{"id":6193,"date":"2016-11-13T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T21:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2024-08-09T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:11:15","slug":"tremontaine-season-one-volume-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6193","title":{"rendered":"Tremontaine: Season One Volume One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tremontaine: Season One Volume One<\/a><\/em> (2016) by Patty Bryant, Joel Derfner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Ellen Kushner<\/a>, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese and Paul Witcover<\/p>\n

\"tremontaine-series-cover\"<\/a>Let me explain… No, let me sum up.<\/p>\n

There is a book called Swordspoint<\/a><\/em> by Ellen Kushner<\/a> that is one of my favorites–a comfort read.<\/p>\n

After Swordspoint<\/em> came The Fall of the Kings<\/em>, co-written with Delia Sherman, then came The Privilege of the Sword<\/em>, which a sequel of sorts to
\nThen there is Tremontaine, which is a prequel to <\/em>Swordspoint<\/em>, set years before, when Diane, the Duchess Tremontaine has not yet become the power behind the political machinations, although she is the power behind her husband’s politics.<\/p>\n

The duke had spent the better part of two decades not noticing things about his duchess, after all, and, unbeknownst to him, it had served him well.<\/p>\n

But aside from Diane, there characters new to the series: <\/p>\n

Micah the mathematical genius. <\/p>\n

\u201cSilver?\u201d Tess shouted. \u201cI\u2019ll give you twenty brass minnows, and that\u2019s more than they\u2019re worth.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cTen silver, then, and I\u2019ll throw in a good linen shirt.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMicah already has a shirt. Three.\u201d <\/p>\n

Micah stopped paying attention. The numbers seemed random to her, and she didn\u2019t understand how Tess could make them change just by arguing about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kaab the fallen daughter of Baalm chocolate traders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a first daughter of a first daughter of the Balam. I have been trained from birth to the service. I do not get lost.\u201d For very long, she amended internally, for honesty\u2019s sake. Confusing left and north didn\u2019t count.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rafe Fenton the scholar and son of a local merchant.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy argument is with my father, not with you. And as my father isn\u2019t here to listen, I\u2019m afraid I have been rude to no purpose.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBut you would be rude to a purpose?\u201d she asked. He blinked. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. of course. Even my enemies would grant me that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and many others. <\/p>\n

We also get appearances by familiar characters including a younger Vincent Applethorpe.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting, though I will admit that I was initially unsure about Kinwiinik–the spelling of all the names and words were a bit much, but eventually I got used to the names and was able to keep people straight. Mostly.<\/p>\n

The different chapters (or episodes) are written by different authors, so there is a different feel to each chapter, but it still flows well, and if some chapters I liked better than others, well, that’s fine.<\/p>\n

The first chapter is available for free<\/a>, if you wanted to see if this was for you. I’m looking forward to Season Two.
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Serial Box<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tremontaine: Season One Volume One (2016) by Patty Bryant, Joel Derfner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Ellen Kushner, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese and Paul Witcover Let me explain… No, let me sum up. There is a book called Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner that is one of my favorites–a comfort read. 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