple City, is suddenly a hero of the Empire. His reward is a boring administrative job in a backwater, watching armour tested to destruction in the Proof House. But the fall of Ap' Iscatoy has opened up unexpected possibilities for the expansion of the Empire into the land of the Plains people, and Bardas Loredan is the one man Temrai the Great, King of the Plains tribes, fears the most...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 610
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Orbit
Published: 05 Oct 2000
ISBN 10: 1841490180
ISBN 13: 9781841490182
Book Overview: * To be featured on the Orbit website and in the electronic newsletter. * Review coverage expected in the genre press.

Media Reviews
Bardas has come a long way from the young soldier who wrought havoc in the wars with the barbarians of the plains, the swordsman who fought successful trials by combat and the commander whose attempts to save his city were dashed by last-moment treachery. He has taken several steps into madness and depravity; in The Proof House, the impressive conclusion of The Fencer Trilogy, his sanity is entirely up for grabs as an imperial posting sends him to where armour is made and souls are tested, not least by the endless din of breastplates and helmets subjected to breaking strain. It is the end-game for his friends as well--for his former secretary and the ambitious merchants she has formed a partnership with, and the half-smart magicians whose attempts to change history have consistently made things radically and disastrously worse. His family--the brothers who betrayed him and the niece whose attempts to kill him have cost her most of her hand--are out there somewhere too...Parker's is a bleak and sardonic fantasy world, where it can never be assumed that things will turn out for the best; this is a startlingly original book with a tone entirely of its own. * Roz Kaveney, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW *
From the first page, it has style, humour and pace all its own, and develops rapidly into one of the most entertaining fantasy debuts in recent years...Refreshing, fun, thoughtful, different, absorbing * SFX *
Action-packed adventure ... An intriguing tale of magic, manipulation and revenge * STARBURST *
A massively enjoyable adventure * BLACK TEARS on THE BELLY OF THE BOW *
Author Bio
Having worked in the journalism and the law, K. J. Parker now writes and makes things out of wood and metal.