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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780671877477
ISBN number: 067187747X
Label: Baen
Manufacturer: Baen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 864
Printing Date: September 01, 1996
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As a new, but devoted fan of Elizabeth Moon, I had to read "Legacy of Gird", to find out who Gird was and how he became the ascended saint who could help those who call on his name. I had already read the Deed of Paksennarian series, so I was also extremely curious to find out who the "sleepers" were in the temple under the mountain. Ms Moon waited until the last few pages to answer that question, but it finally all made sense!
Yes, you could just read the "Deed of Paksennarian" series and enjoy it, but by then she may have you hooked on high fantasy, something she does very well, and a very different type of story from the military scifi books that I very first read by this author (Vatta's War series.)
"Legacy of Gird" is two books in one--"Surrender None" and "Liar's Oath." This is the best and most economical way to read the prequel. My only reason for giving it only 4 stars is that it was very long, and some points in the characters' motivations seemed belabored, but this did make them seem very real, which was the purpose. There is also a great deal of geographical and botanical detail, a quite amazing feat for describing a land that exists only in the author's mind.
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This is sort of the back-story to Moon's "Deed of Paksenarrion" trilogy, set some five hundred years before the time of the mercenary companies, a time when Gird is a hero, almost a demigod. But Gird is an ordinary enough farmer at the beginning, lover of cows and children, who wants only peace to raise and reap his crops. But the magelords, workers of magic, who came into the northern lands several centuries before his own time, have become increasingly oppressive to the peasants as they have lost their powers. Gird, who is a big, strong boy, tried to become a solider, a member of his lord's guard, but his horror at having to witness a bloody punishment for a child's act of mischief ends that career. And, later in life, as his friends and family are mistreated and starved and raped and killed, Gird finds himself outlawed, like so many others. But here he begins to change, and he uses what basic military skills he once learned to convert other outlaws into the basis of a rebellious peasant army. You know where all this is going, right? But even Gird the Marshal-General wants peace, not mere vengeance, and he spends as much time thinking about and learning the law as he does learning strategy. It's a morality play, Good against Evil, and a pretty good one. And because Gird is very human, with a temper and a tendency to drink too much, this isn't exactly a fairy tale, either.
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I am in the last pages of this book, and I'll be sorry to see it end. Paksenarrion was my introduction to Moon, and she keeps getting better. The characters a well-developed and multi-dimensional. From Gird's humble days as a farmer and failed guardsman to the fractious Marshals and mageborn trying to honor his legacy, this book takes the reader through tragedy and triumph and back again. The characters are not ideal people, and there is even a book within a book ... if you're looking for cookie-cutter fantasy with idealized heroes, perhaps you could ask Moon to publish Luap's Life of Gird :) The heroes in this book are very human--often very frustrating--and thus very easy to get to know. The story slows down a few times as Moon takes us through seemingly mundane details, only to introduce some new challenge or danger that builds on those very details. I recommend reading this book--and taking your time. This is a story to be savored, not devoured.
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This book is a prequel to Moon's DEED OF PAKSENARRION. It is every bit as good and, in some respects, even better. That is no small accomplishment.
The DEED trilogy tells the story of the paladin, Paksennarion. It is a wonderful story but it is based upon a created mythos of the land in which the character lives. Central to much of it is the yeomen, marshals and paladins of Gird. We learn only a little of Gird in that series but it is enough to whet the appetite. With SURRENDER NONE, the appetite is sated.
Gird is a peasant treated cruelly and unjustly by his feudal overlords. Finally, he is forced into outlawry but chooses not to follow the path of the brigand. He instead tries to make things better. He works for the betterment not only of his own people but even their oppressors as well and leads a peasant revolt. Unlike that of Spartacus, his succeeds.
This is a work of fantasy but, as in Moon's other works, the fantastic elements are understated. There are gnomes and mentions of dwarves and elves but they are accessories. Magic does play a role and is even one of the reasons for the struggle portrayed within the book but the story is not of the magical; it is of the people. That in itself is magical.
It is a wonderful read all the way around.
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In "Deed of Paksenarrion" there was very little explanation of the Girdish religion, so when I discovered this book I was very excited to learn more. It was very disappointing, though. Much of the plot didn't make sense to me (why, for example, is Luap so revered if Gird never even trusted him?), and it seemed like I was always waiting for character development to end and story to start. Actually, the very first part of the book detailing Gird's rise to power was fairly good. The second part was the major disappointment. I would suggest reading this book only if you are very curious about the characters, or if you can't not finish a series. Deed of Paksenarrion is a much better read.
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