The Sworn Sword
| Author | George R.R. Martin |
|---|---|
| Year | 2003 |
| Original language | English |
| Pages | 81 |
| Goodreads | View on Goodreads |
| Rating | ★★★★★ (5/5) |
Similar to the previous story, it was originally published in an anthology. It was even the same “series” of anthology as with the first novella, in this case Legends II.
The anthology also included the same 2 pages of introduction to the world, plus a line at the end commenting about the previous story.
“Another bath?” Egg said, dismayed. “You washed yesterday.”
This story continues the one in The Hedge Knight. Dunk and Egg are serving a landed knight from the Reach in the middle of a drought in a long Westerosi summer. Soon things will get complicated.
If one by some miracle (1)… or rather, some defect. was not already invested in the adventures of the duo, this story should fix that. Having no need to introduce the characters, and not rehashing introductions as series novels often do (2)Actually there is, of course, but so brief as if it were not there. , as there’s not much space for that in a novella, the story focuses on the characters and the situations they get themselves into. It does show a part of Westeros that is less prominent in A Song of Ice and Fire, that of minor nobility and their relations between them; as well as, like the previous one, a Westeros left in a “peaceful” state about 15 years after the Blackfyre rebellion.
Of course, absolutely recommended.
Categories: Novella Tags: George R.R. Martin, American Literature, Series: The Tales of Dunk and Egg, Fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire, Epic Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy Rating:Rating: 5 stars