Swordspoint
Ellen Kushner
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On the treacherous streets of Riverside, a man lives and dies by the sword. Even the nobles on the Hill turn to duels to settle their disputes. Within this elite, dangerous world, Richard St Vier is the undisputed master, as skilled as he is ruthless - until a death by the sword is met with outrage instead a of awe, and the city discovers that the line between hero and villain can be altered in the blink of an eye . . .
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Praise for Swordspoint
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Swordspoint begins with a single drop of blood on a field of new-fallen snow, an image that burned itself forever into my mind the first time I encountered it. I can close my eyes and see it still. It's a terrific opening, an unforgettable opening . . . and the book just gets better from there.Swordspoint was the best fantasy novel of 1989[Kushner] draws you through the story with such lucid, powerful writing that you come to trust her completely - and she doesn't let you down . . . Watch this woman - she's going to be one of the great onesA many-faceted pleasure. It manages to evoke both the witty Regency romances of Georgette Heyer and the fog-shrouded dangerous streets of Fritz Leiber's LankhmarA glorious thing, the book we might have had if Noel Coward had written a vehicle for Errol FlynnA bravura performance - LocusWitty, sharp-eyed, full of interesting people - Newsday
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