The Lymond Chronicles · Book 2 of 6
Dorothy Dunnett
1964 · Putnam · 432 pages
The young Mary Queen of Scots is now part of the court of Henri II of France. Mary of Guise, the Queen Mother, on her way from Scotland to visit her daughter, persuades Francis Crawford to go to France to gather intelligence about France's negotiations with England, Scotland's enemy. He reluctantly complies, and becomes a central part of the travelling court's lavish and riotous entertainments - though not in the way his friends had hoped. The action moves between London and France while a traitor plots the death o…
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A relentless, joke-a-page apocalyptic LitRPG that rewards readers who don't mind game mechanics on the page. The humour does the heavy lifting — if Hitchhiker's Guide meets a roguelike sounds appealing, you're the audience. Readers who bounce off it usually cite the stat blocks and the cat. Best read in long sittings; the pace assumes you're not putting it down.
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A character-driven with strong prose, tense and immersive read.
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