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The Cutting Edge (Part One of A Handful of Men )
The Cutting Edge - Part One of A Handful of Men Author:Dave Duncan The hated sorcery was destroyed, Aunt Kade organized the wedding, former stableboy Rap married his beloved Queen Inos, and so Emperor and Clown brought a happy ending to the Man of His Word series... So I thought. — The books were not even published when I saw where Rap had blundered. Neither he nor I had noticed it at the time, but he had done o... more »ne act of kindness that must inevitably upset the elaborate system of magic and politics that governed the world of Pandemia. Rather reluctantly in my case, and very reluctantly in Rap's case, he would have to undertake another adventure.
Of course the Evil found the loophole, but the Evil is patient. Fifteen years slid by. Rap and Inos lived happily in their remote little kingdom of Krasnegar, raising a family and paying little heed to the world outside. The old Imperor had become erratic and tyrannical. Little Shandie was a celebrated soldier, fighting ever-growing wars in the borderlands while he waited to inherit the throne. Strange prophecies of upheaval and disaster abounded. When the rumors reached even Krasnegar, Rap scoffed at them as superstition. Only a direct warning from a god convinced him that he had brought the world to the brink of disaster and must pay a terrible price for his folly.« less